In the interest of a smaller puppy, would it be possible to have some seldom used apps be a "download run and delete" type of thing? I mean when you click on the link the app would download and auto-install to some temp place then run. On exit it would delete itself. Or at least install to a RAMdrive so it goes away when you reboot.
I can think of a BUNCH of Winblows apps and games I wish were like that! Things I only use once every 2 months or so just sitting there wasting space.
I wouldnt mind waiting a minute or so for it to download.
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The problem is with people who
A: have dial up
Even though they might be a fast download, you'd have to first connect to the internet (assuming nobody's on the phone).
or B: Have no internet at all, and got their puppy from a friend. Also, laptops don't always have internet access.
A: have dial up
Even though they might be a fast download, you'd have to first connect to the internet (assuming nobody's on the phone).
or B: Have no internet at all, and got their puppy from a friend. Also, laptops don't always have internet access.
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Why not just load all of the occasional-use stuff to a cd (perhaps rewritable) or a usb stick or a cf card? Load it from there to a temporary location that is cleared after reboot.babbs wrote:I can think of another reason why this probably wouldn't be such a good idea... Web server overhead. As the popularity of Puppy increases, the use-once apps would begin to consume an increasing amount of server bandwidth. What if that server went down for some reason (hardware failure or the like)?
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