--- title: Puppy Reviews meta\_title: 'Puppy Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 16 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Puppy works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.0 review\_count: 16 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: IT Infrastructure url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-infrastructure --- # Puppy Reviews & Product Details Puppy Linux is a family of Linux distributions meant for the home-user computers. * * * Seller [Puppy](https://www.g2.com/sellers/puppy) Discussions [Puppy Community](https://www.g2.com/products/puppy/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Lubuntu](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lubuntu") Lubuntu 4.4/5(83) ](https://www.g2.com/products/lubuntu/reviews) [ ![Linux Mint](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Linux Mint") Linux Mint 4.5/5(190) ](https://www.g2.com/products/linux-mint/reviews) [ ![Ubuntu](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ubuntu") Ubuntu 4.5/5(2,399) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ubuntu/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/puppy/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 16 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Sai Kiran Reddy D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sai Kiran Reddy D.") SD Sai Kiran Reddy D. Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/27/2026 "Fast and Lightweight on Old PCs, but Compatibility Can Be Hit-or-Miss" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Puppy? Puppy was very lightweight and fast compared to other operating systems. It runs smoothly even on older or low-end computers, without requiring a lot of RAM or storage space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Puppy? it is very lightweight, it sometimes feels limited compared to full-featured operating systems. Some modern applications and drivers may not work smoothly, and software compatibility can occasionally be an issue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Puppy solving and how is that benefiting you? The solution to such problems, where a high-performance OS requires lots of hardware resources, is presented by Puppy Linux. The main strength of Puppy Linux is that it manages to run efficiently using only minimal system resources, thus making the computer usable once again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Javier F.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Javier F.") JF Javier F. Business English Teacher Education Management Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/22/2026 "Works on Any Computer Without Worrying About RAM or Storage Limits." 4/5 What do you like best about Puppy? You can make any computer work; you’re not limited by megabytes or RAM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Puppy? It sometimes does not recognize all the drivers out of the box Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Puppy solving and how is that benefiting you? It can bring an obsolete computer back to life and help me rescue data. In some situations, it’s an invaluable tool. And it is totally free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Marco P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Marco P.") MP Marco P. Solutions Development Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/30/2026 "User-Friendly, Lightweight, and Truly Portable" 4/5 What do you like best about Puppy? User friendly, lightweight. Portable and easily carried on usb drive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Puppy? Not for servers or enterprise mostly for small systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Puppy solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps to have a portable Linux distribution available when I need it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Prem C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Prem C.") PC Prem C. Full stack developer Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/2/2026 "Puppy Linux: Fast, Lightweight, and Versatile" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Puppy? The Puppy Linux for its unique combination of a features that make it fast , lightweight , and versatile.Puppy solves the problem of manual and slow workflows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Puppy? The Puppy Linux is a single-user operating system. It's typically run under the superuser account by default. and Some users find the default interface or out of the box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Puppy solving and how is that benefiting you? it fast , lightweight , and versatile and Puppy Linux is designed to run efficiently on very old computers, Puppy solves the problem of manual and slow workflows. and benefits me by saving a lot of time and making my daily tasks much easier and faster Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Dr Andy T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dr Andy T.") DT Dr Andy T. Founder, Owner, and Principal Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/30/2022 "A portable operating system that provides convenience and security" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Puppy? To put things in context, we use Puppy Linux primarily as a portable operating system, booted from a USB thumb drive, which we carry everywhere we go. Creating a bootable USB drive with Puppy Linux on a Windows 10 personal computer was a breeze. We used Rufus for this task, and the entire process, including downloading Fossapup64 9.5, was smooth and took less than 5 minutes. Likewise, setting up the operating system on the first boot was straightforward, thanks to its intuitive user interface and helpful prompts. Puppy Linux includes applications, including Pale Moon web browser and AbiWord. With these out-of-the-box applications serving our needs, we have not had to install additional applications. The graphical user interface is easy to use. Everyday tasks, like opening and closing applications, folders, and files, feel snappy. At the end of each session, we can save the session, including settings and the files created or downloaded during the session. In this way, we can continue from where we left off on the next boot, thus saving us the time and inconvenience of configuring things such as the internet connection and firewall again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Puppy? Puppy meets all our needs for a simple-to-use portable operating system, which enables us to perform tasks like checking emails, internet banking, and web browsing. I cannot think of any downsides to using Puppy Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Puppy solving and how is that benefiting you? We prefer to read and write emails and conduct online transactions on a PC instead of performing these tasks on a smartphone. With Puppy Linux booted from a USB stick, we can execute often-necessary tasks, e.g., checking our emails and internet banking, on any PC, even old computer hardware. Using Puppy Linux in this way is more secure than using the host computer's operating system. It is also more user-friendly because Puppy Linux includes applications we need and are familiar with. Puppy Linux is often faster than the operating system installed in the host computer. In summary, Puppy Linux enables us to use any PC hardware available to securely and quickly perform everyday computing tasks in situations where we do not have our laptop computer or Apple iPad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 12/2/2024 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Connor F.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Connor F.") CF Connor F. COO Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/16/2021 "Puppy Linux Made My Old Older Computer Fast" 5/5 What do you like best about Puppy? It was a quick and easy USB boot and install. Once it was up and going, I could do all the basic computing tasks someone would need throughout the day. It is grandma and grandpa friendly, and it is a fun, low resource-intensive OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Puppy? As a Ubuntu and mac user, The workflow and application install is a bit different. The interface is a bit dated but I suppose that is to keep the resources to a minimum. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Puppy solving and how is that benefiting you? We got our Thinkpad x41 tablet working again with Puppy Linux. It is leaps and bounds faster than any other contemporary operating system on a machine that old. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Geethu J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Geethu J.") GJ Geethu J. Software test engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/25/2021 "Fast Linux for old computers" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Puppy? I have been using puppy OS for the past 4 years and still, I am using it because of its good features which are listed below : \* Ease of use. \* User interface is simple and pleasant. \* Only os that works in the old machine. \* Execution(Read/write) speed is incredible. \* Very limited system requirement needed, Which is the most attractive feature of puppy Linux. \* They are less vulnerable to computer malware so they will be secure enough. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Puppy? They are only a few things that disappoint me about puppy Linux : \* Windows program will not run. \* Not easy to learn, It takes time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Puppy: I will highly recommend puppy os because \* It is light, fast, and easy to install and use. \* Can use on my old PC. \* Good desktop visual. \* Fast boot by live CD. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Puppy solving and how is that benefiting you? I can use it on my old PC, with few RAM memories, Very light and good desktop visual. Fast boot by live CD. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 6/4/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Arnaldo Ariel A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Arnaldo Ariel A.") AA Arnaldo Ariel A. Linux Sysadmin Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/17/2021 "Lightweight but useful Linux distro" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Puppy? It provides a lot of software packages without using a lot of resources of your computer. Install Puppy on your old computer and have fun. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Puppy? Some of the software provided is not the best available in its field. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Puppy: Go ahead and try it. Although with a small footprint, Puppy is a powerful operating system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Puppy solving and how is that benefiting you? With Puppy, I can keep using my old computer because it doesn't need many computing resources to work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 12/19/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![David E.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "David E.") DE David E. IT director Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/17/2021 "Puppy a easy to learn operating system" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Puppy? I like how I can be use puppy on many different types of systems. i have used it on more than one type of system while teaching students to install new systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Puppy? I don't like how you have to play with it to make sure it is entirely stable. I realize that not all the bugs are solved, but the system does need more stability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Puppy solving and how is that benefiting you? I am teaching my students about operating systems using puppy. I use the operating system to teach the students to install and modify a Linux build Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Prateek J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Prateek J.") PJ Prateek J. DevSecOps Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/17/2021 "The best lightweight Linux OS" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Puppy? 1. It's extremely lightweight 2. Works well even on very old low spec machines 3. Best for running with VM for multiple instances Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Puppy? 1. Outdated UI 2. No option for high-end machines with better UI 3. Should have the option of preloaded application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Puppy solving and how is that benefiting you? We had multiple old machines in the office and the goal was to use them in an effective way. Puppy OS helped us in utilizing the hardware and we are still using it on some of the machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 6/22/2021 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Puppy? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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