Sometimes I come across a Linux distribution that pretty much does everything right, and Macpup is definitely one of them. The ISO disk image is only 164MB in size and the entire OS can run in nothing but RAM. Yes, really. Whether you boot off USB stick or CD with Macpup, it’s pretty much ready to rock out of the box. The best part however is that Macpup is not just another “barebones” small distro. This one actually has the goods to get up and running with it very quickly.
All you basically have to know is how to navigate the desktop and where to get apps – both of which are easy to do and I show exactly how to do it in the video below.
I’d dare say this is the best small distro for older/slower PCs, or if you just want to try a distro where you’re not fumbling about just trying to figure out how the desktop environment works. Macpup, based on Puppy Linux, is basically as easy as it gets. If you know how to burn an ISO to CD or DVD, you can try Macpup now. Remember, on boot, the whole thing runs in RAM, and if you want to save your settings on exit of the OS, there is the option to place your stuff in a directory of your choice on the hard drive. Yes, this means you can “dual boot” easily. I put that in quotes because it’s not true dual-booting, but, eh.. close enough. 
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My favorite distro so far has been windows 3.1. This however could change my mind. I would be lost though without being able to install games from dotdeb.com.
Sounds interesting the video was informitave the advantage of running from memory will allow it to be used in poor countries which the population cannot afford to buy hard drives and have no airconditioning to keep the electronics cool. The world being so inadated with Windows opreating system that we have to purchase. A simple distro is all most of us really need to browse the internet, Facebook and other social medias. Can breath new life into some of the older boards that have P3 proessors and AMD K6 series that are still around in many of these countries that people are not using as the OS is no longer supported.
I do play with Ubuntu and OpenSusi 10 at times but win xp is till my main system on most of the computers I have though still use Vita on 1 and have xp and win-7 in a dual boot on my aging laptop (has a PATA hard drive)
May look into this distro and play with it.