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BarryK

Blog announcement:

http://puppylinux.com/blog/?viewDetailed=00835

It's not perfect, just a snapshot.

A few things that might need attending to...

1. printing
/usr/sbin/cups_shell got modified for using with a later version of CUPS that auto-generates the PPD files. You might have to modify it back for printing to work.

2.
Wireless keyboard... I'm interested to know if the failures on alpha9 work with 414. If they do, then it's most likely a kernel version problem.

Anything else, let me know!

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 23 Jun 2009, 15:13 Post subject:

downloading it right now Smile

101MB , Thanks Barry Smile

ttuuxxx

hondasid · Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Posts: 259 Location: Perry, OK

I will be downloading this tonight and testing it. and yes, thank you barry.

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 23 Jun 2009, 16:26 Post subject:

Hi Barry I think you have a keeper here, sure it has minor flaws like if you click on a png file, nothing happens, lol But I'm pleased to Announce that for the first time in 4 series Firefox 3.5 and flash 10 work, I would give Firefox a 96% rating on my scrolling test, where as 4.01 was around 40% and 2.14.1X + Dpup are 100%, jpup 75%,
- flash 10 works fullscreen at youtube.
Very Very great job Barry, its been a long time coming Smile

Since Its a keeper so lets get the bug reports in guys Smile

ttuuxxx

hondasid · Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Posts: 259 Location: Perry, OK

man, don't say that! know I have to come up with an excuse to go home early! I really can't wait to test it now. Firefox 3.5 and flash 10?!?!?! WOOOOOHOOOO!!!!!!

THANK YOU BARRY!!!!!!!!!

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 23 Jun 2009, 16:46 Post subject:

Its not included, I installed it after I downloaded the iso, I just used the main mozilla release added dbus&dbus-glib, and Flash 10 and away you go. Well the fonts have to be setup via the menu, but its really worth it Smile

ttuuxxx

Caneri · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 1565 Location: Canada

For those in North America and beyond here's a mirror

http://puppylinux.ca/puppyfiles/test/woof-414alpha/

Best,
Eric

zigbert · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 5241 Location: Valåmoen, Norway

Barry

1. Puppy 4.2 inludes some very small wallpapers that could save some space.
This post shows 4 (all 4 is only 12kb together), while 2 of these are included in Puppy 4.2. The download link is broken, but if your interested in all, I'll send them to you.

2. Pscedule, Pmusic, Pmirror, Pburn, Pfind, Pfilesearch, Pbackup and Pprocess is not updated since Puppy 4.12.
They all includes major fixes/enhancements.
My signature leads you to my P-scripts page. Give me a note if you want me to send all of them to you (since puppylinux.asia is down until july).
All my scripts having the gtkdialog-bug to not kill pid when closed are now fixed. It might be an idea to encourage the authors of Pctorrent, pCDripper, Psip, Pdvdrsab and Pmetatagger to make this fix.

3. pCD has become stable, and is also used by the latest Pmusic for audio-CD playing.
The size is 3kb and has no other dependencies than bytes already in Puppy.

4. Pwidgets may not be your hat, but I suggest you keep it easy available.
If Ptray are made available, jwmrc must be prepared for it.
Just for the knowledge: Pwidgets package is only 232kb compressed. This includes:
- ALL dependencies
- most widgets, themes
- plugins
- sidebars
- clockskins.
Nathans wallpaper setter is patched in Puppy 4.2 to sync Pwidgets optional background (sidebar).
If you want more knowledge about Pwidgets, - please listen to of one of the Pwidgets team members (also called the blingy boys Smile

): 01micko, trio, tasmod, Patriot, minhundhettepero, whodo and zigbert.

5. Puppy 4.2 solves the issue of adding new icons on the desktop (an easy way).
ttuuxxx will of course argue against this, - telling of huge delays in menu refreshments. I have stopped arguing that man a long time ago, and it will continue like that. SORRY!

6. The icon_switcher script in Puppy 4.2 is improved to NOT shrink 48x48 icons to 24x24 icons IF unique menu-icons exist in the icon-theme. Default icon-theme in Puppy 4.2 shows this.

Sigmund

8-bit · Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 3012 Location: Oregon

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 23 Jun 2009, 18:44 Post subject:

Hi Zigbert the way that 414 alpha sits its 101MB, 1 MB over the 100MB goal, there's no room for Pwidgets or any other larger software, The iso should be shrunk by 1MB, which I'll be able to do with woof, Pwidgets breaks the desktop icons when you move a folder over the icons, your other fixes makes over 200 System links in a folder where its easily accessed and a newbee could delete and render the system useless.
Plus extra resources,slower booting, harder on laptop batteries, slower refreshing of menu icons, etc. Really it should be a addon and not forced on people, its not a necessity what so ever. Last time I had a vote on pwidgets over 80% of the community voted against it, really it was mostly the blingy crew who voted for it.

What I suggest you do is package up pwidgets,plus your custom scripts like xinitrc, fixmenus, etc in a package, I could add a link in the menu says under Menu/Desktop/Pwidgets
once clicked it will download and install your package changing all that stuff, and replace the pwidgets.desktop file with another pwidgets.desktop for your pwidgets gui, that solves everything for everybody and doesn't add any extra weight also it doesn't force things on people which they clearly didn't want in the first place.
Sincerely
ttuuxxx

ps the poll was on this thread
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=39511

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:01 Post subject:

Lobster · Posted: Tue 23 Jun 2009, 20:07 Post subject:

Minnesota · Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 312

THANK YOU Barry! Progress.

Wireless keyboard and mouse work intermittent on older machine.. .but on new machine WORK PERFECT...so interesting.... mouse on older machine a bit jerky... enter sometimes works... not sure what is happening... progress. Will test on a third machine etc...

Old machine CUPS finds and sets up Parallel Brother hl1440 test works.
New Machine CUPS finds and sets up USB same Printer. Test page works.

Gnumeric prints from either machine once you move cursor back up to cell with data. Abiword EXITS (as in abort to desktop) as soon as you select Print button or menu item. As well as spell check not default on.

Looks like added video formats.

PROGRESS.

Thanks Barry,
Greg

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 23 Jun 2009, 21:02 Post subject:

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 23 Jun 2009, 21:20 Post subject:

I think we have a Alpha Bug on our hands, I opened /tmp/xerrs.log by clicking on it, medit opened and it was a white screen, it crashed, then the pinboard crashed. Not good. lost 1.6GB of real memory and now down to 16MB free, have to reboot. So total memory loss.
ttuuxxx