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Comparison between Puppy Linux and Windows Me

Feature Puppy Linux Windows Me
Price Free ~$50
Minimum CPU required 300Mhz 300Mhz
Minimum RAM required 64Mb 64Mb
Minimum HDD space for install ~200Mb ~400Mb
Maximum RAM supported 64Gb (unlimited on a 64-bit CPU) ~512Mb to 1.5Gb1
Maximum HDD supported No maximum ~64Gb to 137Gb2?
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 Me
Internet Browser SeaMonkey with tabbed browsing, e-mail client and html editor Internet Explorer 5.5 and Outlook Express 5.5 e-mail client
Instant Messaging Pidgin supports MSN, AIM, ICQ and Y! None
Media Player Gxine Media Player 7
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 ZIP only

See also the comparison with Windows XP
See also the comparison with Windows 98
See also the comparison with Windows Vista


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