Linux Tmxxine is an open-source operating system designed specifically for time travel.
Puppy Linux itself is an OS that's built on GNU Linux with a twist. It's a miniature system that's surprisingly full-featured. In fact, Puppy Linux can boot into a tiny 64MB RAM disk, which means that the entire system functions directly out of your computer's memory. Unlike some other live CDs, Puppy Linux doesn't have to keep pulling files and data from a disk. Instead, everything needed to operate the OS is loaded into your RAM. As a result, all applications start quickly and respond instantly to user input.
Because Puppy Linux is so versatile, it can boot from a multitude of different devices. This includes USB flash drives, CDs, Zip disks, floppy disks, and internal hard drives. Regardless of where you're booting from, Puppy occupies a minimal amount of space, only about 50-60M on USB flash drives, CDs, or other storage media.
When Puppy Linux boots up, everything compresses into a RAM area known as a "ramdisk." If you have lots of RAM in your computer, more files can be kept permanently in the ramdisk, which increases speed. For best results, a PC with 128M RAM is recommended. That being said, Puppy will automatically utilize a swap partition if one exists.
When trying to boot the OS from a USB flash drive, Puppy works to load all available files into your computer's physical RAM. If there isn't enough space on your RAM, Puppy can transfer excess files to a swap partition if one exists. By minimizing the amount of writing to flash memory during a session, Puppy can greatly extend the lifespan of your flash drives. However, note that you may need a swap partition for most GUI applications if you're working with a PC with less than 64M RAM.
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