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PackIt updated to v1.5

SysRes-1.0 is a system restore app to make restore points and restore your system. You must have a save file.

It can be found in Control Panel > System

SysRes updated to v1.0

-changed main GUI to gtkdialog
-Restore file name changed to distro name (Can have more than 1 distro restore point in a dir, only current distro's resfile will show)
-minor fixes

See above post

Another one for testing, power-0.2 is an extension of acpi-tool and ppower to give more power settings. It is in the development stage so it could easily change. CPU mode can be set by the gui or right clicking on ppower tray applet. Again, you might want to backup your savefile as some files will be overwritten. The gui can be opened with ppower tray or Control Panel > System > Power Options.

Feedback is more than welcome.

Power updated to v0.2, changed some testing paths to proper location.

It seems I had an older version of the sysres script in the 1.0 pet. It has been re-uploaded, sorry for any inconvenience.

Hi everyone, Is this the right thread for general support on Carolina?

The desktop looks nice and worth keeping but a couple of queries:
Firstly how do I update the packages (I've no idea how old this distro is) - ie what's the equivalent of 'sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade'?
Secondly I see there are posts dated 2014 but there doesn't seem to be a decent home site/page - is the distro likely to be around in a year's time?

Do people think it's a better bet than say Simplicity for long-term use?

marmalade wrote:Hi everyone, Is this the right thread for general support on Carolina?

Just post in this thread http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=81312 where most of the action is

how do I update the packages (I've no idea how old this distro is) - ie what's the equivalent of 'sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade'?
Secondly I see there are posts dated 2014 but there doesn't seem to be a decent home site/page - is the distro likely to be around in a year's time?

The package manager updates from the Carolina repo automatically by default when it is opened, there is a check box top left to disable it.

There are only upgrades by downloading a newer version, there are no plans to upgrade at this time and any upgrade will be mainly to the existing applications and bug fixes.

There is no official web site as such, only links to file locations and a few simplistic help pages, to find out whats happening just monitor the forum

Do people think it's a better bet than say Simplicity for long-term use?

I have no idea what Simplicity is built from at present, it has been made from a few different versions of Puppy, thought I haven't followed it's progress, as for Carolina it is old and doesn't run some newer software such as Google-Chrome, but I personally find it adequate for my day to day use.

Thanks, Geoffrey!

Hi,
with apologies if this thread is in the wrong place.

In Carolite-1.2, how can I prevent or disable Control Panel
appearing on the desktop at startup or autostart, which
means I have to close it manually every time?

I use on a USB stick running on an Advent laptop.

Many thanks for assistance offered.
Regards.

Thanks a lot for the job, it worked for me on X-tahr (similar to Carolina)
Have a nice time