Puppy Linux
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Nov 10, 2025first mention
Jun 30, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I'm very fond of Puppy Linux, it's how I learned a lot of Linux skills as a preteen!”
learned Linux as a kidon “Puppy Linux”
“Puppy Linux was pretty sweet back then”
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“I used to run Puppy Linux and then TCL (and its predecessor DSL) on a super old Pentium 3 laptop with like 700mb of RAM or something. Made it actually usable!”
“check out Puppy Linux”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Tiny Core Linux: a 23 MB Linux distro with graphical desktop 3 mentions
- Knoppix 1 mention
- Linux on Older Hardware: The Complete Revival Guide 1 mention
- Puppy Linux 1 mention
- Ask HN: How would you set up a child’s first Linux computer? 1 mention
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All comments 7
“Puppy via USB was one of my first.”
“Bodhi is more featured with a more conventional package manager than Puppy”
“I'm very fond of Puppy Linux, it's how I learned a lot of Linux skills as a preteen!”
“Puppy Linux was pretty sweet back then”
“I used to run Puppy Linux and then TCL (and its predecessor DSL) on a super old Pentium 3 laptop with like 700mb of RAM or something. Made it actually usable!”
“puppy Linux, which I could never get into but was good for live CDs”
“check out Puppy Linux”