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Comparison between Puppy Linux and Windows XP

Feature Puppy Linux Windows XP
Price Free ~$50
Minimum CPU required 200Mhz 300Mhz
Minimum RAM required 64Mb 128Mb
Minimum HDD space for install ~200Mb ~1.5Gb (1500Mb)
Maximum RAM supported 64Gb (unlimited on a 64-bit CPU) 4Gb1 2
Official support Yes Yes with Service Pack 2/3
Installation Runs live and Installs to HDD/USB/CF/Zip Installs to HDD
Boot speed ~1 minute ~1 minute
WiFi compatibility Yes Yes
Viruses propagated None known? Hundreds
Virtual desktops Yes, up to 8 No
Taskbar Customization Yes Limited

Software included "out of the box"

Software Puppy Linux Windows XP
Internet Browser Seamonkey with tabbed browsing, e-mail client and html editor Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6 e-mail client
Instant Messaging Pidgin supports MSN, AIM, ICQ and Y! Windows Messenger 4 supports MSN
Media Player Gxine Media Player 6
Photo Management GTKSee My Pictures
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 Audio/Data CDs only
Torrent support Transmission No
Zip compression Xarchive supports ZIP, RAR and 7Z ZIP only

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


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