I am a nobody
Me too.
Without the dogged determination of our developers, testers and users,
we are just another money making scam.
We are Puppy. We have fun.
Puppy has grown. The needs of nobody and everybody are increasingly complex. Users expect more. Developers need more support and testers. Wiki needs updating. Graphics always welcome, tutorials, videos need a Youtubing. Servers need a hosting. Nobody is going to hold your hand. Do . . . and it gets done.
Noobs need a buddy and so on . . .
New directions are all present. Puppy is still more fun that a barrel full of . . . puppies
The direction very much comes from the developers and suggestions of what is feasible is dependent on an understanding of what is possible and what users require.
All our developers are users too. They deserve as much fun as the next dog.
I was very pleased to hear on Barry's blog, that he is looking at Igus unique and revolutionary alternative to woof2.
http://www.dimakrasner.com/drupal/node/8
Some of us are aware that Puppy will have to survive in a world where tablets are a norm rather than a prescription.
Touch screens, they be a coming . . .
Woof 2 and igus methodology (I am assuming - not yet tried) allows us to create a base Puppy in a few hours - (or in my case possibly longer)
The testing and refinement takes longer.
We have:
Puppy x86
Puppy x86 64 bit
and soon Puppy ARM (and for the future Puppy Mips - Puppy Dragon maybe)
The Dragon chip is being created in China based on Mips.
These Puppy's now and future can be built with
t2 (commonly 'Puppy in Puppy'), Debian, Slackware and RPM bases
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyVersionIndex
However there is more than just multi-CPU or distro binaries to consider
There is touch enabled icons for the future tablet.
The Shuttleworth Express has already unified behind Unity.
http://www.mytabletlife.com/2010/10/15/ ... n-tablets/
However I believe Ubuntu is not a fan of fun. They are seriously
competing to be THE only penguin. It is a vision of sorts.
Is not Puppy. We welcome the big dogs. Use what works.
Even use Windows Hate (or 8 is it?) if you must.
Coming 2013 - possible early pre-alpha release late 2012
We may need to be Android compatible too . . .
So many possibilities. Are we having fun yet?
Slacko contains icons, Quirky, Wary, Racy, Lucid
Icons - we also can have up to 8 (I think it is) virtual screens.
With Puppy, everything is moving towards Puppy 6
It takes longer to get it just right. More is possible.
Puppy is owned by nobody.
It is answerable to no one.
Our developers, testers and helpers are independently minded
and self financed.
Our [non existent] committees are all busy designing camels and calling them horses.
You have enjoyed Puppy in the past. You are using Puppy now. Fun is in the future too.
Puppy 6 is coming . . . do you know what to expect? Nobody does . . .
Woof Woof
Puppy Linux
Reinventing the OS from Oz