Apart from the technical reason, there may be a political reason why it hasn't been done in mainstream puppy.It is a KDE program, however, meaning if you use any other desktop environment it'll require a good amount of KDE dependencies to install, which some users don't like.
I emphasize try. If I heard New Zealand butter was the best butter, I would want to sample it.greengeek wrote:
B.K. Johnson wrote:Any particular reason why the other existing tools are lacking in features? Have you tried Peasy disc tools?K3b is reputedly the best Linux CD burner. That's the program that I would want to try on tahr or slacko.
I did not say other tools were lacking in features, though they might. I just want to try what is reputedly the best.
Clarification is in order. My previous comment was the nutshell version of the thing. What F.lux and other programs of its kind do (and the physical screen filters too), is eliminating the blue light component from the light beam. It seems blue light frequency, close to UV rays, is the most harmful for the eyes. What you want is reducing the blue component as much as possible, but keeping red light untouched as much as possible.musher0 wrote: You can modify the lighting in your computer studio using
curtains and lamps, can you not?
Yes, I see your point.
On the basis of your recommendation I gave F.lux a go - it's nice that they have a Linux native version. I had mixed success - if I entered the zipcode 90210 (which I think is Hollywood or somewhere similar) the screen slowly dimmed to a much softer light. However if I tried to enter my local NZ zipcode (or even Canadian zipcodes) it didnt recognise them. I also tried entering longitude and latitude but it didnt seem to understand them. And then at one point the screen went into this weird flashing between a blue tint and a rose coloured tint. Nearly turned me epillepticRattlehead wrote:What F.lux and other programs of its kind do (and the physical screen filters too), is eliminating the blue light component from the light beam
Beverly Hills 90210. That's the random zip code I always put in to places that need one too, hahahgreengeek wrote:if I entered the zipcode 90210 (which I think is Hollywood or somewhere similar)
So this forum should really be red instead of blue? edit: And your avatar as well?Rattlehead wrote:What F.lux and other programs of its kind do (and the physical screen filters too), is eliminating the blue light component from the light beam. It seems blue light frequency, close to UV rays, is the most harmful for the eyes. What you want is reducing the blue component as much as possible, but keeping red light untouched as much as possible
Last time I tried it wasn't the same, ie. tabs were shorter, but didn't try any customization. Might give it another go...Burn_IT wrote:It takes a little work, but there is an add on called CLASSIC THEME RESTORER which makes later versions look like earlier ones so you get the later security fixes but keep the good old looks.
I use it.
Yikes!! This link says the iso is 2GB ! Surely there can't be a puppy fat enough to run that can there??TyroBGinner wrote:I am requesting the current version of TeX, but certainly no one should break their neck trying to provide it - the TeX Live iso serves its purpose pretty well.
I think the way to do it rather than as part of the intial iso is to do a science/math service pack for puppylinux.greengeek wrote:Yikes!! This link says the iso is 2GB ! Surely there can't be a puppy fat enough to run that can there??TyroBGinner wrote:I am requesting the current version of TeX, but certainly no one should break their neck trying to provide it - the TeX Live iso serves its purpose pretty well.
I like this approach too, having an almost empty menu and then populating it with whatever you need/want from PPM after.nic007 wrote:I think a standard barebones puppy (32 and 64 bit) should be issued with necessary drivers, networking, printing intact. Then we need a dedicated repository for applications ie. Pets, sfs's, etc. which will all work with this standard issue (the necessary libs included). This will make things easier and give the user freedom of choice.
Mike Walsh just posted re a similar program here:Rattlehead wrote:. What F.lux and other programs of its kind do (and the physical screen filters too), is eliminating the blue light component from the light beam.
To add to this approach, users should be encouraged to rather use sfs-addons instead of installing stuff and/or doing remasters which is unnecessary. Keep it simple.Sailor Enceladus wrote:I like this approach too, having an almost empty menu and then populating it with whatever you need/want from PPM after.nic007 wrote:I think a standard barebones puppy (32 and 64 bit) should be issued with necessary drivers, networking, printing intact. Then we need a dedicated repository for applications ie. Pets, sfs's, etc. which will all work with this standard issue (the necessary libs included). This will make things easier and give the user freedom of choice.
I think that in most cases SFS are preferable. However, I have noticed that when you are using large amounts of ram, sfs might get pushed partly into the swap partition. As a consequence, perhaps it makes sence to have for instance one browser installed as a pet, and have the rest as sfs files which can be easily unloaded or re-loaded if needed.nic007 wrote:To add to this approach, users should be encouraged to rather use sfs-addons instead of installing stuff and/or doing remasters which is unnecessary. Keep it simple.Sailor Enceladus wrote:I like this approach too, having an almost empty menu and then populating it with whatever you need/want from PPM after.nic007 wrote:I think a standard barebones puppy (32 and 64 bit) should be issued with necessary drivers, networking, printing intact. Then we need a dedicated repository for applications ie. Pets, sfs's, etc. which will all work with this standard issue (the necessary libs included). This will make things easier and give the user freedom of choice.
If you have lots of RAM you do not need a swap partition or a swap file. Generally, sfs's are not loaded into RAM but when you use the application part of it will reside in RAM or swap . If you add SFS's to a zdrv, it will load fully into RAM if you have enough RAM.s243a wrote:I think that in most cases SFS are preferable. However, I have noticed that when you are using large amounts of ram, sfs might get pushed partly into the swap partition. As a consequence, perhaps it makes sence to have for instance one browser installed as a pet, and have the rest as sfs files which can be easily unloaded or re-loaded if needed.nic007 wrote:To add to this approach, users should be encouraged to rather use sfs-addons instead of installing stuff and/or doing remasters which is unnecessary. Keep it simple.Sailor Enceladus wrote: I like this approach too, having an almost empty menu and then populating it with whatever you need/want from PPM after.
