Fire Hydrant is a Linux OS, which uses the Puppy 3.01 distro as the core.
Fire Hydrant is a Linux distribution that operates on Puppy 3.01. The software comes equipped with a multitude of useful tools and applications, like Firefox, Flash, Java, and Thunderbird. It even includes Sunbird and Lightning, so users can manage their email and calendar all in one app. Additionally, Fire Hydrant boasts Icewm and 19 themes, new Firefox games, XMMS with a Sony skin, Limewire, Shutterbug, Gimpshop, Yahoo Messenger, aMSN messenger, and more.
Puppy Linux, the operating system on which Fire Hydrant is built, is an evolutionary Linux-based OS. One of its defining features is that it's incredibly small, yet fully featured. Puppy Linux is capable of booting into a 64MB ramdisk, with everything running in memory. Unlike live CD distributions, which must retrieve files off the disk, Puppy Linux loads everything into RAM. This leads to lightning-fast app launches and real-time user responses.
Puppy Linux can operate on various storage media, including flash cards, USB memory devices, CDROMs, Zip disks, Superdisks, floppy disks, and internal hard disks. The memory footprint for Puppy Linux ranges from 50-60M on USB Flash drives, CDROMS, or other storage media. Upon booting, everything is uncompressed into a "ramdisk" area.
Puppy Linux recommends a minimum of 128M RAM to operate with speed and efficiency. If your PC has less RAM, a swap partition is necessary to run most of the larger UI applications. If you're using a USB Flash drive, Puppy will attempt to load all Flash files into physical RAM. However, if there isn't enough RAM, Puppy will utilize a swap partition to extend the drive's lifespan. Ultimately, Fire Hydrant running on top of Puppy Linux offers a sleek and efficient user experience.
Puppy Linux, the operating system on which Fire Hydrant is built, is an evolutionary Linux-based OS. One of its defining features is that it's incredibly small, yet fully featured. Puppy Linux is capable of booting into a 64MB ramdisk, with everything running in memory. Unlike live CD distributions, which must retrieve files off the disk, Puppy Linux loads everything into RAM. This leads to lightning-fast app launches and real-time user responses.
Puppy Linux can operate on various storage media, including flash cards, USB memory devices, CDROMs, Zip disks, Superdisks, floppy disks, and internal hard disks. The memory footprint for Puppy Linux ranges from 50-60M on USB Flash drives, CDROMS, or other storage media. Upon booting, everything is uncompressed into a "ramdisk" area.
Puppy Linux recommends a minimum of 128M RAM to operate with speed and efficiency. If your PC has less RAM, a swap partition is necessary to run most of the larger UI applications. If you're using a USB Flash drive, Puppy will attempt to load all Flash files into physical RAM. However, if there isn't enough RAM, Puppy will utilize a swap partition to extend the drive's lifespan. Ultimately, Fire Hydrant running on top of Puppy Linux offers a sleek and efficient user experience.
What's New
Version 3.01c: N/A