Puppy 1.0.5 Alpha2 - Developers and Enthusiasts
Posted: Tue 23 Aug 2005, 06:30
I am kinda hiding in the Bugs section (Lobsters are related to locusts - being exoskeletal)
psst . . . did not want anyone to get too excited about the new ALPHA release of the compiler Pup - which gives us insight into 1.0.5 . . .
KDE (Krazy Puppy) and fvwm95 are released as pupgets
- very good idea (the KDE pupget did not work and the fvwm95 is not fully formed - many items missing)
So JWM is the default - works nicely
New colour, background icons - luvely (would suggest a light tan for menus - some colour blind people see orange tints as black - they may not be able to see the menus)
The dustbin/trash icon (hooray) - needs to delete icons from the desktop in the future - but great to see it there
Chat needs to be set up with Puppy IRC settings
Good to see Mozilla leave the Bugs and testing menus in Barrys version
I find the littlemozilla theme had to be changed to pinball - but that is a personal preference (the pinball theme is much bigger) so using this theme is a good idea
Rox is now Home - which makes more sense but is the name "Home" quite right?
The message when you click mail is weird (tells you to open from Mozilla) but it is what you need to do - ie it is pragmatic - not ideal
Xine has a library missing which I have mentioned in the Radio section of new dotpups already
Putting help on the desktop is a GOOD plan - took me a month to discover Puppys help originally and it is VERY comprehensive - we are a well documented distro thanks to Barry
Console is now Bash - Hooray this I feel is important as it is almost a standard - I may be mistaken and ASH may be sufficient but I feel more comfortable that we are using BASH
Good to see Mut activated by the "drives" . . .
Packages should (perhaps?) be renamed software
Good to see the 100% (so far for me) "leafpad" as the default editor
All I can say is this Alpha release shows and proves that Puppy 1.0.5 is gonna be very much simpler and more pleasing to use
Dogee champagne and biscuits all 'round . . .
(and a beer for Barry)
I am gonna tip toe off quietly . . .
What fun! (no yelping at the back there . . )
Psst ... PS see a pic of the alpha here
http://www.goosee.com/puppy/wikka/KrazyPuppy