Re-reading the release notes for 5.7.1 Retro ( http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/precise-5.7.1/release-Precise-5.7.1.htm ), it says: The Retro 3.2.48 kernel is configured for a minimum i486 CPU, no PAE support (so will not recognise more than 4GB RAM), supports the old ISA and EISA cards, and true-SC...

Here's a fast, up-to-date browser. (Read closely, though; it has some limitations.) Thanks for the clue. I know Qtweb. I use it frequently, even on Windows, as a portable browser. Last version 3.8.5 at this moment, works nice on that platform. I haven't tested it on puppy yet. And here's another is...

Thank you for your answers. It's a K6-2 500Mhz, 256Mbytes RAM. Not mine, but it is in a relative's house who I'm visiting in the near future. That's why I want to know in advance which puppy distro I should provide to upgrade that computer. So I understand my options are: - Lucid 525 Retro-2.6.30.5 ...

Does precise puppy 5.7.1 retro support AMD K6-2 cpu? If not, which is the most updated puppy supporting that cpu?. Thanks in advance.

Quote from http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00249 Posted on 21 May 2013, 10:28 by BarryK modesetting driver fixed Well, well, that took me by surprise! Earlier on, when testing the new xorgwizard-cli, it offered the 'modesetting' driver as one of the choices. However, recently, it hasn't. Odd, ...

This last test doesn't work. LiveCD boot of Precise 5.5.94 on an old laptop HP Omnibook XE2. It is a Pentium II @ 333Mhz, video is "Silicon Motion, Inc. SM810 LynxE" (according to test done long ago with Ubuntu 6.06) Behaviour is as follows: on first boot, a text mode dialog appears for se...

LiveCD boot of Precise 5.5.94 on an old laptop Dell Latitude LS. Video and sound detected and working out of the box NOTE: Desktop Icons and wallpaper missing at first! (but see below). Menu bar OK # report-video VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.5.94 Chip description: VGA compatible controller...

LiveCD boot of Precise 5.5.94 on an old laptop Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook S4510. Boot requires "pmedia=usbflash" parameter. Video and sound detected and working out of the box (although some buttons in some applications are outside the screen in 800x600 mode). # report-video VIDEO REPORT: Pr...

LiveCD boot of Precise 5.5.94 on an AMD Duron with ati video card. Video and sound detected and working out of the box. # report-video VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.5.94 Chip description: VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI R250 If [Radeon 9000] (rev 01) Requeste...

LiveCD boot of Precise 5.5.94 on an Athlon64 with nvidia video card. Video and sound detected and working out of the box. # report-video VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.5.94 Chip description: VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT] (rev a2) Requested by /etc/X11/x...