Running Linux from a USB drive is possible. You can boot just about any distribution you want from USB. There are some things you should consider before going this route. I've used Linux in just about ...

Puppy Linux is a distro I keep coming back to. No matter how entrenched I become with any flavor of Ubuntu — sans the Unity desktop — or Linux Mint’s Cinnamon and KDE desktops, nothing can beat the ...

Puppy Linux began life as a really cool small-sized Linux distribution designed primarily for lower specification hardware while still providing most of the amenities that make Linux fun and usable.

Q. I have an old laptop (64Mb memory, 6Gb disk), which I was hoping to bring back to life with Puppy Linux, featured in your Boot Camp series of articles. I burnt a CD and tried it on my main computer ...