Last Edited: 01 May 2008 by superuser
Importered from old WiKi -- 30/04-08 18:04.
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added Windows Me

Comparison between Puppy Linux and Windows Vista

Feature Puppy Linux Windows Vista
Price Free ~$150
Minimum CPU required 200Mhz 1Ghz (1000Mhz)
Minimum RAM required 64Mb 512Mb
Minimum HDD space for install ~200Mb ~15Gb (15000Mb)
Official support Yes Yes
Installation Runs live and Installs to HDD/USB/CF/Zip Installs to HDD
Boot speed ~1 minute ~3 minutes
WiFi compatibility Yes Yes
Viruses propagated None known? Unknown

Software included "out of the box"

Software Puppy Linux Windows Vista
Internet Browser Seamonkey with tabbed browsing, e-mail client and html editor Internet Explorer 7 with tabbed browsing, Windows Live Mail e-mail client
Instant Messaging Pidgin supports MSN, AIM, ICQ and Y! None
Media Player Gxine Media Player 11
Photo Management GTKSee Windows Photo Gallery
Word Processor Abiword with ODF, OOXML and DOC support WordPad 6 with some DOC support?
Spreadsheet Gnumeric with ODF, OOXML and XLS support None
PDF Support ePDFViewer and puppyPDF (creates PDFs) No
Disc burning Grafburn Windows DVD Maker
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 Me
See also the comparison with Windows 98


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