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Very, very nice.

Installed on hard drive and loving it.

Tried running java in Opera today it worked.

I really want to run that background!!!!Is it possible to turn the fire off to free up some cpu?

The flame can be disabled via Enlightenment configuration > modules.
I updated Opera to 9.51 with Wolfpup's package and it works great.

installed frugal buddapup, excellent
system very very fast and browsing is in top gear...

my system intel Celeron M 1.4hz, 768mb ram, 40gb hdd laptop

First, I absolutely love Budda-dingo!!!

Unfortunately, I'm having a problem when trying to shutdown the system from Enlightenment and have run into the same problem on a few different computers.

Anyone else had similar issues? Any solutions?

Thanks in advance and GREAT WORK Puppyluvr!!!

Hello to all...=!

Booted BuddaPup Dingo today.. As a long time Slax user and Enlightenment spectator (been reading about it's potential for over a decade, but thought it was too difficult and never tried it until today) I am now a believer (Enlightenment is is not just for devs?)... I have seen the "light"!!!

I am curious however... what would be required to make Enlightenment the default?

Anewjeff look at this....

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=31108

Hello,

@meridian_blue,
If you shut down in Enlightenment it should restart in Enlightenment.
It only needs the Enlightenment_start configuration once, should
be good to go from there..


@ I always shut down Enlightenment first "ctrl / alt / bkspce" and
then type reboot or poweroff..

Strange, I just downloaded Buddapup Dingo from
www.puppylinux.ca/members/BuddaPup/ and it turned out to be the regular Dingo version.
OK...my mistake....you have to type
ctrl / alt / bkspce to drop out of X
then type xwin enlightenment_start
as mentioned earlier in this forum.

robertito wrote:Strange, I just downloaded Buddapup Dingo from
www.puppylinux.ca/members/BuddaPup/ and it turned out to be the regular Dingo version.

I've noticed that a lot of puplets grab the first puppy file they find and end up looking like something else.

Roger

Cheers...=!

@ puppyluvr... I was thinking along the lines, of defaulting directly (instead of from the command line, using a persistent command) to Enlightenment instead of JVM (an excellent manager, just not my first choice)... Is it possible to boot directly (from live cd) and if so what would be required?

In any case... Outstanding puplet!!!

(I have seen the en"light" and now all but abandoned Winblow$)... =!

runtt21 wrote:Anewjeff look at this....

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=31108

runtt21 -

Thanks. That solves the stalling prob, but is there any way to shutdown from within E17? I'm reviving an old PC for a reluctant "Win-slows" convert, and I fear any command-line interaction will be a turnoff.

Thanks again!!!

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=31479


this is one way to do it...

Hello,

Yes, that method works excellent . I used the Ghost from ZSNES for my icon.

Are there any future plans to add Wine or Skype?

Hello,
Actually, as I am using this as my main OS now, Im going to "Beef up" the next version a bit. as I have mine. However, mine is a bit overdone. runs wonderfull, has it all, but fit on a cd...not a chance.
Im considering either an expansion pack kinda thing, maybe sfs? IDK. However, Gizmo or PSIP, or both. MPlayer and VBox are for sure gonna be there, Perhaps WINE as well, but I find it a pain. VBox serves me well for M$. Im fond of the Icecat/Opera setup, but do we need both??
Heck, you are the users, what do YOU want to see in an Enlightened Dingo???
Heres what Ive got so far:
E-17 (obviously)
Opera (Flash worhs in 9.51)
Icecat, (or Firefox, if it will behave)+Flash
MPlayer+plugins+every codec I can find.
Gizmo / PSIP
VirtualBox
The Gimp
MTpaint
Fotox
GDesklets
OxygenOffice
GSlapt+unrpm+undeb
CPU scaler
Darkfire theme
Custom Backdrops / Icons for E-17
All of these run well in Dingo, I use them every day..
Any suggestions??
Any bugs??..(sometimes some of the Icons on my IBAR vanish, anyome else.??)
I thought about IceWM, but with darkfire, JWM will be fine!!! ( I have adapted it a bit for
Serenity, and turned it blue!!)
Looks like it may be a big Pup!!

I want to setup my older machine to give to my 13 year old niece. This may be the ticket with all the bells and whistles. I'm sure she would love the look.
Can you incorporate the shutdown fix?

Hello hayagix,
Yes, I can.. However, consider that it is a very dangerous button to have on your desktop!!! Especially with a touchpad..
Consider also that Dingo needs 256mb ram to run properly, and if you want to run a VBox XP within Puppy, 512 mb would give you enough to allocate half to XP, and Puppy still run fast too.
For a 13 yr old, on an older machine, you may want to look into Jonh Biles TeenPup. It has all the stuff kids need, (IPod software included), and is based on Puppy 2.14, which runs well on older machines..
What are the specs of the intended machine????

Thanks Puppyluvr. Its an old desktop with a one gig athlon processor(Tbird) and 768 ram. Soundblaster sound and nvidia graphics. Linux runs very well on it. There is an old Xp install that will be wiped and a lone flavour of Puppy installed to hard disk. She will be pleased to have a computer and learning how to use linux will be secondary. I don't want her to be discouraged by root permissions and user logins. Its important that she can get online and do the basic kid stuff immediately.

Yes. I have downloaded TeenPuppy and will look at it. Maybe I should rig a dual or multiple boot of different flavours but that could be overwhelming. Was I reading somewhere that the developer was thinking of abandoning the Teenpup project?

Hello hayagix,
That may be old in the "real world", but in "Puppyland", thats a porche!!! You definately should be able to run any Puppy you want, or a few, or more (I have a similar machine with 6 Puppies on it, (and XP)). Even Compiz should run with the nvidia drivers.
Noo , I had not heard that John Biles was giving up on Teenpup. I hope its a "vicious rumor" LOL. Although based on an older Puppy, (2.14), Teenpup is stable and well equipped. One of my daughters uses it Dual Boot with XP.( If it would see her wireless, she might forget about XP..Probably not..LOL)

The 768mb ram is great, and allows you ample "headroom" for big apps, ie Firefox, OpenOffice, ect..or for VBox.

Ive done "anything but" narrowing down your choices, huh??
Well, thats Puppy.
Unlike a certain fastfood place, Puppy really is "Have it your way!!

Whatever you choose, you will want working flash and java, fullscreen video, MP3 player, DVD playback, OOffice for homework,ect...One drawback for the kids, until recently, was myspace. Gizmo allows chat to myspace, as well as aim, yahoo, icq, irc, ect....PSIP will do the same, but is still under development..

Not to "toot one of my own" releases, but Transitions has all these and more.(except gizmo),and has proven very stable for me for daily use. Not as "Eye candy" as some other Pups, although it does have both XP and Vista themes...Just a thought..

Ive found my Enlightenment based Puppies to be a bit confusing to new Linux users,
at first, and difficult to upgrade for the average user, due to E-17`s menu structure. (The program installed, now where is it )

No matter what you choose, congrats on getting her started with Linux at a young age, before M$ could warp her mind...

Any Questions, ect...I / WE are here..
Good luck and have fun....
...Jay.......