Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

starhawk · Posted: Mon 27 Aug 2012, 11:55 Post subject:

Well, that's not what Puppy *says* in the shutdown screen.

@ggg: you sound like a bot.

starhawk · Posted: Tue 28 Aug 2012, 00:11 Post subject:

Any more suggestions, for Puppies I might try?

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 7018 Location: qld

starhawk · Posted: Tue 28 Aug 2012, 11:58 Post subject:

Well, the drive in this laptop is not the original -- which was failing when I got it -- but one I got off eBay to replace it.

The current drive is a TSST* TS-L532M, apparently originally from an HP DV1000. It's a DVD burner.

*TSST = Toshiba Samsung Storage Technologies Corp.

starhawk · Posted: Wed 29 Aug 2012, 13:15 Post subject:

Trying this --> http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=79737

My first experience of Linux was with Ubuntu 7.08 Embarassed

I ran it on an old Toshiba -- it was a Satellite 1415-S173.

starhawk · Posted: Wed 29 Aug 2012, 16:43 Post subject:

^By "trying" I meant "downloading" Embarassed

Posting from within it now, and I am quite impressed.

...a few issues. This particular puplet is originally French and the locale information does not transfer over to English cleanly -- SlickPet still has a French entry in the menu, for example. The "Classic" Network Setup (aka Barry's / Dougal's / Complex Network Setup) is completely broken; a file is missing. The Frisbee option in the Connect Wizard asks to install a pet for what appears to be the latest beta.

Also (about to test this issue in this puplet, will edit this post with the results) when I install ImageMagick from the Pet I found (mentioned earlier in this thread) and then Xara Xtreme, Xara does NOT detect ImageMagick's various files, even though the version requirement is met (Xara needs ImageMagick 6.* or higher). This is a problem because it disables certain features. Can someone provide a more recent PET that is "known good" for Slacko 5.3.3?

I will probably be reporting that behavior as a bug to the Xara team... but I'm concerned that they may say "hey, that's a problem with your distro, go talk to those people" and refuse to help -- which would be very bad.

starhawk · Posted: Wed 29 Aug 2012, 16:51 Post subject:

canbyte · Joined: 10 Jan 2009 Posts: 264 Location: Hamilton, Canada

Just wanted to thank all for this thread and whoever made the pet in that link (didn't need the sfs or anything else). Fast download and installation - 'just worked'. Congrats Slacko 533. Don't know if i will install on my regular puppy - it's too easy to just start with a fresh puppy off cd, download the package again and start using it. Don't really have a need at the moment but couldn't resist trying it out. Very intuitive if one is familiar with Corel and that type of drawing (can't recall the name - vector? ). I remember the first time I saw it - drove me nuts (was used to Autocad) until a kind soul explained it.
Thanks again.