SaferPuppyLinux

Live USB Distros based on Puppy Jammy 32, Fossa9.5 64, Bookworm64
for journalists, activists, teachers with slow computers in repressive environments
~700MB[32bit] ~1.1GB[64bit]
RAM 1GB minimum (swap suggested)
Live USB stick 2GB[32bit], 4GB[64bit] > VFAT32
encrypted personal storage suggested
internet radio with bookmarks
Firefox ESR for addons: singlefile, urbanVPN, translate
Seamonkey (wysiwyg HTML editor),
Palemoon can work with Tor Proxy via FoxyProxy
Voice & webcam record
Mini File servers LAN weborf & woof (LAN uploads)
Jami secure video/voice chat distributed E2EE
Pidgin for XMPP/Jabber with OTR
zuluCrypt zuluMount cli for encrypted volumes
Notecase wiki (optional encrypted) export to HTML
Abiword
games for kids, tuxmath ...
extra firmware

see README & history files in each version's folder
for quick notes, bugs, releases, things that don't work

Special thanks to:
uppupjj+32 22.04 &
fossa9.5 teams
& the heroes keeping Puppy Linux alive & well

Features

Live USB operating system, portable
Smaller distro, small download
Slower computers
Lower power computers
Slower internet 1Mbs
Repressive enviroments, censored internet
VPN ready or Free VPN
Secure video voice text chat (proxy TURN, STUN) E2EE
Browsers: FireFox, Tor, Palemoon, Seamonkey
Encrypted personal storage
Audio video codecs & recording & convert
Voice recordings
Fileservers + LAN uploads + LAN wiki
Loaded with many software apps
Easy to install from Linux, Windows
Phone data transfer backup
Ad blocking
Local network chat & file transfer & collaboration
Activists
Educators
Journalists
Puppy Linux respins

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Linux

Languages

English

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

User Interface

X Window System (X11)

Registered

2023-12-08

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