Thanks very much for the quick replies. This is exactly what I wanted to accomplish.

I am running PuppyLinux version 5.2.? with the JWM window manager, and have several desktop icons whose label is quite long. Is there a way to split the label into several lines, rather than have it all display on a single line? I'm looking for a form of "word wrap", that will display the ...

What I'm looking to do is ( hopefully ) simple. After playing with several flavors/versions of Linux, I finally settled on Precise Puppy 5.7.1 as my choice; primarily because was quick to load, and (like all versions of Puppy I have tried) it recognized my wireless card immediately. From WIndows XP,...

I am running Puppy Linux 5.1.1 on a Dell Inspiron 7500. I did a full install, and everything seems to be running fine except for one thing. When I choose the Shutdown option, it gets to the point of saying that it's powering off, and then says "System Halted", but the power does not shut o...

1. My previous problems were with Windows. Someone was able to hack into my computer (past the firewall) and remotely run programs as if on my computer. I finally noticed some odd files on my computer and figured out what had happened. I changed the passwords and it seemed to stop, but I had to unin...

I'm concerned that someone might get access to my system files, see the WEP key for the WIFI network, and use it to access my WIFI without my permission. You are working in Puppy, which only has one user - root. So that file is visible to anyone else who sits down at your computer. Thanks for the h...

I am a newbie so please have pity: While looking at my network configuration, I noticed that the file /etc/simple_network_setup/connections contains an unencrypted copy of my WIFI network WEP key in it. The default permission mode is 644 (rw-r--r--). Would I be safer to CHMOD to 600 (rw-------), so ...