An update.
First because I am not installing Puppy on my hard drive I am not to
concerned about an attack. Remember that Puppy is a single user version
of Linux. You can't add many users from what I have read.

Remember that my post was to highlight a distro that can be very helpful
to users that are stuck with older equipment. My friend is very
appreciative of the developers over at Puppy for their efforts, I am
too. It is nice to know some people are happy just trying to offer a
solution, rather than be all things to all people (precise puppy is
compatible with Ubuntu).

I went to the Wifi spot and was easily able to connect to the outside
world. I then tried the puppy package manager and was able to install a
couple of Deb files just to try out the manager. It worked great without
a hitch so I give Puppy a 5 star rating

The install program has an option to install on flash that the computer
will not normally boot. Although my Aspire One will boot from USB it
would not boot from the SD card. Using the boot from USB option in the
install menu I have been able to install a copy on the SD card and run
on boot up from the SD card that would not boot.

I no longer have to have a dongle hanging off the computer as I did when
I first installed puppy.

Because I allow the hard disk to spin down while using Ubuntu, I find
that the batteries don't last any longer than when I have the hard drive
still installed, so I will leave it in.