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by [deXter]
Sun 22 May 2011, 02:09
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: Difference Between Puppy & Ubuntu
Replies: 64
Views: 39736

But isn't Puppy now based on Ubuntu?

Hi all, Coming back to Puppy after a few years away as I want to install it on my netbook. Now I keep reading that Puppy is "built against" Ubuntu and therefore it's binary compatible with it. Now I'm not sure exactly what it means as an end user: - Can I run and install .deb files? - Can ...
by [deXter]
Sun 24 May 2009, 03:00
Forum: Misc
Topic: Forum member activity statistics
Replies: 95
Views: 54196

My main complaint about puppy is that the default/official build comes with way too many icons on the desktop. That just doesn't have any professionalism and it can even be argued that it slows down startup time and increases memory usage by a bit. On the other hand, I like how NOP/boxpup is turning...
by [deXter]
Thu 16 Apr 2009, 02:45
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: Turbopup Xtreme v1.0 - The fastest dog on Earth
Replies: 723
Views: 537637

Since we are on the topic of fast and light, why not dump JWM for Fluxbox or even BlackBox? IMHO they even look better (more professional) than JWM and uses much lesser resources. Also, how about Opera instead of Seamonkey? Opera's so much more faster and lighter. (Especially Opera 10, with Turbo en...