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by shadower_sc
Thu 23 Mar 2017, 20:35
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: Quirky Xerus 8.1.4 for Raspberry Pi2 and 3
Replies: 679
Views: 351628

uncompress command example from berryboot homepage

don570's way of doing it is how you "side load" an image downloaded from here: (The Latest Quirky Xerus 8.1.4 is in the list.) http://berryboot.alexgoldcheidt.com/images/ decompress command example from berryboot homepage: tar -xf name-of-the-image.img.tar.xz How to install os images: http...
by shadower_sc
Tue 16 Jun 2015, 19:27
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: Avoid "Searching for Puppy files" during bootup
Replies: 30
Views: 15519

Skip the Searching for Puppy Files

mikeb wrote:..the search happens anyway..
Is there a way to skip the search entirely? I would be interested in this for a remastered CD that wouldn't have an install or save file. I.E. everything runs from the CD.
by shadower_sc
Wed 08 Apr 2015, 20:25
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to make a Precise Puppy 5.4 kiosk
Replies: 37
Views: 45505

Can Bike OS is developed by megasewertoad

@shadower_sc A couple questions: 1.Any particular reason foe replacing Seamonkey with Chrome? . . . Hi B.K., Can Bike OS is developed by megasewertoad. He has just used my documentation to create a Puplet and has it hosted on the Internet Archive. There is no reason why you can't use whatever progr...
by shadower_sc
Fri 07 Nov 2014, 19:07
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to create a Kiosk using Tahrpup 6.0
Replies: 4
Views: 3201

Customize the Menu

Customize the Menu Step #1: Edit the JWM Menu Command: vi /root/.jwmrc (Note that the Comment Convention for this file is <!-- Commented Out -->) "<!--" starts the comment and "-->" ends the comment. Comment out any entries you do not want. I typically start the comment right af...
by shadower_sc
Thu 06 Nov 2014, 23:05
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to create a Kiosk using Tahrpup 6.0
Replies: 4
Views: 3201

Precise Puppy 5.7.1 Changes

Edits for Precise Puppy v.5.7.1 Please make the following changes when following the first post of this thread, if you are using Precise Puppy v.5.7.1 (I did not test this on Precise Puppy v.5.7.1, but it should work.) Disable Save on Shutdown Step#1 Comment out Lines 298 to 311 Code Snippet you ar...
by shadower_sc
Thu 06 Nov 2014, 22:35
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to create a Kiosk using Tahrpup 6.0
Replies: 4
Views: 3201

Precise Puppy 5.7.1

I would have already done it for Precise Puppy 5.7.1, but it doesn't run in VirtualBox. Which is where I do almost all of my tinkering with Puppy Linux. VirtualBox is extremely convenient, unless your OS doesn't work with it. xD
by shadower_sc
Tue 04 Nov 2014, 23:22
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to create a Kiosk using Tahrpup 6.0
Replies: 4
Views: 3201

How to create a Kiosk using Tahrpup 6.0

Begin Puppy Lockdown All of the editing in this tutorial will be done from the command line. You can substitute vi for geany and use a graphical text editor, if you so desire. You will need to enable line numbers in geany. View->Editor->Show Line Numbers Disable Save on Shutdown In previous version...
by shadower_sc
Thu 17 Jul 2014, 19:44
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to setup Pipelight in Precise Puppy v.5.7.1
Replies: 16
Views: 10061

Xattr and DRM

Silverlight + DRM needs Xattr support. Aufs and vfat do not support Extended Attributes. As such any site that uses DRM with silverlight will not work from a Live-CD or system that is a vfat / Fat32 filesystem. Most USB Flash Drives are formatted to the Fat32 filesystem. You can easily re-format the...
by shadower_sc
Thu 17 Jul 2014, 18:29
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to setup Pipelight in Precise Puppy v.5.7.1
Replies: 16
Views: 10061

Wine and Pipelight

I tested flash on 2 different machines. The first benchmark of each machine was with the officially supported version of flash for each machine. The second benchmark was with the pipelight version of flash installed. In the case of the faster Windows 7 machine there was a slight drop in performance ...
by shadower_sc
Tue 15 Jul 2014, 21:36
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to setup Pipelight in Precise Puppy v.5.7.1
Replies: 16
Views: 10061

Flash Benchmark Test of Pipelight on two machines

I saw solo's post where he used a benchmark to test PepperFlash in Firefox and that got me curious as to how well pipelight worked. The following are benchmarks from the same place he used and specs for each machine. Flash Benchmark 2008: http://www.snailsanimation.com/benchmark08_play.php Machine#1...
by shadower_sc
Mon 14 Jul 2014, 18:12
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How I watch Netflix on Precise Puppy and Tahrpup
Replies: 25
Views: 21802

Re: How I watch Netflix on Precise Puppy

I just wanted to say thanks for posting your how to. It helped me a lot in getting Pipelight setup and working in Precise Puppy. Now I can continue with creating an Updated Kiosk for my machines.
by shadower_sc
Mon 14 Jul 2014, 18:05
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: Install Virtualbox Guest Additions in Precise Puppy 5.4
Replies: 11
Views: 29621

Re: Virtualbox under Windows or Linux

Pelo wrote:Virtualbox under Windows or Linux, please precise.
I modified the first sentence of the first post to be more precise. I use Virtualbox in Windows to work on Puppy Linux.
by shadower_sc
Mon 14 Jul 2014, 15:58
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to setup Pipelight in Precise Puppy v.5.7.1
Replies: 16
Views: 10061

Pipelight for Precise Puppy 5.7.1 Step 04 Setup Pipelight

Step 04 - Setup Pipelight Part A - Download the Pipelight Pacakge Navigate to the launchpad site for pipelight. https://launchpad.net/~pipelight/+archive/stable/+packages Select pipelight-multi-0.2.7~ubuntu12.04.1. Click on the Package file pipelight-multi_0.2.X.X~ubuntu12.04.1_i386.deb where X.X i...
by shadower_sc
Mon 14 Jul 2014, 15:54
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to setup Pipelight in Precise Puppy v.5.7.1
Replies: 16
Views: 10061

Pipelight for Precise Puppy 5.7.1 Step 03 Wine-Compholio

Step 03 - Setup Wine-Compholio Part A - Download the Current Wine-Compholio Package Navigate to the launchpad site for pipelight. https://launchpad.net/~pipelight/+archive/stable/+packages Select wine-compholio-1.7.XX~ubuntu12.04.1_i386.deb where XX is the current version. Click on the Package file...
by shadower_sc
Mon 14 Jul 2014, 15:47
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to setup Pipelight in Precise Puppy v.5.7.1
Replies: 16
Views: 10061

Pipelight for Precise Puppy 5.7.1 Step 02 Setup Firefox

Step 02 - Setup Firefox for Pipelight Usage Part A - Spoof Firefox's User Agent Start Firefox. Menu->Internet->Firefox Web Browser Install User Agent Overrider in Mozilla Firefox: (user_agent_overrider-0.2.4-fx.xpi) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-overrider/ (I had to down...
by shadower_sc
Mon 14 Jul 2014, 15:39
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to setup Pipelight in Precise Puppy v.5.7.1
Replies: 16
Views: 10061

Pipelight for Precise Puppy 5.7.1 Step 01 Preparation

Step 01 - Preparation: Part A - Update Puppy Package Manager Open the Puppy Package Manager by navigating the menu and clicking on the appropriate entry: Menu->Setup->Puppy Package Manager Update the Puppy Package Manager: Click on Configure Click on Update Press the ENTER key a few times as direct...
by shadower_sc
Mon 14 Jul 2014, 15:34
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to setup Pipelight in Precise Puppy v.5.7.1
Replies: 16
Views: 10061

How to setup Pipelight in Precise Puppy v.5.7.1

Hello Again Everyone, I got Pipelight working in Precise Puppy v.5.7.1 and figured I would share. heywoodj's post on how he watches Netflix on Puppy was helpful, especially in noting that Wine-Compholio is installed in a place Puppy does not expect it to be. Here are links to the Installation Instru...
by shadower_sc
Thu 26 Jun 2014, 20:37
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: Install Virtualbox Guest Additions in Precise Puppy 5.4
Replies: 11
Views: 29621

VirtualBox Navigation / Mouse issues with Windows Host

Van78 wrote: ... What can I do so I can properly navigate through puppy loaded in VirtualBox in order to install the guest additions? ...
I had to disable mouse integration for the mouse to work correctly. Either that or run VirtualBox in Fullscreen mode. For some reason it doesn't like sharing the mouse.
by shadower_sc
Thu 26 Jun 2014, 20:18
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to Create a Kiosk using Racy 5.2.2
Replies: 8
Views: 7134

Re: Kiosk Script

What would it take to create a script to automate to Kiosk creation and/or updates. I ask this as some who does not know how to program but is not apposed to learning how if needed. All of the steps that I have taken could be reduced to edits using Sed. You need to know how to do two things to crea...
by shadower_sc
Fri 23 May 2014, 17:22
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: Install Virtualbox Guest Additions in any Puppy Linux
Replies: 7
Views: 9772

Oops. XD

Ahh..., I was operating under the faulty assumption that the Virtualbox Guest Additions Package that is available in the package manager for Precise Puppy Linux 5.4.3 was just downloading the iso. When I try installing from the latest iso I get the following error: "Unable to determine correct ...