(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

You're the boss!
If you decide to go ahead with lite, non-pae, it would be worthwhile your effort to lighten it as far as possible, accompanied by an explanatory start-up page (text is an inconsequential resource requirement).

....."... one for the current carolina that provides a usable OOTB experience (and Puppy introductory distro) intended for new users, and the other that is the lite version...."

Just a vote for a complete version, more complete the better! Yes, I know it is big. Many folks have high speed internet and do not want to download a lot of extra. Most newer machines have tons of memory so that is not an issue either. If it is not to difficult to have both Lite and Full versions. I think this is most desirable. Wide range of users of Puppy!

Thanks,

...noob question: is there a utility for adjusting backlighting (dimming) like you can in heavy weight distros????



thanks in advance

okwellthen wrote:...is there a utility for adjusting backlighting (dimming)
like you can in heavy weight distros????

Right click on the power icon in the lower right hand corner of the screen (depending on your setting, it'll either be a red, yellow or blue lightning bolt). In the popup that displays choose 'Hardware Control'. A dialog will show, and one of the tabs is 'Backlight'. From there you can adjust the setting.

elroy wrote:Right click on the power icon in the lower right hand corner of the screen (depending on your setting, it'll either be a red, yellow or blue lightning bolt). In the popup that displays choose 'Hardware Control'. A dialog will show, and one of the tabs is 'Backlight'. From there you can adjust the setting.

! very kind of you to answer, and so soon ! VERY EXCITED about that...


ONE MORE: [looking for pup that is very stable, decently configurable, for full time use] What kind of memory consumption with PAE should I be looking forward to (with Wine and VBox in mind)????

THANKS VERY MUCH!

Carolina-0.0.3 is now available. See the first post on this thread for details, in the 'News' section, and download from 'Links'. If you already have an ISO of 002, Geoffrey has provided a tutorial for using the Xdelta utility to create the 003 ISO from the delta file. The delta file is a considerably smaller download than the ISO.

Puppy is a HAPPY, well designed and FUN OS!

How about a more upbeat desktop to greet a new user. The picture of night and full moon is very nice. But not as an advertisement for PUPPY.

Thanks

when you drag a menu item to the desktop... it removes the item from the menu... as i recall... this happened on an earlier version of Saluki, too... but, was eventually fixed... OVERALL, Carolina 003 works quite well for me... THANKS AGAIN for a job well done...

Manual frugal install to hard drive.

Carolina, version 003 on Sat 10 Nov 2012
Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller
nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 220] (rev a2)
oem: NVIDIA
product: GT216 Board - 0682vb12 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.11.0
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (411x263 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
OpenGL
Vendor NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer GeForce GT 220/PCIe/SSE2
Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.64
Direct Rendering Yes
Computer
Processor 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz
Memory 4146MB (410MB used)

I had this set up on a pc which had intel graphics and could only get
vesa for a driver, that was okay for a lot of things but not my
favorite shoot'em up games.
I copied the carolina 003 directory to a flash drive and then copied
to the hard drive on this pc and installed the nvidia driver, it's
working good now

'lina-lite-001 has been released. It now has it's own thread on the Puppy Derivatives forum. Carolina will be for newer users looking for a great OOTB experience, while 'lina-lite will be for power-users that want to tinker and customize as much as possible. Please direct any subject matter concerning the lite version on it's thread.

Hi guys...

Thanks for the new releases

Got the standard lina 003 already loaded... been testing it since yesterday... no real troubles yet

Works great... I like the new changes, the mixer slider, the new panel plugins

weather update looks a lot better now

I think the new panel features really suit my desktop setup style

But what happened to the desktop notifications? they don't seem to have an entry in the control panel anymore... no notification pop ups either.

wireless works well, but I still have the same troubles with frisbee not being able to switch active interfaces, and the failed to set SSID error, since I also use an external usb wireless card (RTL8187).
SNS works well so far, no browsing issues.

Bluetooth works fine, had to install gnome bluetooth along with needed packages. ACPI tool hardware control is set to AIRPLANE mode whenever you turn bluetooth off... is that the normal behavior? Because sometimes airplane mode also blocks the wifi interfaces.

I get the same behavior with the networking ICON on the notification panel area like in 002... It selects whatever automatically when you right click... so you need to right click and hold to move through the menu entries.
right clicking with frisbee seems to work fine though.

Exit to prompt still gives me a black screen just like with lina 002 (gets fixed after installing ATI drivers), ATI - X conflict?

Panel sensor plugin doesn't seem to work... it says no sensors selected on the tooltip.
It doesn't give an option to select the sensors to display. it just shows acpi as sensor type in the preferences, but doesn't give you actual sensors to select with tick boxes.
On terminal... sensors seem to work fine though.


I'll also try and play with the light version later

Thank you guys



by the way... is there an app for HOT CORNERS workspace/windows switching?

had a hard time installing my ATI drivers on lina 003

I keep getting extraction errors... I had to import a save file that came from lina 002 which had my ATI drivers preloaded.

my desktop also gets misaligned whenever I restart x windows or get back from the prompt on lina 003 without the drivers.

Having the drivers installed and loaded seems to remedy those issues.

Its the same situation with the lina lite version.

But what happened to the desktop notifications? they don't seem to have an entry in the control panel anymore... no notification pop ups either.

Try reinstalling xfxe4-notifyd from the repo. It should then show up in the control panel and notifications work. See my post in the Lite thread.

Marv wrote:

But what happened to the desktop notifications? they don't seem to have an entry in the control panel anymore... no notification pop ups either.

Try reinstalling xfxe4-notifyd from the repo. It should then show up in the control panel and notifications work. See my post in the Lite thread.

thanks Marv... yeah I just saw your post on the other thread

having no notifications can leave the user in the dark... I had to fiddle just to know whether I was already connected to wifi, etc.

I just hope I wont get any conflicts with software and other components since the savefile I'm using now came from a 002 setup

003 Working well so far. Thanks for including the firewall setup on start-up, I have also added the Firewall Status to my setup http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=57725 I also changed the single click on the Icons to a double, just my personal preference.I have also added Gimp and Audacity to my setup which then gives me a nice Windows alternative.

Having 2 versions of Carolina is a great idea, you then get the best of both worlds.

Thanks to all involved for another great job

jpup wrote:... I had to import a save file that came from lina 002 which had my ATI drivers preloaded.

Did you manually import the savefile or did you pick it from boot and said yes to the prompt to upgrade?

I asked because I prefer to roll over my save file to a new version.
I rolled over linasave file from 001 to 002 with no issue. Upgrading 002 savefile to 003 resulted in a message: that firmware drivers were not loaded, and to make sure zdrv_lina_003.sfs is in the same directory as puppy_lina_003.sfs (it is).

There seemed to be nothing wrong and the warning might relate to the 002 pet for missing firmware, still I made a new savefile from scratch to ensure no future issue comes up.

003 is working well here.

I requested and elroy was very kind to do a pet for ENE usb card driver in 002. That is now part of 003 kernel (i think) since Carolina recognises when sd card is inserted and mounts it.

I will continue using 003 side by side with 002 and post my observations here.

Thanks for Carolina!

yerc1 wrote:I will continue using 003 side by side with 002 and post my observations here.

Thanks yerc1. Looking forward to hearing about your observations.

Minnesota wrote:Puppy is a HAPPY, well designed and FUN OS!

How about a more upbeat desktop to greet a new user. The picture of night and full moon is very nice. But not as an advertisement for PUPPY.

Ah yes...well, you know, to each their own. It's all about diversity and everyone has an opinion on this. Personally, I hate the garish, 'in your face' crap. Basically it comes down to personal opinion concerning this matter. And regardless which side I fall upon I'm gonna be wrong. I know that as an ex-windows user (which I am) that I'm more apt to relate to something that is included with Carolina 003 than I am with a god-awful cartoon figure; it just isn't professional. Perhaps that's the ex-windows user in me - I expect a cold, sanitized look. Besides, it's easier on the eyes, and I can see the fonts that much better on a neutral color. It really does come down to personal preference. And in that case, no one is right. Everyone will have differing opinions on the matter. The good news is that it's easy to change it to your liking.

Hi Elroy:
Just downloaded carolina, used saluki before. I m really impressed and really liked Carolina. just want to share one thing, Can u also include jitsi.pet in ur repos? I think its very handy package for those who like to use video calls. Or any other package similar to this thn pls share.
Best of Luck to you:
Regards
UMAIR