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playdayz · Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 3705

Lucid Puppy 5.1 will have a "virtual repo" that lists pets that have been tested and configured and confirmed to work in LP5. This is the repo people will see when they first open Puppy Package Manager. The pets will then be available for one-click download. I think this should give the pets a wider audience.

If you would provide a link to your favorite pets that you think deserve more exposure in this way, I will do the testing. Or if you would like you could test in LP 5.0.1 or in the current development release luci-203.

All kinds of pets are appropriate. Thank you.

Eyes-Only · Posted: Fri 18 Jun 2010, 13:01 Post subject:

EXCELLENT TOPIC Playdayz! Cool

I don't have the link off the top of my head, nor do I have 5.0 installed ( I had a computer crash & I haven't gotten back to re-installing 5.0, etc. - YET Wink

), but I can tell you what the very first programme is that I install on each and every single Puppy I use, and have used to date ever since Mark introduced me to it, and that's the XFE File Manager! ( Well, and also the entire Fox Suite of apps but those aren't necessary for everyone nor for the FM to work - yet you DO need FOXlibs of course! )

Now I'm not saying/suggesting that this aught to be installed on the upcoming 5.1 - no! But pre-configured and available in the Luci Repo or whatever would be awesome for those who would like a dual-pane FM. And it does install from Synaptic/PPM - and run - without any problems. At least it did for me at any rate. Smile

XFE: I never use a Linux distro without it! Wink

Cheers/Amicalement,

Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge d'Acadie"

Sylvander · Posted: Fri 18 Jun 2010, 17:07 Post subject:

Same here. Very Happy

1. Links here to Fox & Xfe in post number 24 of my PC-Guide thread that includes lots of Puppy Linux goodies [PET's plus].

bigpup · Posted: Wed 30 Jun 2010, 19:41 Post subject:

DuDE-0.4

Stardust desktop environment

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=53680

I do not know how much of this can be used but I like it all. I have installed it in Lucid Puppy 5.1 and so far it all works.
The best part is:
- Extended menus
- Easier theme management
- Desktop widgets
- Improved integration with Rox
- Powerful tray management
- New graphics
- Control panel
- DIPS - desktop integrated programs
- Use desktop corners as execution-area
- Extended use of hot-keys

DaveS · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3669 Location: UK

Pshutdown.... 'Must Have' on laptops? Run from a desktop icon...

Acpid (suspend dont work on my lappy but one touch shutdown a 'Must Have'

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 2465 Location: Ontario

I don't understand why more people don't use 'Yudit text editor'
I wrote about it http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=1155014865&t=57866

It's free and it's perfect for writing in many languages.
The interface is old fashioned but so what. It just works!
It can even be used for languages like Chinese, Arabic,Hebrew,Russian...
Geany will open the resulting text files,displaying accurately if word wrapping is off
in Geany. But Geany will take left justified text and make it display as
right justified text. Not so good.

It's easy to compile yourself but I made a special pet package available at
www.esnips.com/web/lupu because the arial font needs to be installed inside.

Playdayz,...Why don't you download it and put it on a proper server?

heckler · Joined: 03 Jun 2010 Posts: 1

DaveS · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3669 Location: UK

acrocosm · Joined: 12 Sep 2010 Posts: 53

fluxbox and dmenu with dmenu shortcuts predefined to alt+space or ctrl+space and loaded with -i (anyway I can define those myself but yeah I'd live to have both on the repo)

latest pcmanfm would also be nice but not essential, rox is fine too

then since puppy is so sleek, pulse and jack would also be welcome