Puppy Linux Lets You Run From, Save To The Same CD

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Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @08:53PM from the dog-ate-my-homework-jokes dept.

qewl writes "Now there's a live CD that can actually save data back onto its own disk! How does it work? The PC boots with a multi-session CD inserted in the CD-burner drive -- thus, Puppy Linux automatically knows which drive is the CD-burner, in case you have more than one CD/DVD drive. Then you use Puppy in the normal way. At shutdown, all the changed files in your home directory are saved back to CD. That's it. Next time you boot, all the personal files are restored!"

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Hmm..birthday present! (Score:4, Funny)

by 7Ghent ( 115876 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @08:55PM (#11883669) Homepage

Well, my girlfriend DID say she wanted a puppy.

Not quite there yet... (Score:3, Funny)

by winkydink ( 650484 ) * writes: <sv.dude@gmail.com> on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @08:55PM (#11883672) Homepage Journal

Early adopters of Puppy Linux have reported that they frequently need to take it out of the drive bay so it doesn't make a mess. Also, if they leave it alone for any legnth of time, it starts making whining noises and chewing up files.

I read a review on this distro (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @08:56PM (#11883681)

It's a real dog.

Re:Puppy linux? (Score:5, Funny)

by snuf23 ( 182335 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @08:56PM (#11883682)

Yeah I guess it should be called:

Mutlisession CDR Bootable/Saveable Linux

I can see it coming... (Score:4, Funny)

by ErikTheRed ( 162431 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @08:56PM (#11883684) Homepage

And if the recordable disk goes bad, you get the exact same feeling as when your new puppy craps on the carpet!

Re:Puppy linux? (Score:2, Funny)

by Locke2005 ( 849178 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @08:56PM (#11883692)

Warm Puppy Linux?

yeah, but (Score:5, Funny)

by carambola5 ( 456983 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @08:57PM (#11883699) Homepage

yeah, but does it run lin...

oh, nevermind

Puppy huh (Score:3, Funny)

by LittleGuernica ( 736577 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @08:57PM (#11883715) Homepage

Finally I can send a K-9 unit to the rescue. This is a whole new "pedigree" of software indeed.

Re:hmmm (Score:4, Funny)

by snuf23 ( 182335 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @08:58PM (#11883727)

Shush! 640MB should be enough for anyone!

Re:Interesting, now for the next level... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @08:58PM (#11883728)

If Knoppix can compress ~2GB of software into a 650MB CD, think what we can do with 4.7GB of space...

hmm.. *scratching head* ~14.4GB?
or perhaps 2 chicks at the same time?

Forensics? (Score:5, Funny)

by Chrontius ( 654879 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:00PM (#11883750)

I predict this becoming big with the tinfoil-hat crowd -- they'll burn one session with music and keep it in their discman until they need it; then they've got their bootable Linux, and a way to get data out of a secure...

This is reading like the plot of Alias, isn't it?

Who cares. This is cool enough that I'm going to keep a copy in my backpack.

Re:Puppy linux? (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:01PM (#11883761)

Whatever, 'winkydink'.

Re:Puppy huh (Score:3, Funny)

by LittleGuernica ( 736577 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:01PM (#11883763) Homepage

and I just have to make this one too.. "Honestly, My Linux distro ate my homework"

Uhh... (Score:5, Funny)

by inertia187 ( 156602 ) * writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:02PM (#11883779) Homepage Journal

I'm pretty sure that burning a puppy is illegal in most states. And I'm pretty sure that's doubly true for re-buring. Remember, Dead Puppies Aren't Much Fun.

Re:nice! (Score:3, Funny)

by qewl ( 671495 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:07PM (#11883816)

Funny- it was I, the parent of your post, who submitted this article ;-)

Re:Puppy linux? (Score:5, Funny)

by AaronStJ ( 182845 ) writes: <AaronStJ AT gmail DOT com> on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:10PM (#11883840) Homepage

Could they have picked a gayer name?

No, they could not have. This name is more sexually attracted to other names of the same gender than any other name.

Re:Hmm..birthday present! (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:12PM (#11883853)

PuppyLinux is not necessarily a good birthday present for your SO
Wow. Thanks, Captain Obvious. You saved all two nerds with girlfriends from imminent failure.

dogs & cats (Score:5, Funny)

by brer_rabbit ( 195413 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:17PM (#11883903) Journal

since you can only have 99 tracks the CD, wouldn't "Eleven Cats" would be a more fitting name? Or "99 bottles of Linux"?

Re:first 2 say! (Score:3, Funny)

by thryllkill ( 52874 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:18PM (#11883917) Homepage Journal

Was that your grammar homework, or spelling homework?

Re:Puppy linux? (Score:3, Funny)

by linguae ( 763922 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:20PM (#11883930)

Yeah, but at least it's not named:

Extreme Multisession CDR Bootable/Saveable Linux XP 3000

Re:first 2 say! (Score:2, Funny)

by JNighthawk ( 769575 ) writes: <NihirNighthawk@nOSpAm.aol.com> on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:27PM (#11883977)

-1 for "2" instead of "to".
-1 for no capitalization of "I".
-1 for no punctuation.
-1 for "know" instead of "now."
-1 for terrible joke.

Congratulations, you have reached the famed moderation level of "-4, Never Post Again."

Linux Puppy? (Score:1, Funny)

by Frankie70 ( 803801 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:30PM (#11884002)

Is this Linux's answer to Microsoft's Clippy?

Re:Hmm..birthday present! (Score:1, Funny)

by Nuclear Elephant ( 700938 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:31PM (#11884005) Homepage

If your girlfriend is virtual like most everyone's on /., I'd say your girlfriend _is_ a dog...or has been ported to one.

Re:Puppy linux? (Score:3, Funny)

by AnonymousCowheart ( 646429 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:39PM (#11884073)

Or cowheart!

Yup. (Score:5, Funny)

by sootman ( 158191 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @09:54PM (#11884207) Homepage Journal

They don't come
when you call.
They don't chase
squirrels at all.

load "kernel32.sys" ,8,1 (Score:3, Funny)

by saboola ( 655522 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @10:04PM (#11884256)

Yeah, but does it run Windows?

Re:Not quite there yet... (Score:3, Funny)

by mikael ( 484 ) writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @10:10PM (#11884301)

They'll have this problem "fixed" in six weeks time.

Re:Interesting, now for the next level... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 08, 2005 @11:21PM (#11884802)

If I had a million bucks I think I could arrange that

Re:So when I boot and download pr0n (Score:3, Funny)

by Lehk228 ( 705449 ) writes: on Wednesday March 09, 2005 @12:13AM (#11885112) Journal

the distro is 50 megs, so you've got about 3 average porn downloads on there.

Re:Interesting, now for the next level... (Score:2, Funny)

by noidentity ( 188756 ) writes: on Wednesday March 09, 2005 @02:11AM (#11885780)

hmm.. *scratching head* ~14.4GB?

My modem ran at that speed years ago!

Re:Hmm..birthday present! (Score:2, Funny)

by aichpvee ( 631243 ) writes: on Wednesday March 09, 2005 @04:33AM (#11886350) Journal

Yes, but does she run Linux?

Re:Hmm..birthday present! (Score:2, Funny)

by nova_ostrich ( 774466 ) writes: on Wednesday March 09, 2005 @12:15PM (#11889271) Homepage

Oh come on now, you know one of those nerds doesn't count because his girlfriend isn't the 15 year old from the chat room he thinks she is.

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Hmm..birthday present! (Score:4, Funny)

Not quite there yet... (Score:3, Funny)

I read a review on this distro (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Puppy linux? (Score:5, Funny)

I can see it coming... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Puppy linux? (Score:2, Funny)

yeah, but (Score:5, Funny)

Puppy huh (Score:3, Funny)

Re:hmmm (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Interesting, now for the next level... (Score:5, Funny)

Forensics? (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:Puppy huh (Score:3, Funny)

Uhh... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:nice! (Score:3, Funny)

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Re:Hmm..birthday present! (Score:4, Funny)

dogs & cats (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:first 2 say! (Score:2, Funny)

Linux Puppy? (Score:1, Funny)

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Re:Puppy linux? (Score:3, Funny)

Yup. (Score:5, Funny)

load "kernel32.sys" ,8,1 (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Not quite there yet... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Interesting, now for the next level... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:So when I boot and download pr0n (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Interesting, now for the next level... (Score:2, Funny)

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