Since Puppy is targeted at older PC's speed and memory usage weighs heavily. I was wondering if Puppy would benefit from using Linux Framebuffer rendering instead of opting for a full X-Windows installation. This would either result in a much faster desktop (or one that works acceptably on even olde...

I know they use PythonQT for the GUI library (KDE is built with QT) and they're focused on KDE. Then again, there may be Python GUI libraries for the Window Manager Puppy is using (JWM?). My personal opinion is that shell scripts are often used for things where a full blown programming language, lik...

and it's called: Pardus Linux What's so special about it? Well, it uses Python instead of shell scripts. The installer, package manager and configuration managers are all written in Python and you can easily extend the system by writting your own graphical or non-graphical Python applets. http://www...

first you have to think how old computers/arcade games used to work, they had removable rom chips, The operating system would be preprogrammed on a Rom chip using EPROM Programmer , that basically connected to a pc and the rom chip was programed then removed from the module and placed into a rom so...

I would like to add: - better (easier to use) harddisk installation (more like Ubuntu where you either pick 'take over the disk' or use GParted first and you set up the installation partiions manually). No other selections should be needed! - a better looking Windows Manager. I really like Xfce, it'...

"Woof" Oh yeah, I had better explain that. Having relinquished leadership of the Puppy project (well, still in the process of doing so), I wanted to go off and play with some new ideas. No particular goals, just play day by day, and as much or as little as I feel like. One of the ideas is...

There's no reason why an old machine can't copy 10.000 files within an hour or so. Do you use a swap file/partition? (note it's not created automatically in the puppy installer) Don't know really. It says it's gonna take over the entire disk so I reckon it will make a swap partition by itself. Most...

In BarryK's blog I noticed some talk about a new project called Woof. It also seems to involve Python. Is this a new Puppy Linux with Python instead of shell scripting in it, like Pardus Linux? If so, I would like to be involved.

It didn't work. After a long long wait, the computer became totally unresponsive (caps lock doesn't light up when I press caps lock) with the CD-ROM light and the hard disk light burning continously. I gave up after about 4 hours. I do remember seeing that the memory usage meter went all the way to ...

OK, thanks, I'll be more patient.

I don't know if the installer automatically creates a swap partition but IIRC it does.

The reason I thought it had crashed was that previous installs didn't take nearly so long. I personally don't see why copying some files has to take so long.

Eeeew, weird! Why does it take so long?!!

I have an old 233Mhz Pentium I (actually it's a Pentium Clone) with 64MB RAM and a 3GB HD. I had an older version of Puppy running on it (2.x) without too much problems but when I tried later version (>=3) the hard disk install didn't work anymore, it seems to work initially but never finishes and t...

Is anyone still working on 2.15CE? I love this distro (using it now to write this post) but one thing I miss is a 'kill' button in the system menu. I just had Mozilla Seamonkey hang on me and it's just so much easier to kill with a menu item in the system menu like in 'normal' Puppy releases. Even t...

I agree that auto-mount should be standard. If someone plugs in a USB drive it should immediately appear in a file manager window.

Technical question for BarryK and the Puppy developers: why is Puppy's hardware support so good compared to other distro's? I have, for example, Kubuntu running on one of my PC's but the distro is unable to shut down the computer through ACPI, I have to shut it down by hand (there's a power switch o...

I don't understand why people keep developing x86 based PC's. ARM/XScale designs can be made at FAR lower cost and they use virtually no power at all. I believe a sub $100 computer is well within reach if based on XScale.

I believe Xandros also has done an excellent job with their Linux distro on the Asus eeePC, it looks very easy to use, almost applicance like. Yes, I know, they dance with the devil (MS), but still it's a job well done. It will most likely be very successfull.

Has oneone tested the memory requirements of Puppy + Xfce and compared those to Puppy + IceWM / Puppy + JWM? I think Xfce is very esthetically pleasing with nice controls and window frames and a control panel that's OK (could still be improved, though). If the requirements are similar maybe Xfce sho...

Puppy may be smaller in size but the hardware requirements are similar, although Puppy can run on very low spec machines. Xubuntu needs 128MB RAM minimum. I've used both Puppy and Xubuntu and I prefer Puppy for my low-spec machines and Puppy has excellent hardware support (better than Ubuntu) but I ...

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The mini_httpd web server they're using would be nice to have on Puppy!