Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[kirk]

James and myself are happy to announce Fatog64-600rc. Barring any big problems the next release will be final. If you have not tested any of the other 600 releases, there have been huge changes since the 521 release. See the beta2 notes here:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=79265

Please note boot options have changed since 521. You can get all the new information from the FAQs.

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/fatdog/web/faqs/faq.html

Changes from 600 beta2:
* Update peasyscan to 2.4 (proper support for multi-user) (thanks rcrsn51)
* Recompile VLC with --enable-pvr & subtitles
* Add Hauppauge firmware.
* Add ene-ub6250.
* Slim graphical login manager now included
* Easily switch between autologin, graphical, console login modes.
* Add firewall-status applet (thanks rcrsn51)
* Update peasypdf to 2.2 (thanks rcrsn51) - will replace puppypdf.

And numerous bug fixes.



You can get it here:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/fatdog/iso/

[jamesbond]

Mirrors (may take a while to synchronise):
http://ftp.nluug.nl/ibiblio/distributions/fatdog/
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/fatdog/
http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/fatdog/

01micko confirmed that nluug and uoc have been updated, aarnet still have to wait for a while thanks Micko!

Reserved for post-release notes and comments.

[Billtoo]

I installed to an 8gb flash drive using the fatdog installer.

Computer
Processor 6x AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1045T Processor
Memory 8168MB (156MB used)
Machine Type Physical machine
Operating System Fatdog64 [54d320f566]
User Name root (root)
Date/Time Sun Jul 1 11:44:12 2012

Operating System
Version
Kernel Linux 3.4.4 (x86_64)
Version #1 SMP Sat Jun 23 18:31:59 GMT 2012
C Library GNU C Library version 2.13 (stable)
Distribution Fatdog64 [54d320f566]

Display
Resolution 1920x1080 pixels
OpenGL Renderer GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation

OpenGL
Vendor NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2
Version 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.59
Direct Rendering Yes

# glxgears
63233 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12646.547 FPS
63466 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12693.127 FPS
63438 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12687.493 FPS

Network controller Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe

[Gobbi]

Installed and working .
I confirm subtitles are working in VLC .
Now I have to make a custom version...

[James C]

Booting from cd,savefile on hdd. No obvious problems yet.

Summary
Computer
Processor 4x AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor
Memory 3787MB (358MB used)
Machine Type Physical machine
Operating System Fatdog64 [54d320f566]
User Name root (root)
Date/Time Sun Jul 1 13:43:55 2012
Display
Resolution 1366x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x300)
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Audio Devices
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia

Display
Resolution 1366x768 pixels
Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Version 1.11.4
Monitors
Monitor 0 1366x768 pixels
OpenGL
Vendor VMware, Inc.
Renderer Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x300)
Version 2.1 Mesa 8.0.3
Direct Rendering Yes


However, I've been totally unsuccessful in running from a multi-session dvd.As soon as the saved session starts to load there is an immediate kernel panic. Tried twice with 2 different dvds but then again it may just be me.

[irishrm]

Did a USB install.

A bit of a disaster I'm afraid.

No frisbee in the menu.

No wl driver.
Failed to find save-file on re-boot.

I will download again and re-install, it must be a bad download.
irishrm.

[kirk]

[irishrm]

Kirk thanks for the reply:

When creating the file-save I would have followed the default options.
However I did a fresh download and install and that for whatever reason solved my file-save problem.

Re Wpa-Gui:
I followed your instructions, double checked and re-booted a number of times but It doesn't find my wl driver.

Maybe you would consider re-instating frisbee in the final release or if that didn't fit with your plans maybe you would post a frisbee.pet.

I have the driver in a .pet you kindly provided when I had the same problem with the alpha release.
irishrm.

[jamesbond]

irishrm, I remember you said beta2 worked for you, is that true?

kirk - I think the wl module may have been accidentally omitted when we rebuild kernel-modules.sfs.

[kirk]

Yep, I put in wl.o instead of wl.ko. It will be fixed for final.

[irishrm]

jamesbond:
Beta2 was very easy to setup but that was with frisbee.

kirk:
Looking forward to the final

Thank you both for your interest.
irishrm.

[Gobbi]

My cusom Fatdog64 600rc works fine as a live CD . I installed it with a small initrd on USB , using it now ...
I have to use Network Wizard because wpagui doesn't work .
I used Frisbee successfully on a previous version : it can be configured to start when Fatdog starts just like wpagui .
I know net can be configured from boot line , so I wait for the final release ...

[Яadiøaktive TΣknik]

Wow and wow. That's all I can say. I've never been so impressed. And I'm a thirty-year geek with UNIX experience starting in 1994, first XWINDOWS at work in 1995, then many versions of Linux. This is the best thing I have ever seen or used. It's better than Windows.

Fatdog64 is a new version of Puppy Linux. It runs in 64bit and resides entirely in RAM, along with all the included apps. The boot may be unplugged once the desktop is loaded. I am using my SSD to store downloads and user settings but I've limited that to 2GB.

I really like my Fatdog64 desktop. And it comes preloaded with everything you should need, including the latest flash player and a top-notch media player, VLC. It's way better than Totem and compares to some of the best Windows media tools.

I have also already used the standard document > pdf converter, which I have never seen but it's great. Naturally it also had a .pdf reader, spreadsheet and word processor. No hassling with any downloads or drivers or anythings. OS just worked

From my experience with many linux distros, I'd have to say this is the best for me. I dislike the Gnome 3 desktop which many have chosen as their best offering. If I wanted a bunch of hidden, docking crap I'd buy an IPad or somerhing. KDE is equally bad.

I realize that you can install a different GUI for any given UNIX or Linux but it's much better to find something like FD64 who has the same vision and already put in all the effort to make it work as perfectly as this does. Thanks to all who have made this.

BTW: Wireless, sound + everything worked perfectly.

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[Jim1911]

New frugal installation on an ext4 partition is working great on my desktop computer with my usual installed programs including using getnvidia. Amazing speed and stability.

Requests for final release.
1. Faster loading of pmount (it takes about 35 seconds to load on my hardware).
2. Include Frisbee.
3. Include Woof “Desktop drive icon manager”.
4. Keep the Chosen Mirror in Package Manager upon closing. (Jamesbond’s "EDIT: mirror setting is now preserved across invocations. Will be in the next release." did not make it into the RC.)
5. Include “Desktop Templates for Desk icons” program similar to Slacko’s.

[gcmartin]