Hello Everyone, Just installed the new BionicPup32 8.0 32bit and noticed it doesn't come with many fonts. To add lots of Fonts including those MSFonts download from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/legacyoslinux/files/Puppy%20Linux/Super%20Font%20Pack.tar.gz/download Simply unpack the Tar.gz f...

Extra Applications now at 135 available to download and "One Click" install.

Hello Moat, Magic Scripts for Multimedia conversion relies on FFmpeg to do the conversion. The version of FFmpeg used by Legacy OS is 0.61 Experiments with later versions of FFmpeg showed the script commands have changed slighty. Some of the Magic Scripts still work with the current version of FFmpe...

Extra Applications including 87 Games now at 125 available to download and install.

Hello Everyone, Open Source Applications like Seamonkey Web Browser are available not just for Linux but also for Windows as well. Through the power of Wine, you can now install the 2018 Windows version of Seamonkey Web Browser for use in Legacy OS 2017 and integrate it into the Applications Menu ju...

Hello To those using Legacy OS 2017. There are now 100 extra Applications available to download. More are being added all the time. All Applications were tested to confirm they work. A number of these Applications required extra system files to be added before they would work, If you find installing...

Hello Puppyt, When I follow my guide step by step my DWL-G650 connects me on any Laptop I slide the card in. I brought 2 spares on Ebay last year for $14.95 AUD each. Looks like you can still buy them on Ebay https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_nkw=d-link%20dwl-g650&ssPageName=GSTL You'd think a...

Hello Everyone who has installed Legacy OS 2017 to Hard Drive and have noticed each time you boot up that the Xorgwizard keeps asking you to set up your screen resolution. Install this tar.gz by opening the ROX File Manager and right mouse clicking over it selecting "Install Package". The ...

Hello Belham2,
Here's my terminal using the command egrep --color 'Mem|Cache|Swap' /proc/meminfo with no apps open. Thanks John

Hello Belham2, I've just done a fresh install to a ext2 format IDE Hard Drive. When Legacy OS installs it unzips to 1747MB on the Hard Drive. Legacy OS does use a large percentage of a users ram to speed up the opening of Apps. As I've only got 504mb of ram it uses 335mb. My CPU usage is very low. Y...

Hello Foxpup,
Thank you for your feedback it's appreciated. To know users appreciate the work put into Legacy OS makes it all worth it. John

Hello Puppyt, Wine version 1.7.4 for Legacy OS 2.1 LTS is a simply one click install away. Download from here https://sourceforge.net/projects/legacyoslinux/files/Legacy%20OS%202.1%20LTS%20Extra%20Packages/Wine%201.7.4.1%20Legacy%20OS%202.1%20LTS%20V3.tar.gz/download Open the root directory with the...

Hello Puppyt, give my "How To" a go as I use the DWL 650G Card to connect to WiFi. https://sourceforge.net/projects/legacyoslinux/files/How%20to%20Connect%20to%20WiFi%20on%20Supported%20Hardware.pdf/download Also it looks like you battery monitor icon isn't at the bottom. Follow these inst...

Hello jeffneedle,
To get this look in Puppy Tahr you need the ICEWM Window Manager and a large part of KDE3 plus Legacy's themes. If you're running ICEWM on Puppy Tahr and want the ICEWM themes please let me know.

Hello jeffneedle, Looking at your computer specs, this may sound strange but your computer might just be too new to run Legacy OS on. To Get Legacy OS to run well on Pentium 3 and 4 computers built between 1999 and 2006 which is the Hardware Legacy OS supports, most of Legacy's system files date bac...

Hello Belham2, As my test machines don't have booting from USB, believe it or not but I've never tried to install Legacy OS to USB. Sorry for your wasted time. I think I need to find a Pentium 4 PC that has USB booting. This is something I'll need to experiment with and write a guide on. Thanks for ...

belham2, Big Thanks for testing and confirming that Legacy OS 2017 boots. Let me know what you think after more testing. Again thanks John Belham2, just saw your previous post about the screen. Just letting you know that Legacy OS 2017 is based on Puppy 2.14 from 2007. That's why it's fast on your P...

Hello Belham2,
The checksum Muggins listed is the one I have for Legacy OS 2017. I'll have to see if this can be changed at Sourceforge. If someone reading this can confirm the iso boots that would be great. Thanks John

Hello Muggins, I had that much trouble uploading the iso this morning that I forgot to add the checksum. Can confirm your checksum matches mine. Will get the checksum up on Sourceforge. Thanks John

Hello Everyone,
Today sees the finally release of Legacy OS. Those interested can download from here. https://sourceforge.net/projects/legacy ... rce=navbar