PowerPup! A project to port Puppy to PPC macs!
Thanks for the links and info guys. I'm sure it will come handy down the road. I've been enjoying the great weather here and so I still haven't gotten around to PowerPup yet. But I plan to soon. Maybe on a rainy day or something. (It rains quite often here.)
(Hey Aitch, I'm a Garfield fan too! )
-PowerPup
(Hey Aitch, I'm a Garfield fan too! )
-PowerPup
hi, I have an old g3 imac again - looking forward to testing ur power puppy, also I had a play with the little dog picture
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Hello PowerPup,
I'll be using a separate hard drive for installing from your Live CD/DVD, since my Mac OSX hard drive is only 20 GIG in size. I got lucky and bought my G4 PowerPC tower with an OS on it or RAM for $15.00. I tested RAM and had the best luck with sticks that were both PC100 and PC133. I found the Ubuntu 6.0 Live CD was the only one to boot automatically. I had to research how to use the Mac, but without Flash or Gnash, I got discouraged and went back to the many Intel PCs I have around here.
If you get busy with the Puppy Kennel, I'll be sure to pull my Mac out of the closet. You're an answer to a prayer I had when I first bought my Mac.
Good luck compiling, etc.,
Joan in Reno
I'll be using a separate hard drive for installing from your Live CD/DVD, since my Mac OSX hard drive is only 20 GIG in size. I got lucky and bought my G4 PowerPC tower with an OS on it or RAM for $15.00. I tested RAM and had the best luck with sticks that were both PC100 and PC133. I found the Ubuntu 6.0 Live CD was the only one to boot automatically. I had to research how to use the Mac, but without Flash or Gnash, I got discouraged and went back to the many Intel PCs I have around here.
If you get busy with the Puppy Kennel, I'll be sure to pull my Mac out of the closet. You're an answer to a prayer I had when I first bought my Mac.
Good luck compiling, etc.,
Joan in Reno
Nice work on the pic cobelloy! Maybe I'll find a place for it on the site.
Thanks for the encouragement ChiJoan, yeah, I still need to learn how to make static builds. Right now it's a matter of figuring out how to and trying to build the filesystem structure.
Update: I've redesigned the PowerPup website. Take a look at http://powerpup.yi.org/
Thanks for the encouragement ChiJoan, yeah, I still need to learn how to make static builds. Right now it's a matter of figuring out how to and trying to build the filesystem structure.
Update: I've redesigned the PowerPup website. Take a look at http://powerpup.yi.org/
[url=http://powerpup.yi.org]PowerPup: Puppy for PPC macs.[/url]
Just a quick word
Nice mod on the pic, cobelloy!
I suppose I should have sought permission to use it, but anyway here's a link
Her name is lilibeth, see her kilts etc
http://www.ttsint.com/kilts/kiltpics.htm
I did contemplate joining the webring...... - what do you think?
Powerpup, website's doing OK
Aitch
Nice mod on the pic, cobelloy!
I suppose I should have sought permission to use it, but anyway here's a link
Her name is lilibeth, see her kilts etc
http://www.ttsint.com/kilts/kiltpics.htm
I did contemplate joining the webring...... - what do you think?
Powerpup, website's doing OK
Aitch
how about this one - I like the face better (and yeah, her permission might be a good idea...)
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fresh info, courtesy fix
source http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=40386
http://wiki.pdaxrom.org/index.php/Main_Page
http://wiki.pdaxrom.org/index.php/Targe ... es#PowerPC
It gets to look as though more folks like Powerpup/PPC builds
Aitch
fresh info, courtesy fix
source http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=40386
http://wiki.pdaxrom.org/index.php/Main_Page
http://wiki.pdaxrom.org/index.php/Targe ... es#PowerPC
It gets to look as though more folks like Powerpup/PPC builds
Aitch
Especially if it's for their PS3. Thanks for the info Aitch. Maybe I'll be able to use it. I think I've been almost purposely avoiding the huge task before me because. Well, it a huge task. I guess I feel somewhat unprepared and there isn't going to be a simpler way to make the filesystem. Think what I'll do is just get the CLI working and build from the ground up. Or something like that, I just need to get in there and do some research and decide what I'll try first.
Oh yeah, I STILL need to find out how to make static builds. If anyone know how to do this on a PC I would greatly appreciate a link to a guide or if they typed one up real quick for me. I can take that info and use it on my Linux Mac.
-PowerPup
Oh yeah, I STILL need to find out how to make static builds. If anyone know how to do this on a PC I would greatly appreciate a link to a guide or if they typed one up real quick for me. I can take that info and use it on my Linux Mac.
-PowerPup
You need to talk to Technosaurus, maybe you could even persuade him to come onboard with PowerpupOh yeah, I STILL need to find out how to make static builds. If anyone know how to do this on a PC I would greatly appreciate a link to a guide or if they typed one up real quick for me
see
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=40386
Aitch
I'm glad to hear that many are excited about my project. (I know I am.)
Anyway, I wanted to give a little update so people aren't wondering if the FBI got me for attempting to make Puppy available for PPC macs. Currently I am at a pause with my project for two reasons.
I've kinda reached the end of my linux guru skills rope. I'm going to need to learn more about the fundamentals of linux and how Puppy's clockwork ticks.
Getting into summer now so I'll be spending a lot more time outside and be looking for a summer job.
So with that my PowerPup project will be a rest for a while. Until I can build the root system and such, I'll tinker with it once in a while. I still plan to try to get a more usable version (working CLI) out soon. Just don't know when that would be.
Puppy on!!!
PowerPup.
Anyway, I wanted to give a little update so people aren't wondering if the FBI got me for attempting to make Puppy available for PPC macs. Currently I am at a pause with my project for two reasons.
I've kinda reached the end of my linux guru skills rope. I'm going to need to learn more about the fundamentals of linux and how Puppy's clockwork ticks.
Getting into summer now so I'll be spending a lot more time outside and be looking for a summer job.
So with that my PowerPup project will be a rest for a while. Until I can build the root system and such, I'll tinker with it once in a while. I still plan to try to get a more usable version (working CLI) out soon. Just don't know when that would be.
Puppy on!!!
PowerPup.
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@powerpup - if you have questions, just ask. I learned quite a bit from building LFS, reading through the T2 and now woof build scripts and recently from doing file by file comparisons of most of the small distros' base packages. FYI...After that comparison it really made me appreciate the gobolinux package methodology.
Check out my [url=https://github.com/technosaurus]github repositories[/url]. I may eventually get around to updating my [url=http://bashismal.blogspot.com]blogspot[/url].
Thanks Technosaurus. I do need to learn how to make static builds with uclibc and/or dietlibc. I had thought of doing file-by-file comparison to build the PPC sqaushfs. (using LFS as a guideline is a good idea too, just need to take the time to read it and learn it.) But to do that I need to find sources for all the programs in there, (eg: X, Pup programs, etc.) And I'm not sure where to find them, (considering Puppy uses a mixed/custom package of X) and make static builds. So information on these things would greatly help.
Thanks.
PowerPup.
Thanks.
PowerPup.
- technosaurus
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http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... -dingo.tar
all sources from the original 4.0 T2 build = 1.0GB
But I wouldn't overlook the tinycorelinux sources...
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... lease/src/
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... lease/src/
you might try the ppc snapshot of t2
http://dl.t2-project.org/binary/unstabl ... r31274.iso
and modify Barry's target for woof (attached)
all sources from the original 4.0 T2 build = 1.0GB
But I wouldn't overlook the tinycorelinux sources...
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... lease/src/
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... lease/src/
you might try the ppc snapshot of t2
http://dl.t2-project.org/binary/unstabl ... r31274.iso
and modify Barry's target for woof (attached)
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Check out my [url=https://github.com/technosaurus]github repositories[/url]. I may eventually get around to updating my [url=http://bashismal.blogspot.com]blogspot[/url].
Thanks Technosaurus! It will still be awhile before I get something that resembles Puppy. Considering that there isn't any sources of Puppy 3, It's probably a better idea to get PowerPup based on Puppy 4/5 instead. Don't know if much is needed to revise the initrd. Probably won't take much. (I figured I'd have to use t2-dingo.tar somewhere along the line.)
Anyway, thanks again for the resource links. I'll try to look over them later today.
-PowerPup.
Anyway, thanks again for the resource links. I'll try to look over them later today.
-PowerPup.
Lol! Actually I think that's a good quote. I'm working at McDonald's.Lobster wrote:CongratulationsI just got hired Sunday
Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?
Steve Jobs
eh . . . . . . not saying you are a pirate
(your CV is probably not required)
just wanted a Steve Job quote . . .
Good Luck - oh Aaaahhhhh!!!
No updates as of yet on PowerPup. Been busy with Summer.
Hi Powerpup
McDonalds.....Oh nooooo!
If ever you get back to your project, this gem from ttuuxxx may help with all that code...
Good Luck with your 'Job' [mind that your brain doesn't get fried, now ]
Aitch
McDonalds.....Oh nooooo!
If ever you get back to your project, this gem from ttuuxxx may help with all that code...
Ref: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 1&start=15ttuuxxx wrote:hi Guys I just came across this really nice and small text editor, It can use 26 different languages and you can also configure the fonts and other things all located in the menus, If we ever needed something 1/3 the size of Geany I think this could be a good contender.
here's a quote "
Code Browser is a folding and outlining editor for Linux. The editor is between a traditional text editor, a smalltalk class browser and a web browser like mozilla. It displays a structured text file (marker-based folding) hierarchically using multiple panes.
Code Browser is especially designed to keep a good overview of the code of large projects. Ideal if you are fed up of having to scroll through thousands of lines of code.
Code Browser supports syntax highlighting for all major languages and custom highlighting can also be added. Although Code Browser was designed to write and maintain programs, it can be used for different tasks such as plain text outlining or understanding existing source code."
code-browser-3.6-i386|code-browser|3.6-i386||Document|384K|pet_packages-4|code-browser-3.6-i386.pet||Text editor|puppy|4|4|
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... h&id=19570
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... h&id=19564
Good Luck with your 'Job' [mind that your brain doesn't get fried, now ]
Aitch