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Hi Pelo,

It is because LXPup doesn't come with these other desktop managers pre-installed, okie? This is why when you type: "xwin startkde" KDE does not start up - you must install it.

The best way of doing so is by going to http://sourceforge.net/projects/checkma ... es/Slacko/ and downloading "kde-4.10-slacko_5.4.0.3.sfs" to your "home folder" on your hard drive ( if you have a frugal install ) or to the folder that holds your LXPup save file.

Next, you would restart your LXPup and go to the "boot manager" found in "Start/System/Boot manager...". With that you'll be allowed to select the KDE.sfs to load on the next reboot.

Then upon doing that you can drop to the "login manager/logout" using "PupShutDown" in "Utilities" and once in the black screen ( which is a very large command prompt ) it is here where you would simply type "xwin startkde" ( or you may be required to type "xwin startkde4" where it is the KDE4 environment, okie? )

I hope that these sets of instructions were clear enough for you Pelo - and I hope that you will have much enjoyment from your LXPup! - as do I!!

Bonne chance mon ami et amicalement!

Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge d'Acadie"

I have made full iso distributions - LxPup-13.11 - based on LxPup-by-SFS

see:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 071#730071

Cheers
peebee

Hi guys, thought you might be interested in this. Jerome has posted his new distro on Linux Softpedia. Very disappointed he didn't post this here also, but I am aware of some of the problems he talked about. Just thought you might want to know. Thanks, Rob

http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/O ... 2690.shtml

oligin10 wrote:Hi guys, thought you might be interested in this. Jerome has posted his new distro on Linux Softpedia. Very disappointed he didn't post this here also, but I am aware of some of the problems he talked about. Just thought you might want to know. Thanks, Rob

http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/O ... 2690.shtml

I think?!? the download is mate-precise.iso which Jerome issued on 12-aug-12. It is based on Precise5.6.0

http://sourceforge.net/projects/matepuppy/files/

Suspect it's just Softpedia "catching up" in some way??

Cheers
PeeBee

Hi PeeBee, I guess I didn't look at the date. Still, I think someone had to have sent this to them. And I didn't remember anything about GeNome Linux before this. Thanks, Rob

Hello just installed cinnamon 1.6-v3 on lxpup 13.01 full. However, when I launch the desktop background comes up but no icons or anything else.
I have read on the net that if I could access dconf that I could navigate to a page that has a setting to show icons. However, even though this is installed, I don't seem to be able to call it up. I am using an old HP desktop single core intel with 4 gig, a great xp machine and even better puppylinux - lxpup machine.

Thanks for any help you might give,
Cheers,
Vito

I think i'm running 14.03? anyway, I LIKE the MATE desktop/whatever thing
Can I put that on here? maybe toggle back n forth while I decide?

additionally, LxPup saved my butt MANY times in my learning of linux. I lost XP on the other netbook and installed Mint 17 on it but still favor Pup. I like how easy it is to change gamma values and alter color. Everyone on Mint is VERY PINK and I can find no way to alter this even with this full whizbang two Out house sink distro. Disappointing really. I do with I could get a better image viewer on Pup tho, even Geeqie is sadly lacking. I like Caja on MATE MUCH better than PCfileMan. Rox is just way too confusing with all that pin stuff.
ALL PROPS to jege69(sp) and peejay and mick01 !!!! keep up the good work. I think being #10 on distroW is not so bad. Dunno what it is now, that's from an old post. LxPup is very easy for a newb to get around in. Don't much like PPM tho. Cannot figure out how to use the terminal at ALL with the # instead of $ and sudo apt-get thang. I like the package manager in MintMATE because I can cruise around in it looking for stuff. PPM I click on anything and I'm commited, it begins to the DL/install thing, often following thru even AFTER I've hit the CANCEL button. And sometimes it says successful install and while checking things ANOTHER window pops up saying i've asked to install some thing that i did NOT, and it puts THAT in too. ACK!!!! dun like that at ALL. But all in all I'm stuck on LxPup at this point. I really think it's got great potential. Thinkin about buying some cheap used netbooks and installing several variants to play with. Or at least getting many more USB sticks to put more versions on.

One thing...a 2 gig save file takes like 4 minutes to save and shut down. Any way I can get around this? I'm reluctant to put it ON the HD with XP after losing my other XP. I HAVE to have at least one XP machine.

Hi XP-refugee,

If you are running the LxPup 14.03, this is noth the right thread to pose your question. I must admit it is a bit confusing.

The thread you need is :

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=89270

The confusion starts becuase this thread, and early version of LxPup, is based on Slackware 14. But the software was build in 2013. The author of the software Jeyj69 is no longer with us. But his work was carried on by PeeBee in a different thread.

The new thread I am refering you to is also based on Slackware 14, but build in 2014 (march). Hence LxPup 14.03. And the athor is PeeBee...

Regards,

Volhout

ok, thanks...I pasted THIS post into that thread and went to check on it not even one day later. It's GONE.

is there a secret handshake here?

XP Refugee wrote:I think i'm running 14.03? anyway, I LIKE the MATE desktop/whatever thing
Can I put that on here? maybe toggle back n forth while I decide?

see:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 512#784512

LXpup Mate on test. LXpup Qt too.
lot of bugs. I give up.

Mayou wrote:LXpup Mate on test. LXpup Qt too.

Best way to test:

Start with LxPup15.02

Download the sfs from: http://lx-pup.weebly.com/desktop-environments.html

Use the Desktop Switcher:

from Desktop -> Change appearance -> Options -> Switch DE