I just want to point out that you can do a frugal install 'by hand' to the existing ubuntu partition.
(i have puppy frugal installed to my /boot partition)
No need for puppy to be on its own partition..

** CAUTION I dont think that - Puppy 4.2.? supports ext4 (yet?)

Do NOT make the mistake of ...

> I miss having a functional delete key in Rox, Ctrl-X or right click is the
> only thing I find "Unnatural" in linux these days.

this is a feature of the rox filer where you an remap thekeys.

(if the feature is enabled, -> pull down a menu item, mouse over it.. hit the delete key. then hit the ...

Just a few barks about what i 'see' hanging on irc a bit. (Ok.. so i LIVE on irc, I admit it)

New users in the channel seem to be turned off of using puppy more for the following reasons.

#1 - lack of full multiuser support (they want each faimly member to have their own account just like other ...

Yes - I must be overlooking somthing basic here.. what i normally do (testing in a virtualbox system)

Boot live cd, partition hard drive. (sda1 ext2, sda2 swap) run the installer,
run grub installer, install everything to sda1, then reboot.. It then asks to make a save file, i tell it /dev/sda1. It ...

Ok..so i've totally missed HOW to use a save to entire partion, instead of usng the 'save file'


I also understand that vfat cant do the same 'file atributes' as ext2/3 and so forth.. but for a 'save file' type frugal install.. its not really an issue is it. Is ext2/3 going to be faster for a ...

Toying with puppy, and i notice this little comment at the end of the paragraphs on a frugal install.


- Can Save to entire partition if Linux F.S. and No need to coexist.

So what does this really mean? Ive never noticed any differances in a frugal install to a ext2, compared to a vfat filesystem ...

Perhaps i missed somthing here.. but the use of the term 'official' seems missleading.


If i just manage to cobble together a songbird pet (shouldent be too hard) does that make it official?

Im about to go grab the latest and see how it runs on 4.20 Im not sure what a sfs package of it would do ...

I think this thread is getting a little bit off topic.. But it SURE is an interesting read.



If i am my own customer am i always right?
How can i be always right when according to my wife, everything i do is wrong?

This has got to be FAQ #1 on the IRC channel.

Someone enters by using Xchat and asks...
"What a client for XXXX for Puppy" where XXX is MSN, Yahoo, or so on.

So how about a Nice List of all the ways one can get to the various IM chats in Puppy linux. Personally I dont use the things. But it would ...

Starting up a 'top list of things windows users overlook/forget/dont realize'

#1 - Linux is Case Sensitive - 'ThisFile.txt' is NOT the same as 'thisfile.txt' and proper Spelling is essential.

#2 - This is not windows. Things work differently.

#3 - Not everything has an ICON or a menu item. The ...

I often see in the IRC room the beginners some how think a Frugal install is
some how 'crippled, or limited, or other wise less useable' then a Full install.

Perhaps its just because of the terms 'Frugal' and 'Full', I cant think of better terms however.

My experience with the differacnes are ...

Yes - on occasion i also try out an OLD OLD live cd with the old xchats and am amazed at whats been trimmed out.

For the most part it seems most disrtos these days include a rather 'standard by the source, unpatched, unaltered,
same as if you got the source from the xchat home page version ...

the 'unetbootin' tool is also very handy. With it and a .iso file you can make a bootable thumbdrive in just a few min.

I also have an Acer Aspire One. I had good luck with the Specilized AAO Puppy variant.

Ive not tested 4.20 out very much on the AAO yet. (the wife took it)

Unetbootin homepage ...

Also dont forget the differance between 'soft and hard links'

Those sometimes confuse people, they can also be so handy and sadly overlooked.

Biggest issue i have with relative/abs links is when im connecting to a machine via a remote box/filesystem like samba or sshfs.

Very nicely done.. I just want to know.. How do you make these videos.
Ive been toying with 'record my desktop' and yours look much nicer.

I cant code, i cant draw, i cant make themes..
But at least i can try to help teach others.

You forgot to add "And keep it under 100mb in download size!"

Speaking of streamtuner.. which DOES work in a 'normal 4.20' puppy now for me. :oops:

I noticed that on some other disrtos the program does not work with shoutcast due to shoutcast changing their web site.

Streamtuner needs to use the 'classic' web site.

Im curious as to how this got fixed in ...

I seem to Live on irc. :) So everyone come join us.


It was suggested in the IRC chat room to have xchat ask a users name the first time it runs, to avoid there being a dozen+
(ok im exaggerating) Users in the channel with the name 'PupUserXXXXXXXX'


Trying to figure out how to make xchat do ...

You may want to check the wine app database. on tricks/tips on getting specific programs working.

http://appdb.winehq.org/

With wine theres just too many variables to even begin to give a good answer.

http://drop.io/dr_willis

Has a rather long (20 min) of what i did to install Puppy on a single hard drive In virtualbox. The fundamentals of it still apply to installing on a 'real' machine.

I managed to reencode the video down to 18mb.. and fully half of the video is just on installing the ...