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by rayandrews
Sat 05 Jan 2013, 00:45
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: impressions after first boot to Puppy
Replies: 4
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impressions after first boot to Puppy

Gentlemen, I'm not sure how much, or even if, feedback on my install experience might be appreciated here. Not knowing, I'll risk a full report. I have this idea that a distro should treasure its virgins highly because once you become familiar, you forget the things that were problems on the first t...
by rayandrews
Fri 28 Dec 2012, 02:12
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: questions before I try Puppy
Replies: 4
Views: 1105

Hello and welcome rayandrews To answer your lilo query, yes. I wrote a printable tutorial in rtf format here . Any problems just ask. By the way, we only use grub (legacy) and grub4dos, neither as bloated and entwined as grub2. micko, Ok thanks, that's about all I need to know to give Puppy a try. ...
by rayandrews
Fri 28 Dec 2012, 01:03
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: questions before I try Puppy
Replies: 4
Views: 1105

Haven't done multimonitor myself but some forum members seem to excell at setting them up correctly, so it is possible. Check out this couple of posts by Q5sys: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=4001&start=2081 Thanks greengeek, good to know. I'd not really expect any problems, b...
by rayandrews
Thu 27 Dec 2012, 16:57
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: questions before I try Puppy
Replies: 4
Views: 1105

questions before I try Puppy

Hello World, Time to try a more minimal distro. Puppy seems to be the most established of these, and I like what I read. Barry has some cool ideas, that's for sure. But before diving in, there's a few things I need to know: Will Puppy work with LILO? I realize I'm a bit of a fanatic about this, but ...