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#226 Post by fredx181 »

Hi Bill, from time to time I did upgrade the dropboxgui package (from 1.0.1 to 1.0.7) and as far as I can remember the latest has the fix for filenames that contain spaces already.
(but please correct me if I'm wrong)
EDIT: Also v1.0.7 has improvement for better view when maximized.
See: https://fredx181.github.io/StretchDog/i ... ges/Extra/

EDIT: But more than welcome of course if you have any more improvements, then should become version 1.0.8

Fred

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#227 Post by rcrsn51 »

This is an old Toshiba NB510 netbook with an Atom N2600 CPU, 2GB RAM and a 128GB SSD. The 1024x600 video uses the gma500 kernel module and the Xorg i915 modesetting driver.

As a Win7-era machine, it isn't a lot faster than its XP predecessors, but the SSD makes it MUCH quieter and energy-efficient.

Everything works OOTB, including the RTL8188CE WiFi, HDMI port and card reader.

Palemoon 27 used to play Youtube video, but something changed recently and it quit. By chance, I discovered that some gstreamer plugins had the missing stuff. So I bundled them into a squashfs module. Now Youtube works again.
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#228 Post by rcrsn51 »

New releases of the Starter Kit with kernel 4.9.0-7 are posted above. Many other packages are also updated.

For Broadcom WiFi users, I have packages for the wl driver. Just ask.

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#229 Post by rcrsn51 »

This is the latest hplip-print-scan v3.18.12. The download here is a combo package that contains 32/64bit versions of the driver.

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#230 Post by rcrsn51 »

PeasyPrint updated here with a new Fit tool.

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#231 Post by backi »

Thanks rcrsn51 !

Much appreciated :D :D :D

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#232 Post by rcrsn51 »

How to make a 64bit squashfs module for Downline

Downline is a front-end for the youtube-dl video download app.

1. Get the tarball from here.
2. Extract it with unzipper. Rename the new "linux-unpacked" folder as "downline".
3. Get the .deb package attached below.
4. Run: repo2sfs downline_1.2.0_amd64.deb
5. At Pause B, go to /tmp/repo2sfs.
6. Open the "opt" folder. Drop in the "downline" folder from Step 2.
7. Finish the build.
8. Look for Downline in the Internet menu.

Hints:
a. Open the Downline Settings screen (the gear icon). Set the Download Location to something like /root/Downloads.
b. When getting a hi-res video, select a lower resolution, like 480.
c. PeasyMP3 (from Fred's repo) is a simple player for these video clips.
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#233 Post by rcrsn51 »

ImageSlicer slices a graphics file into sections so you can print it across multiple pages.

The default output format for the slices is PNM, which is the fastest for printing with PeasyPrint v3.1.

Look for ImageSlicer in the Graphics menu.

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#234 Post by rcrsn51 »

My-Squash-Loader updated here.

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#235 Post by ITSMERSH »

This "Peasy" stuff seems to be pretty useful.

Is there something like a Peasy Suite that combines all those useful programs, to just have to install a single .pet or to use it from a single .sfs?

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#236 Post by rcrsn51 »

ITSMERSH wrote:This "Peasy" stuff seems to be pretty useful. Is there something like a Peasy Suite that combines all those useful programs, to just have to install a single .pet or to use it from a single .sfs?
No. But thanks for the test report.

And the Starter Kit doesn't use PETs.

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#237 Post by rcrsn51 »

How to make a squashfs module for GnuCash

This is a standard build from the Debian repo using repo2sfs and looks stable.
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#238 Post by ITSMERSH »

rcrsn51 wrote:
ITSMERSH wrote:This "Peasy" stuff seems to be pretty useful. Is there something like a Peasy Suite that combines all those useful programs, to just have to install a single .pet or to use it from a single .sfs?
No. But thanks for the test report.

And the Starter Kit doesn't use PETs.
Yes, I'm in Puppy and am using some of the peasy music/optical stuff. Just assuming they are already outdated...

Probably a "Peasy" page where to find links to all that stuff (for the easiness of search)?

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#239 Post by rcrsn51 »

There is a list here. I have kept some of these apps updated in parallel with their Stretch-Live Debian versions.

Some of the new Debian packages may also be click-installable into Puppy.

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#240 Post by ITSMERSH »

Thanks.

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#241 Post by rcrsn51 »

Here is PeasyGlue v2.2. It can now save a glue job in the raw PNM format.

This is useful if your project has several steps. It's faster to save the intermediate steps as PNM.
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#242 Post by rcrsn51 »

Batterup battery monitor updated here.

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#243 Post by rockedge »

@rcrsn51

I am still using CamPhoneTab a lot..works well for what I am doing.
thanks for the link to the collection.

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#244 Post by rcrsn51 »

How to clear the GTK FileChooser Recently Used list

I am posting this because I always forget how to do it myself.

1. Paste the following line into a terminal:

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echo gtk-recent-files-max-age=0  >  /root/.gtkrc-2.0.mine
2. Reboot.
3. Start an app and open the FileChooser screen.
4. Select a file/folder. Now the list should reset. Repeat if necessary.

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#245 Post by rcrsn51 »

I found some places where Snappie didn't work, so I built packages for jamesbond's xscreenshot tool from here.

It installs into the Graphics menu.

There are no prompts - if you want to snap a window, you must open it first. Clicking elsewhere snaps the full screen. The snaps are stored in /root.

To take a snap with the menus open, run xscreenshot from a terminal

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xscreenshot -k p -d 10
Read the instructions about the different key combinations.
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