Quirky is a very interesting Linux distro that is a developmental sideline of the main Puppy Linux family. I expected some quirks in Quirky’s design and performance, despite its mature growth to version 6.1 released on Jan. 1. However, the few quirks I found did not mar its performance. Quirky was easy to set up and fun to run. Despite its lineage — it’s part of the Puppy Linux family of distros — Quirky is not a mainline Puppy Linux release. Rather, it is a distinct distro in its own right.
I've been using and promoting GNU+Linux since 1992. I installed Puppy for a friend whose laptop was too old for the more bloated distributions. We couldn't figure out the package management, and no help from the very small support fora, so the system was unmaintainable. There was also a problem that that the root FS competes with applications for limited RAM on a small machine. If you need a lightweight system, install the minimum Debian or Arch or CentOS that will boot, and add lightweight application packages. They have them, it won't be much bigger than Puppy or Dam Small, there won't be any SquashFS or UnionFS weirdness, there's critical mass in the support forums, and you'll be able to maintain it.
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Quirky Linux Gets More Pep Out of Puppy
Posted by: Jack M Germain January 23, 2014 10:04 AMQuirky is a very interesting Linux distro that is a developmental sideline of the main Puppy Linux family. I expected some quirks in Quirky’s design and performance, despite its mature growth to version 6.1 released on Jan. 1. However, the few quirks I found did not mar its performance. Quirky was easy to set up and fun to run. Despite its lineage — it’s part of the Puppy Linux family of distros — Quirky is not a mainline Puppy Linux release. Rather, it is a distinct distro in its own right.