Latest news TEENpup 2008 available
- Download from http://puppylinux.ca/teenpup∞
- Download from Softpedia∞
- Also Available from http://puppyisos.org/isos/2008-01-to-06/∞ Note: Only use this mirror if you are having trouble downloading from Softpedia or Puppylinux.ca
- TEENpup Now on Distrowatch's active list http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=teenpup∞
- Need Support? Have Questions? Why not join the Puppy Linux forum on which TEENpup is based. Here you will surely make many new friends.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/∞

Have you tried TEENpup 2008 yet! TEENpup 2008 is a free download.

Bring back to Life that old Pentium III PC you have stored away!

TEENpup 2008 may even run on older PC's then listed: Example a relative couldn't view her daughter on Facebook as her old 350MHZ PC with Windows 98 wouldn't install JAVA as the JAVA website listed the version of Windows 98 as not being supported. I created a special Live CD of TEENpup 2008 with JAVA pre-installed and now she can view Facebook. Now she is burning music CD's with K3B while still running Live from the CD. She has commented that TEENpup 2008 starts up faster than her installed copy of Windows 98.

See what the reviews think ∞

Did you know TEENpup / Linux can also look after your Windows Operating System and keep it running better for Longer! How? Because TEENpup can run as a Live CD and comes with most required codecs / plugins for surfing the Web pre-installed. You can open your favourite websites like Youtube, Facebook etc running TEENpup from your CD/DVD Drive while Windows happily sleeps inside your PC never knowing it's even "ON". This should prevent those nasties on the Web from infecting your Windows System. Also one other advantage is that TEENpup will most likely be ready to use in less time then it takes to boot up Windows.

TEENpup is for the PC User who doesn't want or care about setting up Flash, Java, Realmedia. Just Like Windows they expect it all to just work. They don't want to go to say Youtube and a "missing plugin" message comes up, they just expect it all to work.
"While TEENpup was originally created to appeal to Teenager Puppy Users looking for more appealing Desktop and a larger range of Applications to choose from, the goal now with each release is to create an inviting, easy to use Operation System for the average Home PC User." John Van Gaans, creator of TEENpup Linux

Screenshots: 1. Desktop; 2. Some apps new to TEENpup 2.14; 3. Multimedia Apps

Pdrive, Pmount, PBrename, Gdmap, Fragger, Partview, Gtkcat, Recoll, Turma, reXgrep, Gtkfind, Kfind, Pfind, CYCAS3, Qcad, XaraLX, Digikam, Gtkam, Dia, JFdraw, Drawswf, GPicView, Karbon, The Gimp, Kooka, Quiteinsane, Xsane, Photoprint, ShowFoto, Showimg, Kuickshow, mtPaint, InkLite, kcolorchooser, kcoloredit, colorexplorer, Kmagnifier, Kolourpaint, Ksnapshot, Grabc, SeaMonkey, Kchart, glabels, knotes, Scribus, Kpresenter, Gnumeric, Kspread, Kate, Kjots, KWord, Abiword, Geany, KWrite, Leafpad, puppyPDF, DjView, JoinPDF, PBdict, XNview, Kghostview, KTnef, Kpdf, KMyMoney, Kcalc, tkConvert, Kaddressbook, Kontact, Agenda, Korganizer, Osmo, DidiWiki, VYM, Gtimer, Gkdial, WvDial, Xeznet, KWiFiManager, KNetAttach, Krfb, PureFTPd, Firelog, LinuxDCPP, Cheops, Superscan, Xnetload, tkpppoe, Krdc, LinNeighborhood, Sockspy, TightVnc, RutilT, Azureus, Transmission, Jabbin, Gaim, Kopete, Xwhois, Axel, Prozilla, KMail, Gftp, Frostwire, Gizmo, Skype, Akregator, Ssh-gui, Dillo, PupCtorrent, Xwget, JavaTunes, MadMan, Soxgui, XMMS, KsCD, PBcdripper, Gxine, MPlayer, KAudioCreator, Pupdvdtool, Streamtuner, gtkpod, ifpgui, Grip, gqmpeg, Gnomad 2, Kaffeine, Lives, VLC, XmmsMusicBox, LMMS, RealPlayer 10, Pdvdrsab, Audacity, Kmix, Zmixer, Sweep, ZynAddSubFX, xawtv, Muppywebcam, Pburn, TkDVD, K3B, Bubbles, Gemgame, Heroes, KPercentage, Kbattleship, Kmahjongg, Kobodl, Kolf, Kpat, Kpoker, Kshisen, LBreakout 2, gtkpool, Starfighter, Rubix, Tkmines, Xsoldier, Zaxxon.

Looking for more Applications to use in TEENpup 2008?
Download them from here http://dotpups.de/dotpups/∞ (Note: While a large number of these Applications listed will run fine in TEENpup 2008, they were originally created to be used with Puppy Linux. As TEENpup 2008 has a larger base of standard system files over Puppy Linux on which TEENpup is based, installing some applications may replace some system files unique to TEENpup 2008 which could lead to problems later on. I recommend you try any of these Applications while running TEENpup 2008 Live First! to see if they work correctly before installing them if you have installed TEENpup 2008 to your Hard Drive).

• For screenshots, see Forum thread 1∞ and Forum thread 2∞
• 23/October/2007: TEENpup goes on waiting list at DistroWatch∞. Hello to everyone from Distrowatch coming to take a look at TEENpup.

Select teenpup2.14.iso, 404MB. Use the Md5 checksum to make sure your download is correct.
Please be aware that demand on the servers might require you to try again later.

• Download from Softpedia∞
• Download from puppylinux.ca: http://www.puppylinux.ca/puppyfiles/custom/∞
• Download from puppyisos.org: http://puppyisos.org/isos/2007-07-to-12/∞
• Download using MetaLink: teenpup2.14.iso via Metalink∞
• Md5 checksum: 301f824a3df3fa43b5470927c95a6149

• More usability in TEENpup for everyone, not just teenagers.
• More Codecs, Plugins, & Programs.
• Twice as many printer drivers (around 1500 printer drivers) as TEENpup 2.0.0
• Uses the CUPS printing system.
• Printing now works with the KDE Apps included with TEENpup 2.14 that didn't in TEENpup 2.0.0.
• Icons have been changed to look more inviting and pleasing to the eye.
• Everything feels cleaner and more professional.

I feel a Windows user would feel more at home with this version of TEENpup than the last 2 versions. If you take for example KDE's K3B CD/DVD Burner, it now comes with a whole lot more plugins than TEENpup 2.0.0 and would equal or excede even Ubuntu, Debian, Suse and a whole lot Distros out there at the moment. It's all about usability.

Even though TEENpup is only 404Mb big, it comes with a lot more apps than most 700Mb Distros do.

• Digikam, Showimg, Kooka, VLC Player, Realplayer, Gxine Player, Kmymoney, gtkpod, VNview, Kpdf, XaraLX, K3B, Scribus, Abiword, Glabels, Konqueror, Qcad, Madman, Grip, Audacity, heroes, gtkpool, kpat, kpoker and a whole lot more.

Minimum System Requirements

• 500Mhz CPU (Processor)
• 192Mb RAM (Update: After testing TEENpup 2.14 on a 800MHZ Pentium 3 PC with 128MB's of Ram it was discovered that TEENpup 2.14 is usable.) One discovery is that the system requires about 80MB's of Ram to operate while using any of the KDE Apps included in TEENpup 2.14 One advantage of TEENpup 2.0.0 / 2.14 is that unless any of KDE Apps are started, KDE and its underlying base / dependencies will remain idle freeing up much needed RAM on PC's with only 128MB's. This is just one of the reasons why TEENpup 2.0.0 / 2.14 use the ICEWM / JWM window managers and not the KDE window manager.
• 20x CD-ROM Drive that can be booted from (Testing has shown that a 4x CD-ROM Drive can also work.)
• Note: Apps like Gxine etc related to DVD playback, may not appear to work on older PC's with slow Processors and Ram Update 29th of January 2008 VLC Player has played DVD's on older PC's when Gxine Player wouldn't. Testing has shown that newer PC's with good Ghz for the Processor and around 256Mb's of Ram have very little trouble playing DVD's etc.

• TEENpup is based on Puppy Linux and if you've ever tried Puppy Linux, you will know how free a system Puppy is.
• You can hack it to bits, no system manager stopping you copying in some system files like Ubuntu or Debian or Mandriva.
• You can experiment with a Puppy base system any way you like. Of course you will break a Puppy base system like any other Linux Operating System, but if most of your experimenting is while running from a Live CD, there's not much to lose.

Now back to TEENpup: if you're like me and have found Puppy to be too old looking and wishing that Puppy came with a good selection of the best apps from KDE or Gnome, looked as good as the other bigger Distros, but retained that ease of use for those new to Linux that Puppy gives, then TEENpup might just be for you.

How does a Live / install Distro that comes with Flash, Java, Realmedia and a whole lot more codecs sound? What about being able to play those encrypted DVD's other distros complain about and won't let you play your favourite movies, due to missing codecs? No problem here.

What about quick boot times? I run TEENpup 2.14 installed to Hard Drive on a 5 year old run of the mill PC and it takes about 33 seconds to boot up and about 7 seconds to shutdown. One thing I can't stand anymore is slow boot / shutdown times.

O.K., hopefully I've convinced you to try TEENpup 2.14 for yourself.

UPDATE: TEENpup 2.0.0 Released June 2007 See Link for Screenshots http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=18537∞ (See below on what I want TEENpup to become as a minimum Operating System)

Download TEENpup 1.0.0 link∞ (226Mb).
HTTP Mirror for Teenpup 1.0.0.∞
FTP Mirror for Teenpup 1.0.0∞
Link to folder containing TEENpup 2.0.0 link∞ (272Mb)

When I first discovered the Linux Operating System, I spent alot of my time trying many different Linux Distro's and found that one version filled some of my needs, while another filled others. I couldn't find a Linux distro that did every thing I needed it to.
Finally I discovered Puppy Linux and was hooked. It played Encrypted DVD's, My Winmodem worked. It was very quick and simple. (95-99% of Linux Distro's don't support Winmodem's by default.)
While I was very happy with Puppy Linux, I wanted it to be more pleasing to the eye upon boot-up, have more Apps (Packages) to be more useful to myself and my family. As I was running Puppy Linux on my Hard Drive, its size didn't matter to me. So I added more and more packages until I started getting closer to an Operating System myself and family could use ever day.
My niece's use to come around and always wanted to use msn and surf the net, I made them use Puppy instead of Windows and asked them for feedback on what they liked and disliked.

A few months ago I decided I would bring all my ideas together and create a version of Puppy Linux, I felt would appeal to Teenagers and those young at heart and TEENpup was born from that idea. I also felt that TEENpup should come with a lot of extra Apps (packages) already installed so someone new to Puppy Linux wouldn't have to search the forum and other places for Dotpups of packages they needed that weren't already in Puppy Linux. Also plugins like Java and Flash should be included and setting up your Printer should be as easy as possible.
So I thought about Java and how it's 85MB's installed and decided it was better to have a Dotpup of Java (25MB's Unzipped) included ready for installation as it would make the final version of TEENpup smaller and if a user didn't need java then they didn't have to install it.
I did the same thing with Flash, only this time it was to update it from version 7 to 9. I also include the "No Script" Plugin to stop Seamonkey from crashing as had been the a problem in the past since the release of Flash version 9 update. (Problem Fixed in TEENpup 2.0.0 which now has Flash version 9 as Default, no longer requiring "No Script" Plugin to reduce Seamonkey Web Browser from Crashing upon opening of websites containing flash content.)
While Puppy comes with its own Printer Wizard, it doesn't include many drivers (improved in Puppy versions 2.13 and 2.14 and TEENpup 2.0.0) so I decided to add the online Printer Wizard (TEENpup 1.0.0 only) from the Puppy Forum and there's instructions and a dotpup for that.) All can be accessed by clicking on the Icons on the right hand side of the Desktop.
As for the look of Seamonkey Web Browser I thought it looked plain and a bit out of date. What it had going for it was it had email and website composer built in.
As it is Puppy Linux's default Browser all plugins work, links work by default, all I had to do was make it look better with some themes and add some more plugins.
You will find an icon on the right hand side of the Desktop to access these themes and extra plug-ins. (TEENpup 1.0.0 only)
TEENpup 2.0.0 has a nice theme for Seamonkey installed by default.

What extra applications (Packages) are included compared to Puppy?
Graphics
Cinepaint, XaraLX, Qcad, The Gimp, Inkscape.
Office
Scribus (with extra templates), XNview and (Acrobat 5.0 TEENpup 1.0.0)
Internet
aMSN, Gizmo net phone and Ghttrack.
Multimedia
Realplayer, XMMS, Streamtuner internet radio, Grip mp3, Audacity, (X-CDroast TEENpup 1.0.0), Grafpup CD Burner, PBcdripper,aumix and gtkpod for your ipod.
Games
Hearts, Solitaire, Mahjongg, Moonlander, Zaxxon, Ltris and Xgalaga. I also included Dosbox which allows you to install old Windows dos games like Wolfenstein 3D and play them through TEENpup.
Miscellaneous
Endeavour2 File Manager, GQview (image viewer), gtkam, VYM View Your Mind Outliner, Pfind∞ (search) and a small App that gives you swimming fish on your Desktop called Fishtank see Icon.

You can install more apps with Puppy Software Intaller∞, dotpups TEENpup 1.0.0 and TEENpup 2.0.0, or PetGet with TEENpup2.0.0

All in all a lot of time has been spent on changing icons, wallpapers, mimefiles and more, I hope you like and enjoy using TEENpup version 1.0.0.

Like to see some screenshots? please click link http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=15956∞

Vision for TEENpup 2.0.0 based on Puppy 2.14

What I want TEENpup to become and offer the average PC User.

I believe an PC Operating System should be able to do the following by Default:

Connect to the Internet by Dial Up / Broadband
Surf all the Net including Pages with Flash and Java
Open Emails, Chat with MSN, Yahoo etc

Write Letters and do Spreadsheets, Paint, Photo Edit
Open different file formats like Powerpoint, Word, Excel, PDF's etc must be able to open Windows Formats.

Play DVD's CD's Windows Media, Quicktime, Real Media
Burn not just Data CD/DVD's but also Music CD's (Fixed in TEENpup 2.0.0)
Rip MP3's and have some compatabilitly with ipod's.
Open Photo's
Print
Come with some Simple Games

This is the Minimum requirements and TEENpup 2.0.0
TEENpup 2.0.0 has been released.

OK what's different this time round.
Well alot of KDE's base system has been added to TEENpup 2.0.0 to allow Apps like K3B, Kooka, Digikam, Konqueror, Kopete, Kpdf, Kolf, Kontact and more to operate with the JWM and ICE window managers.
We also have "LMMS" which is a music studio to allow user's to create their own music + ZynAddSubfx another music App.
To allow a user to build a CD library simular to itunes there's the App "Madman".
If you'd like to print out some labels with your printer, there's the App "glabels".
Also games like "kobodl", "Starfighter", "Lbreakout2", "Kpat" and more have been added.

While some Apps from TEENpup 1.0.0 were removed, alot like Grip, Scribus, XMMS, Gimp, XaraLX, Realplayer, Audacity, Qcad, VYM,
dosbox, XNview were kept.
Also Added or updated are "Linuxdcpp", "Gaim2", "Kino", "Prozilla".

My advice is to take a close look at "Digikam" as it does more than just transfer your digital photo's from your digital camera. It has the current up to date camera drivers installed and better detection of some cameras than gtkam. Also you may find your Scanner will now work with "Kooka".

I must warn you that while there is a lot of KDE in TEENpup 2.0.0, it is not the full KDE Desktop and some Apps may not have all functions working.
Printing may not work with some KDE Apps and you may need to "save as" to a file and use other Apps to print.

TEENpup 2.0.0 is alot more experimental than TEENpup 1.0.0 in the way it was created with alot of the Apps coming from many different sources and bugs are sure to turn up. Hopefully there won't be many.

Update: There is a problem with the Menu in TEENpup 2.0.0 which doesn't effect it while running from the Live CD.
Upon installing TEENpup 2.0.0 to your Hard Drive and installing more Packages, the Menu may revert to an earlier ugly version with alot of the Apps missing. to bring back the correct menu open "Home" and unhide the hidden files by clicking on the "EYE". Now open the folder .icewm and create a folder call "Menubackup" and copy the backup or old menu to that folder. Now rename that old menu to "menu" and overwrite the current menu. This will bring back TEENpup's correct menu. You will need to do the same for the jwm menu as well which you will find under "Home" (root) as well.
Sorry about this bug as it was only discovered after TEENpup 2.0.0 was released.

Update: The menu problem has been fixed. See Link to Forum
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=18744∞

Update: An Added Icewm Theme for TEENpup 2.0.0 which changes the top toolbar colour to black called IceVista3. See Link to Forum
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=18936∞

Update: I am currently building the next installment of TEENpup and while it will be fresh and hopefully an improvement over TEENpup 2.0.0 it will still be based on Puppy 2.14 (See it more as an Updated, more Apps version of TEENpup 2.0.0)
Be warned its size is growning again. As I see or run into problems preventing a average PC user be it a Linux or Windows from doing their normal things with their PC, I have tried to find solutions to those problems which has increased the size again.

I'm also working on "Look and Feel" to attract EYE CANDY hungry Windows User's to Linux.

Even more now I see TEENpup as a single user PC Operating System. What this means is that TEENpup is now aimed at a family with a single PC who like to surf the net, play a DVD or two, burn a few CD's etc etc all the normal stuff a average Windows User would do.
I have no plans to make it into a SOHO System.

OK much to still be done, so a release date hasn't been set. I am trying to get it ready as quickly as time allows. Update: 11-08-2007