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Comparison between Puppy Linux and Windows 98

Feature Puppy Linux Windows 98
Price Free ~$50
Minimum CPU required 200Mhz 100Mhz
Minimum RAM required 48Mb1 2 24Mb
Minimum HDD space for install ~200Mb ~120Mb
Maximum CPU supported Unlimited
 2.2GHz3
Maximum RAM supported 64Gb (since 2 series) ~512Mb to 1.5Gb4
Maximum HDD supported 16 to 32Tb ~64Gb to 137Gb5
Official support Yes Unsupported as of July 11, 2006
Installation Runs live and Installs to HDD/USB/CF/Zip Installs to HDD
Boot speed ~1 minute ~1 minute
WiFi compatibility Yes Limited?
Viruses propagated None known? Hundreds

Software included "out of the box"

Software Puppy Linux Windows 98
Internet Browser SeaMonkey with tabbed browsing, e-mail client and html editor Internet Explorer 4 and Outlook Express 4 e-mail client
Instant Messaging Pidgin supports MSN, AIM, ICQ and Y! None
Media Player Gxine Media Player 6
Photo Management GTKSee No
Word Processor Abiword with ODF, OOXML and DOC support WordPad with DOC support
Spreadsheet Gnumeric with ODF, OOXML and XLS support None
PDF Support ePDFViewer and puppyPDF (creates PDFs) No
Disc burning Grafburn No
Torrent support Transmission No
Zip compression Xarchive supports ZIP, RAR and 7Z No

See also the comparison with Windows XP
See also the comparison with Windows Me
See also the comparison with Windows Vista


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