Lighthouse Pup JL64-603/4 Release Notes Lighthouse Pup
Lighthouse 64 Help

Lighthouse 64 was loosely based on Fatdog 64 511, but had a newer kernel from a recent (at the time) Fatdog 64, many core updates from Slackware64 14.0 and significant customizations unique to Lighthouse 64.

Just-Lighthouse was built around a newer kernel and has as it's core updates or toolchain from Slackware64 14.1 and a few more customizations. Most of the following from the original help page still applies:

Except maybe for CUPS Printer drivers, do not use 32-bit Puppy Pet packages in Lighthouse 64; most of them won't work. Instead begin with the Update icon on the desktop, then use the Install icon for more 64-bit applications via the Lighthouse website or PPM (Puppy Package Manager.) PPM can access Slackware 64, Slacky 64 and Salix 64 repositories.

The core files, Pet packages and SFS add-ons are xz compressed for a size reduction of more than 20% vs. gz compression.

With major core updates in this release, upgrading a save file from LH64 5.15 and earlier is not recommended; but if
an upgrade is required--and you back up your L64save file first, remember that display drivers, Wine applications and any apps with compiled kernel modules such as VirtualBox may need to be reinstalled.

If you experience a blank screen or problems with the text-mode console, try typing
setfont (or reboot and enter vesa at the LiveCD boot menu.) More information here and here.

If the display seems OK, but the console fonts are way too small, exit X to command line and type setfont big, or boot with
lhp video=800x600 or lhp video=640x480 or lhp video=1024x600  These options only affect the console when kernel modesetting is active.

To reconfigure the open source Xorg display drivers, close any open applications, click Menu -> Setup -> Xorg Video Wizard -> XorgWizard -> Choose. To install the very latest proprietary drivers you'll need to install the Devx-JL64.sfs with BootManager in the System Menu first, reboot, then download and install the x86_64 or amd64 drivers direct from ATI or Nvidia's website.

The online Tips link above is a good place to get acquainted with Lighthouse. Local Lighthouse 64 FAQs are here (adapted from Fatdog's.) Puppy Linux has an online FAQ. Most local documentation is in HTML or plain text format at /usr/share/doc. (This folder contains additional documentation if the documentation.sfs is loaded.)

Puppy Linux help

Under the hood:

Applications documentation

Most applications have a home page listed in the application's menu at either Help | About or Web site.

Wikipedia.org is a good resource for many popular applications, e.g., wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP

The pull down menus provide easy access to online documentation of most applications and utilities in Lighthouse. These menus require a JavaScript enabled browser. Select and go!...

Applications available in the desktop menu:

Complete list of packages (in Puppy or not):

Enter the name of a utility program (ex: cat, ls) and click 'Search' button:


Note that although Just-Lighthouse has Busybox, which is a very small toolkit of utility applications, in some cases they do not have the required functionality and are replaced by the full versions. These replacements include: modprobe, cat, cp, df, gzip, gunzip, losetup, ls, mkdir, mv, rm, sed, sort, tar, wget, date, find, grep, fgrep and egrep.

Note that Just-Lighthouse applications are open source and under various GPL licences, however there are a few exceptions.

Planmaker Free Edition (spreadsheet editor) and Textmaker Free Edition (wordprocessor) are PET packages. The licence document is included in the packages. We need to be able to open and edit Excel-format spreadsheets, which Planmaker does admirably, and the Free Edition is just that, free, no embedded adverts, no usage restrictions (except for a limited maximum size that can be edited). I would like to do the right thing by the developer, Softmaker Software, though, and recommend that you consider the full edition if Planmaker is to be used for serious commercial purposes.

Some releases of Puppy have the Opera web browser, which is closed source but free.


Some releases of Puppy include the Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Flash plugin for the web browser. This is closed source but free. The distribution licence requires that I include the logo and a link to the Adobe site.

Legal notice:
I, Barry Kauler, established the 'Puppy Linux Project' in January 2003, first website and product release 18-June-2003, and I have trademark claim to the name and typed drawing of 'Puppy Linux', 'PuppyOS' and 'Puppy' as it relates to "computer operating system software to facilitate computer use and operation", under Federal and International Common Law and Trademark Laws as appropriate.

Programs in Puppy are open source (except where noted above), and licences of individual products are duly acknowledged. The name Puppy Linux", also known as "Puppy" and "PuppyOS", and all artistic creations thereof, are copyright © 2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,,2010,2011,2012,2013 Barry Kauler -- further details in the online FAQ.

In late 2013 a number of Puppy developers took over development of Puppy Linux due to Barry Kauler's retirement, lead by myself, Michael Amadio.

Disclaimer:
Very simple, use entirely at your own risk. Neither Barry Kauler, Michael Amadio or any of the Woof-CE team accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever, and you use Puppy with this understanding.

Licence
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