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willem1940NLD · Posted: Thu 07 Jul 2011, 13:50 Post subject:

Using puppy 525 full on USB stick; older computer, HD removed, cannot boot from USB so using CD for startup. 995MHz, 1GB RAM

Installed SFS, cranky reboot, no Opera in menu. Several restarts, Xorg troubles, more restarts, Xorg O.k, still no Opera in menu. Removed SFS, downloaded and installed again, several restarts and crashing Xorg, finally o.k and working now.

Will Opera ever get mediaplayer connectivity? In former versions I read it might use a specific mozilla/vlc plugin nowhere to find.

Terryphi · Posted: Fri 08 Jul 2011, 02:23 Post subject:

willem1940NLD: Opera uses the media plugins available in your version of Puppy. To see what Opera "sees" go to Tools>Advanced>Plugins.

Check or amend settings for a particular file type in Preferences>Advanced>Downloads.

willem1940NLD · Posted: Fri 08 Jul 2011, 08:12 Post subject:

Thanks, found the plugins table all set for use. This must be new because earlier Opera-versions only offered to download files on web I touched, except for Flash which worked well.

O.k now, tested it and it picks avi and the lot.

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willem1940NLD · Posted: Fri 08 Jul 2011, 21:51 Post subject:

Terryphi · Posted: Sat 09 Jul 2011, 06:30 Post subject:

sheldonisaac · Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 869 Location: Philadelphia, PA

anika200 · Joined: 28 Jul 2011 Posts: 5

This works great, thanks for making it available.
I have a very low end box, VIA epia ek1000, and made a couple of changes in opera:config that seem to make it perform better.
Of course under plugins, turn off flash, drives this cpu nuts.
Under performance >
max connections server 2
max connections total 4
max persistent 6
network buffer size 128
Under user pref >
Automatic ram cache off (this seems counter productive but makes a big difference in snappy feel)
You can also turn off mouse gesters under prefs>advanced>shortcuts

Terryphi · Posted: Fri 29 Jul 2011, 02:44 Post subject:

Hi anika200. I'm glad to hear it works well on your box. Your tips will be useful to other users of low end boxes. The good thing about Opera is it is so configurable. Using opera:config you can turn off everything you do not need. It is worth taking the time to understand all the available features.

aarf · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3613 Location: around the bend

Terryphi · Posted: Wed 31 Aug 2011, 06:03 Post subject:

I have updated the SFS to Opera 11.51 (build 1087) which is the latest official release.

See first post in this thread for download location.

Terryphi · Posted: Wed 31 Aug 2011, 08:31 Post subject:

Sorry if you had difficulties downloading earlier (Hi Kenya and Italy Wink

). Problem now fixed. Try again.

See first post in this thread for download location. Please note username and password.

Terryphi · Posted: Wed 19 Oct 2011, 10:25 Post subject:

I have updated the SFS to Opera 11.52 (build 1100) which is the latest official release. This is an important security fix.

See first post in this thread for download location.

Terryphi · Posted: Tue 06 Dec 2011, 04:19 Post subject: Subject description: Opera browser

I have updated the SFS package to Opera 11.60 (build 1185) which is the latest official release.

See first post in this thread for download location.

Tman · Joined: 22 Jan 2011 Posts: 815 Location: Toronto

Terryphi, thanks for all of your work with Opera. I just wanted to report that verision 11.60 gives me error messages in Saluki (Racy-based) everytime I close it. Version 11.52 seems to be very stable. I have a modified version of it which I use for my Internet Apps downloader.