Macpup

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Macpup
Software Details:
Version: 550
Upload Date: 19 Feb 15
Developer: The Macpup Team
Distribution Type: Freeware
Downloads: 3638

Rating: 2.9/5 (Total Votes: 14)

Macpup is a completely free and open source operating system based on the minimalistic Puppy Linux distribution and built around the Enlightenment desktop environment.

Distributed as a minimal dual-arch Live CD

Being based on Puppy Linux, the distribution comes with a small Live CD ISO image of approximately 200MB in size, engineered to run on either 64-bit or 32-bit hardware platforms. You must write the ISO image to a CD disc or burn it onto a USB flash drive in order to boot it from the BIOS of a computer.

Minimal boot prompt

The boot prompt is also quite minimal, designed to allow the user to quickly start the live environment with default boot options or by loading the contents of the ISO image to RAM (system memory), ejecting the bootable medium. Advanced users can easily edit the boot options and add extra kernel parameters.

Beautiful desktop environment powered by Enlightenment

The beautiful desktop environment of Macpup is powered by Enlightenment, which does not look like a Mac OS X graphical session. It is comprised of a single panel/dock located on the bottom edge of the screen.

Default applications

Default applications include the HomeBank personal finance manager, Gnumeric spreadsheet editor, AbiWord word processor, Geany IDE, Leafpad text editor, Viewnior image viewer, InkLite vector graphics editor, mtPaint digital painting tool, Mozilla Firefox web browser, gFTP file transfer software, Transmission torrent downloader, uGet download manager and XChar IRC client.

Bottom line

While the main design goal of this Puppy Linux derivative is to provide users with a Mac OS X-like desktop experience, we have to disappoint our readers since it seems that the Enlightenment desktop environment does not look like a Mac OS X graphical desktop interface. However, it looks very nice the way it is and will run extremely fast on low-end computers.

What is new in this release:

  • MP550 is based on Precise Puppy 5.5.0, an official woof build of Puppy Linux that is binary-compatible with Ubuntu Precise packages.
  • MP550 contains all the apps from Precise Puppy with the addition of Firefox 21.
  • MP550 also includes the Enlightenment E17 window manager.
  • The EFL libraries version 1.7.5 and E17 version 17.0 where compiled and installed from source.
  • All included E17 themes are By Verdegal37 and where customized for Macpup by CatDude and Runtt21.

What is new in version 525:

  • MP525 is based on Puppy Linux 5.2.5 ,"Lucid Puppy", An official woof
  • build of puppy Linux that is binary-compatible with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx
  • packages.MP525 contains all the apps from Lucid puppy with the addition of
  • Firefox 4. Extra apps like Opera or Gimp are available for easy
  • download from the Quickpet App on the ibar or the Puppy Package Manager.
  • MP525 also includes the Enlightenment E17 window manager. The EFL libraries
  • version 1.0.999 and E17 version 59456 where compiled and installed
  • from source.
  • All included E17 themes are By Verdegal37 and where customized for
  • Macpup by CatDude and Runtt21.
  • Thank's to everyone that has help or supported the Macpup project:
  • Ttuuxxx, CatDude, Puppyluvr, Mu, Sneekylinux, Rasterman and all Of the
  • E17 crew, ZaZoOo, WhoDo, Omskates, Cgt_1991. Joel, Russoodle,
  • GrumpyWolfe,Maxpro4u, Rokytnji & 01miko.
  • Extra Thanks to Agust(Verdegal37), The best E17 Themer on the planet.
  • And Louis King Jr. for the backgrounds .
  • Special Thanks to BarryK the creator of puppylinux. And PlayDaze the
  • developer of Lucid puppy.
  • To keep your CPU cool and your fan quiet use the CPU Frequency Scaling
  • Tool . Menu-applications-system-CPU frequency Scaling Tool
  • The first time you run Macpup, The system will be running totally in RAM!
  • Click on Htop on the ibar to check working space left in RAM*. If less than 30MB,
  • do not run big apps like Firefox -- instead, shutdown Macpup and you will be
  • asked to create a save file, that will give you more space.You can put the
  • save file almost anywhere,Hard drive,USB Flash drive,Sd card.Etc...
  • I recommend 256 MB total system ram for Macpup.You can also check ram by adding
  • the systray module to the Ibar. Click on the Top Hat on the Ibar to adjust most
  • system settings. Access the settings panel to make adjustments to e17.
  • Menu-settings-settings panel or the settings icon on the right end of the Ibar.
  • Updates for Macpup 525 can be found at http://macpup.org/runtt21/ in the macpup 525 folder,
  • as well as extra modules and more themes. Please note that macpup is for PC's and
  • not intended for use on a real "Mac".

What is new in version 520:

  • MP520 is based on Puppy Linux 5.2 ,"Lucid Puppy", An official woof build of puppy Linux that is binary-compatible with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx packages.MP520 contains all the apps from Lucid puppy with the addition of Firefox 4 rc 1. Extra apps like Opera or Gimp are available for easy download from the Quickpet App on the ibar or the Puppy Package Manager. MP520 also includes the Enlightenment E17 window manager. The EFL libraries version 1.0.0 and E17 version 55225 where compiled and installed from source.

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