Barry Kauler, Bapak dari Puppy Linux, mengumumkan ketersediaan versi Puppy Linux 4.1, yaitu edisi utama (major version) yang mengemas banyak sekali perbaikan dan peningkatan fitur dan paket aplikasi.

Pada kesempatan yang sama Barry Kauler juga mengumkan serah terima jabatan pimpro untuk proyek pengembangan Puppy Linux menulis: "I have decided to bow out from my position as leader (also known as ‘Benevolent Dictator’) of the Puppy Linux Project (held since I released v0.1 in mid-2003), and take a back seat. Version 4.1 is my final release as leader. A small group of trusted developers will take over, although the details are still to be worked out - there are a couple of threads on the forum discussing this." Hal ini bukan berarti Barry Kauler meninggalkan dunia Linux, ia meyakinkan akan nebfokuskan dirinya pada salah satu proyek turunak Puppy Linux bernama UniPup.



Fitur baru yang dibawa bersama Puppy Linux 4.1 antara lain:

• Two ISOs available (one with Linux kernel 2.6.25.16 and the other one with 2.6.21.7);
• Lots of hardware drivers;
• Built-in SCSI drivers;
• The 2.6.25.16 kernel is LZMA-enabled;
• The PCMCIA support was greatly improved;
• Improved boot speed;
• Pup_event, a new service that detects more hardware components than before;
• Upgraded SeaMonkey to version 1.1.11;
• Support for the Multitech USB GPRS modem;
• Better modem support;
• Psip VoIP, Puppy Linux's own VOIP chat/telephone/instant messenger software;
• PPLOG blog, Puppy Linux's own blog;
• Pmusic, Puppy Linux's own audio player;
• Improved Network Wizard;
• Added Xfprot, f-prot GUI (virus checker);
• Banyak perbaikan termasuk update terhadap aplikasi seperti: Geany, ePDFView, Pburn, Pfind, hiawatha, Figaro's Password Manager, Gnumeric, Abiword, gphoto2, Sysprof, Xsoldier, Glade3, Pmirror, Pschedule, ndiswrapper, ntfs-3g, Fotoxx, unionfs, aufs, Pnethood, Xlock, Pwireless, pupX, mtPaint, inotify-tools dan banyak lainnya.

Puppy 4.1 yang kecil (format CD saku) sudah siap pakai berkat banyak drivers yang telah ditanamkan seperti untuk scanning dan printing, digital camera, audio recording, editing dan conversion. Juga paket software untuk perkantoran yang cukup lengkap.

Puppy Linux 4.1