Puppy Linux copies its entire operating system to RAM (the fastest storage device in a PC) if you have 256MB or more of system RAM. The main reason I use Puppy Linux as my main LiveCD or Live USB flash drive operating system is because it starts up faster from a LiveCD then bigger Linux LiveCD operating systems like Ubuntu 11.10, Linux Mint 11, Fedora, and OpenSuse which run a lot slower from the LiveCD compared to installing them on a hard drive. Short story on why I use Puppy Linux, and what computer tasks it's great for Puppy Linux is great because it is small, fast,complete, and stable for a Live CD Operating System. A hard drive is useful for storing your changes and new programs you installed in Puppy Linux. One of the main advantages of Puppy Linux is it can even run on a computer which does not have a hard drive since Puppy Linux starts from a CD or USB flash drive. It is also easy to add new software with the Puppy Linux Quickpet installer tool. Puppy Linux also comes pre-bundled with a lot of free software which most average user need like a media player, web browser, word processor, Spreadsheets, games, etc. Puppy Linux also can be burned to older 650MB CD-R blank disc since it only uses about 100MB of space more or less, so you can also create a 128MB or larger USB bootable flash drive preloaded with Puppy Linux.
On most computers, Puppy Linux will start up in about 1 minute even if your computer is slow. Puppy will be super fast on newer computers made in the last 5 or more years.
(I can boot off the live ISO image just fine I haven't yet managed to get it to talk to the VMware virtual hard drive partition.Puppy Linux can be used on slower computers since Puppy Linux is designed to work with older computers with slower CPUs, video card and less RAM. I've seen (which points to an FTP site that is live but does not, after a couple of clicks, show to download the preferred ISO - is the I downloaded from elsewhere appropriate?), and a couple of in-depth, hacker-strength HOWTO's, which may or may not point to something current in their URL's, but I haven't been able to follow any of them to the point of installing on a working system.
I am trying to install an Ubuntu-compatible Puppy Linux VM, and am concerned that this looks like the most difficult VMware Linux installation I've seen yet.
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