So i want to know if there are any drivers for these kind of components:
1.Display Adapters :Old Nvidia card (legacy ones) and ATI video drivers (most important for me is Ati radeon r9250)
2 Sound,video and game controllers :.Realtek audio devices ( i needrealtek 95)
4.Network Adaptors :Ethernet drivers
5.Universal Serial Bus Controllers
and how do you install programs/drivers (i used a linux console before bu i want to know if it's the same way)
Thank you in advance
Need drivers for Puppy
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raturglancer
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Linux drivers
Hi raturglancer
Welcome to Puppy and Linux.
When a Linux Distro is made the kernel is compiled and the maker includes as many of the drivers as he wants. In practice, since most makers include most items, this means that virtually any hardware will be recognised and the driver loaded as Puppy or any other Linux distribution boots up. It may be that for a general purpose PC the maker has not include specialist drivers for such items as magnetic inclinometers, etc. The heart of Linux is the kernel and this is constantly being updated to include new hardware and make improvements.
Ethernet controllers and usb controllers will be recognised. Any item such as a usb tv stick, printer, etc that you attach to your computer will most probably be recognised and be ready for use with the right programme. I rarely have any problems with hardware on Linux.
The easiest test is to install Puppy to a cd, dvd or usb stick and run it to check it performs as you want. This is very quick to do.
If you want to install other programmes Puppy has a Puppy Programme Manager (PPM) which will download and install them for you.
Regards
peterw
Welcome to Puppy and Linux.
When a Linux Distro is made the kernel is compiled and the maker includes as many of the drivers as he wants. In practice, since most makers include most items, this means that virtually any hardware will be recognised and the driver loaded as Puppy or any other Linux distribution boots up. It may be that for a general purpose PC the maker has not include specialist drivers for such items as magnetic inclinometers, etc. The heart of Linux is the kernel and this is constantly being updated to include new hardware and make improvements.
Ethernet controllers and usb controllers will be recognised. Any item such as a usb tv stick, printer, etc that you attach to your computer will most probably be recognised and be ready for use with the right programme. I rarely have any problems with hardware on Linux.
The easiest test is to install Puppy to a cd, dvd or usb stick and run it to check it performs as you want. This is very quick to do.
If you want to install other programmes Puppy has a Puppy Programme Manager (PPM) which will download and install them for you.
Regards
peterw
I'll add that drivers are specific to a particular Linux kernel. Drivers for one kernel won't work with a different kernel. By far the easiest way is to do as peterw suggests: make CDs or DVDs of several different Puppy versions, boot them in the computer and see if everything works. Start with the latest versions of Puppy and work back. 
By the way, Puppy works fine from rewritable CDs and DVDs,
By the way, Puppy works fine from rewritable CDs and DVDs,
