XenialDog 64bit (Ubuntu 'Xenial Xerus' LTS, 64-bit)

[fredx181]

Is there a small firewall script (like in other pups) that we can use?

Can you test this firewall-puppy program ? (I have very little knowledge about firewall stuff, so can't test properly)
No idea if it works ok in this setup, Toni has put it together long time ago for DebianDog.
Includes only shell scrips, so should be platform independent.
https://debiandog.github.io/xenialdog/P ... -1_all.deb
Run after install from Menu > System > Firewall Puppy

Hey backi !! Greetings !

Fred

[backi]

Can you test this firewall-puppy program......

it is working on the Deb Dog 32 and on Xenial Dog 32 ...for me.

.......look in Menue>Internet Firewall Puppy .....start it ...it will be activated .. so i hope ... save it ....

[belham2]

Hi belham and fred too !

Here i am !.... still alive and kicking

hi belham Voodoo Chile...
just amused observing ( from the background ..as a silent Observer ) your struggle while banning these Digital Demons on your " Magical Mystery Tour Electrique " .

Thanks again to you belham ,fred .....and all these cool people who brought this fascinating project into life and into the public .

Blessings to all

Belham if all your Exorcism wont work ..maybe try the " Banishing Pentagram Ritual "

http://www.solve-et-coagula.us/ritual/pentagram.php

Greetings Backi!

You know they only let me out of my crystal-white-straight-jacket a few hours each day, so I have to be quick as I hack their terribly defended network before I fly over the cuckoo's nest!

Glad you are doing well, and I hope that things are good and the health is rock-solid. I am trying to keep up with Fred...he releases OSes so often that I can barely keep up. And you please keep all them crazies in the 32-bit world on the straight and narrow. I have left for the wackiness of the 64-bit world, haha, though a few still call to me from the 32 lala land.

Be good and stay out of trouble.



P.S. Fred, yes, I meant "seconds", sorry, my typing skills are limited to peck, peck, peck, and pecka lot more. Sometimes I don't read what I am pecking and then my mind has forgotten what I am writing so the pecking gets worse, lol. Ahhh, the wonders of getting old And, yes, I will get to testing on the firewall thing and report back.

[backi]

Hi belham !

I think this will be the appropriate Ode to your insanity ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxVkAhto0Ag

[ayatollah]

Crossing fingers for bluetooth support!

[The Flying Cat]

Tested Chrome. Runs fine. Will be transfering to XenialDog 64 somewhere in february.
I'd suggest to use Chrome as default browser but there is some Linux specific vulnerability with chrome+gstreamer combo. Maybe it's patched already... dunno... Whatever) At least squashfs or some install script.

Chrome under root instructions (sorry not good with commands, so most stuff via gui):
run "apt-get update" in terminal;
download deb from google site and install it;
go to usr/share/applications (it's a shortcut in a file manager);
open google chrome launcher via text editor;
find "Exec" line remove it, paste

Code: Select all

Exec=bash -c 'google-chrome-stable --user-data-dir="/home/puppy/.config/google-chrome"'

save file:)

If its still not working try logout, or manually click on launcher)))
For some mad reason Chrome crashes if you select GTK themeing in options.

While youtube nowadays runs on html5 Chrome still have built-in flash plugin and runs html5 faster than firefox:) I tested same 720p video in Chrome 55 cpu usage was ~30%, Firefox 45 (default, updated) showed ~50% and Firefox 50 (from xenial repos) was ~40%.

[dancytron]

Tested Chrome. Runs fine. Will be transfering to XenialDog 64 somewhere in february.
I'd suggest to use Chrome as default browser but there is some Linux specific vulnerability with chrome+gstreamer combo. Maybe it's patched already... dunno... Whatever) At least squashfs or some install script.

Chrome under root instructions (sorry not good with commands, so most stuff via gui):
run "apt-get update" in terminal;
download deb from google site and install it;
go to usr/share/applications (it's a shortcut in a file manager);
open google chrome launcher via text editor;
find "Exec" line remove it, paste

Code: Select all

Exec=bash -c 'google-chrome-stable --user-data-dir="/home/puppy/.config/google-chrome"'

save file:)

If its still not working try logout, or manually click on launcher)))
For some mad reason Chrome crashes if you select GTK themeing in options.

While youtube nowadays runs on html5 Chrome still have built-in flash plugin and runs html5 faster than firefox:) I tested same 720p video in Chrome 55 cpu usage was ~30%, Firefox 45 (default, updated) showed ~50% and Firefox 50 (from xenial repos) was ~40%.

If you put the chrome command line flags in the .desktop file, they will get overwritten with any update. Same if you edit the google-chrome-stable wrapper file, like they do for the Puppy pets and sfs's.

What I did in DD 64 was make separate bash scripts to launch Chrome.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 815#919815

[The Flying Cat]

Rename new launcher, like 'google chrome root'. Or add 'bash -c' to whatever existing/new desktop/dock launcher.

[fredx181]

If you put the chrome command line flags in the .desktop file, they will get overwritten with any update.

That would be a problem only IMO if chrome is part of the repository, which it is not, so a blind "apt-get upgrade" causes no harm then when you have manually installed chrome by downloading .deb from chrome website (but when upgrading manually later, then you have to edit again the Exec= line in the google-chrome .desktop file)

Just my opinion and trying to clarify things.

EDIT: assumed wrong, there's a chrome sources.list in /etc/apt/sources.list.d, which makes google-chrome upgraded when doing "apt-get upgrade"

Fred

[dancytron]

If you put the chrome command line flags in the .desktop file, they will get overwritten with any update.

That would be a problem only IMO if chrome is part of the repository, which it is not, so a blind "apt-get upgrade" causes no harm then when you have manually installed chrome by downloading .deb from chrome website (but when upgrading manually later, then you have to edit again the Exec= line in the google-chrome .desktop file)

Just my opinion and trying to clarify things.

Fred

Lots of different ways to do the same thing.

The default Chrome install off the Google website will have apt download all the dependencies and automatically add the chrome repository to the sources file so that it does update automatically with apt-get upgrade.

[fredx181]

The default Chrome install off the Google website will have apt download all the dependencies and automatically add the chrome repository to the sources file so that it does update automatically with apt-get upgrade.

Ah, yes, you are right, didn't notice before, I see now in "/etc/apt/sources.list.d" directory, that will upgrade chrome using apt-get indeed, thanks!

Fred

[zagreb999]

from debian world

[belham2]

Is there a small firewall script (like in other pups) that we can use?

Can you test this firewall-puppy program ? (I have very little knowledge about firewall stuff, so can't test properly)
No idea if it works ok in this setup, Toni has put it together long time ago for DebianDog.
Includes only shell scrips, so should be platform independent.
https://debiandog.github.io/xenialdog/P ... -1_all.deb
Run after install from Menu > System > Firewall Puppy

Hey backi !! Greetings !

Fred

Hi Fred,

Just installed the above firewall this morning, I think it is running ok....well, I mean it seems to be from doing simple tests on using websites to penetrate/test it and the firewall blocking stuff I've tried. But, ugh, I wished I was more gifted in grasping Toni's writing of scripts of iptable rules and loops. I have a general idea on some of it, but am lost on others. Haha....am blundering through the forest with a helmet over my eyes .

Anyhow, thanks again

[mikeslr]

Hi Fred,

XD64 booted right to desktop and looks nice. But among the first things I always do is set up Wifi. By either clicking the icon on the "Taskbar" or starting it via the Menu, I get the same GUI? --I assume that the window which appears is a GUI. It sees my wireless network. But then I'm not sure what I have to do to enter the WEP password: Fios Router, no choice to use WPA,

Is there a quick link to instructions? If not, what steps do I take.

Thanks in advance,

mikesLr

[fredx181]

Hi Belham

I think it is running ok....well, I mean it seems to be from doing simple tests on using websites to penetrate/test it and the firewall blocking stuff I've tried. But, ugh, I wished I was more gifted in grasping Toni's writing of scripts of iptable rules and loops.

You did use the automatic setup? (not advanced, or how it's named)
Btw, I wasn't clear enough when I said that Toni had put it together, I meant that he took the files from Puppy (I think) and made a .deb package.
Probably it's just the same as the default firewall included in many puppies, but I might be wrong.

Fred

[fredx181]

Hi mikeslr,

I'm not sure I understand well what you mean with the GUI.
Is it the one the below screenshot shows?
If so you can double click your network and enter password.
Or does it not work with WEP possibly?

Fred

[fredx181]

*** Upgrade XenialDog 64-bit ISO 2017-01-22 ***
First post has been updated

Upgraded ISO a few days later ?
Well, to be honest, that's mostly for personal reasons.
Me being a perfectionist, couldn't stand that it was still not how I'd prefer.

Also, most important for me, I need to close a chapter, must take a break in creating stuff, always searching for new solutions, improvements etc..
Really need to pay more attention to "real life" e.g. my health (sitting so much at the computer is killing me)

I will still be around here, but nothing new (or upgraded) from me in the near future (probably in spring or summer I will work again on a new DebianDog, when Stretch has arrived as the new 'stable' branch)


Changes, fixes: (nothing much really)

1. Pcmanfm "open with..." shows applications to choose from now
2. Added one more option to choose from in "Desktop Manager": Pcmanfm providing the desktop and Lxpanel bottom panel (for those who don't like tint2 or cairo-dock, it's a little heavier, but still very light)


Download:
Iso: XenialDog_64bit-openbox_jwm-2017-01-22-firmware-all.iso Size: 310MB
Md5sum: XenialDog_64bit-openbox_jwm-2017-01-22-firmware-all.md5


Fred

[backi]

Hi fred !

Also, most important for me, I need to close a chapter, must take a break in creating stuff, always searching for new solutions, improvements etc..
Really need to pay more attention to "real life" e.g. my health (sitting so much at the computer is killing me)

Good idea fred ......in my humble opinion .
Be good to yourself .......hanging a lot on the web like i do, can give some distorted relation to "real " life .
Your decision sounds like a sign of sanity .

Wish you all the best........and see you later

[zagreb999]

regards...

does anybody know about ubuntu installer
on hdd , and the same could be used in xenialdog64...

[mikeslr]

Hi fredx181 & anyone,

My apologies if this creates a moment of anxiety spoiling your well earned break. XenialDog 32-bit works so well I was hoping 64-bit would do like-wise. But as I have other options for an operating system, there's no urgency.

My computer is only connected to the internet by wifi. Left-Clicking Menu>Network>Wifi Configuration or Left-Clicking the icon on the Tint2 (?) panel, opens a window which instructs to "Double click to Connect". My wireless network is among the list of wireless networks found. Double Clicking it, however, fails with the message:

"ip address failed on etho"

Right-Clicking the icon on Tint2, opens a window Titled "IP Infb- Network Information". Clicking the Wireless Tab, reveals that "No wireless extensions detected. Clicking the Interfaces Tab reveals that wlan0 is, in fact, recognized -- as suggested by the fact that wifi networks were, in fact, seen.

[Perhaps helpful: To strengthen connectivity, there's a Wifi Extender between my computer and my router. It appears as a "network" distinct from my network. However, it uses the same password. When that password is entered, it is accepted and the icon on Tint2 changes, now showing that the computer is connected. So, whatever the name of the "wifi connection application" maybe, it does accept WEP passwords. The extender, however, is only that. When firefox is opened, it reports "Server not found"].

If Edit Preferences is selected from The Wifi configuration window, what opens appears to be a text file. Under #Set default interface this appears: INTERFACE="eth0". Editing that to read INTERFACE="wlan0" and clicking OK doesn't stick. Trying to select my network again repors "ip address failed on etho". And checking preferences again reports INTERFACE="eth0".

There’s a section on the above file regarding WEP passwords. IIRC – I’m obviously not posting from XenialDog64-- the password which appears is “