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by Sylvander
Thu 18 Jun 2020, 08:03
Forum: Misc
Topic: Problems posting on forum
Replies: 67
Views: 16403

Sylvander wrote:So I'll wait and see if that fixes the problem. :)
So far, this morning, I've had 1 email, from Freecycle admin asking for a donation.
Previously there were no emails from anyone.
Nothing from the Puppy forum.
by Sylvander
Wed 17 Jun 2020, 15:29
Forum: Misc
Topic: Problems posting on forum
Replies: 67
Views: 16403

Check your E-mail service provider settings and make sure it is not stopping stuff from the forum, because it is coming from a http and not a https site. I contacted my ISP [free] tech assistance. He says he has made changes so that any/all things which were not being accepted will now BE accepted....
by Sylvander
Wed 17 Jun 2020, 08:10
Forum: Misc
Topic: Problems posting on forum
Replies: 67
Views: 16403

Re: Problems posting on forum

Is the post still up? Do you have a link to it? My intended post was never posted, because all of the text disappeared from the composing window. The forum has a 'bug' where issues with the tags may cause the entire post to appear blank when previewed or submitted - say, for example, if you leave a...
by Sylvander
Wed 17 Jun 2020, 08:03
Forum: Misc
Topic: Problems posting on forum
Replies: 67
Views: 16403

He probably never hit the "Submit" button. I believe I hit the "Preview" button, then when I went back to the text it was gone. Hence there was nothing left to "Submit". Sylvander, do you connect via wifi, or via direct-to-Ethernet cable? (No reason to ask, just making...
by Sylvander
Fri 12 Jun 2020, 06:55
Forum: Misc
Topic: Problems posting on forum
Replies: 67
Views: 16403

Re: Problems posting on forum

greengeek wrote:Anyone else seen something similar?
a. A few weeks back I composed a substantial post, then when I clicked "preview" the text was gone!
I gave up! Didn't re-compose.

b. more recently:
I no longer receive notifications of new posts to threads I'm registered to follow. :(
by Sylvander
Tue 05 May 2020, 08:03
Forum: Browsers and Internet
Topic: palemoon browser
Replies: 917
Views: 418911

1. @ Sylvander:- AFAIK, SlimJet & Firefox are definitely 'accepted' by banking sites. I would hazard a guess that your problem is you're using older, out-of-date versions of these..? a. Methinks you are correct in thinking this. b.Here's the problem/reason I haven't updated any to their latest v...
by Sylvander
Mon 04 May 2020, 10:07
Forum: Browsers and Internet
Topic: palemoon browser
Replies: 917
Views: 418911

That user.js you create in your "/root/.moonchild productions/pale moon/*.default" profile folder. I have that folder, but there is no "user.js" file presently existing within the folder. Am I to make that file? If so, instructions on how? I've made files before, but at 73 years...
by Sylvander
Sun 03 May 2020, 17:20
Forum: Browsers and Internet
Topic: palemoon browser
Replies: 917
Views: 418911

I'd need details of how to do the above using "User Agent" [where is it?] and tools to make the web browser lie. Best if I did this 1st within Slacko; in Banksy-3 it would be more difficult because it is necessary to remaster the changes into the ISO if I remember right, and then burn the ...
by Sylvander
Sun 03 May 2020, 08:23
Forum: Browsers and Internet
Topic: palemoon browser
Replies: 917
Views: 418911

For years now, I've been using a 64-bit desktop, but it seemed to me back then that 32-bit Puppies worked [or suited me] better than 64-bit, so I made as my number-one=Slacko-5.7.0-pae. Now I'm in the situation where my "Banksy 3" web browsers are no longer being accepted by my banking sit...
by Sylvander
Fri 27 Mar 2020, 23:53
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Self-sufficiency
Replies: 17
Views: 1244

Go to youtube.co.uk and search for "no-dig" [gardening].

Look at the videos by "Charles Dowding".
e.g. Compost Making
by Sylvander
Fri 27 Mar 2020, 13:43
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Washing your hands
Replies: 107
Views: 5065

A few years back we installed a new kitchen and bathroom. These included [chosen by wife and me]. 1. The bathroom sink has a tap that mixes mains-hot and storage-tank-cold [single outlet], with a single 3 inch tap-handle [smooth and sexy] that sits directly over the tap [for 50/50 mix]. You push it ...
by Sylvander
Fri 10 Jan 2020, 12:13
Forum: Security
Topic: Interesting read on cookies in PCLinuxOS magazine
Replies: 8
Views: 2279

1. Not if you are using portable web-browsers located on /mnt/home. They are constructed to have profiles within their own folder and cache files would, thus, be written immediately to the folder on Storage. But, yes if your web-browser runs from 'Puppy-Space', including /opt which is where just ins...
by Sylvander
Thu 09 Jan 2020, 12:34
Forum: Security
Topic: Interesting read on cookies in PCLinuxOS magazine
Replies: 8
Views: 2279

I have my number-1 Puppy = Slacko-5.7.0-pae, configured so that it doesn't auto-save any session changes during the session [unless I click "Save", and almost never do so]... And also, during shut-down/reboot, the default is "Don't save", and I almost always hit "Enter"...
by Sylvander
Tue 08 Oct 2019, 22:28
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: R.I.P. Ginger Baker
Replies: 10
Views: 1004

That "golliwog" with the afro haircut was some guitar player named Eric Clapton :roll: Yeh, well, I wasn't interested in their haircuts, and it's been many years since, and I'm now 72. It was the drumming in which I was interested, but I was no way good enough to copy/rival Ginger Baker. ...
by Sylvander
Mon 07 Oct 2019, 18:08
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: R.I.P. Ginger Baker
Replies: 10
Views: 1004

Way back...1966 methinks... The members of the band I [19-yr-old drummer] was in... Our blonde haired blue eyed 16-year-old [really good, and getting better by the month] guitarist at that time was Davie Johnstone [later to join the Elton John band]... Went to see "Cream" play in a place d...
by Sylvander
Sat 31 Aug 2019, 09:02
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: July was the hottest month ever on Earth
Replies: 120
Views: 3987

Here in Scotland we had a relatively short period of high temperatures, and now we are getting lots of rain.

The plants are loving the rain and so am I. :)
by Sylvander
Wed 28 Aug 2019, 08:47
Forum: Security
Topic: How to make a Puppy Linux security distribution?
Replies: 26
Views: 8467

Also take a look at Banksy 3 . [Loads from a CD, user is then prompted to remove the CD] Storage locations are normally not available, but can be, IF the user knows how. I've been told how [in PM] by greengeek. I use the "b3impgeneric_RC5.iso" linked HERE . Don't think I've tried RC8, also...
by Sylvander
Sun 25 Aug 2019, 07:36
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: July was the hottest month ever on Earth
Replies: 120
Views: 3987

We desperately need to be REDUCING the number of people living on this planet...

And yet we are increasing in number.
And I see no reports of any world leader doing anything about it.
by Sylvander
Tue 16 Apr 2019, 09:17
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Pic Of The Day
Replies: 3906
Views: 324524

Helicopter water-bombers would help douse such fires [towering infernos], yet no-one in power appears to even be considering this.
Hence, firemen presently don't have the tools for such jobs.

I had this idea during the Grenfell Tower fire.

See: Aerial firefighting