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by rnDPrc
Mon 14 Oct 2019, 17:53
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Basic Shell (Console) operation for beginners
Replies: 353
Views: 390536

Thanks a lot for both answers, you guys are very helpful over here :)

HerrBert's answer solved my problem (scripting), thank you!
by rnDPrc
Sun 13 Oct 2019, 19:19
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Basic Shell (Console) operation for beginners
Replies: 353
Views: 390536

Is there anything I need to install to change the volume by the terminal? Tried with retrovol and alsactl but couldn't find anything. Thanks a lot in advance :)
by rnDPrc
Sun 21 Jul 2019, 20:23
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Calibrating Laptop Battery (Solved)
Replies: 2
Views: 606

Calibrating Laptop Battery (Solved)

Hello, After a long period plugged in, I started using my laptop unplugged again, and my battery readings seem to be incorrect. Puppy keeps telling me it's at 58% even if I keep it plugged in, and turned off, for a while. I even tried turning it off at 58% and when I turned it back on it was still t...
by rnDPrc
Thu 11 Jul 2019, 00:01
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Newbies - Puppy needs YOUR help too!
Replies: 1113
Views: 660553

Thanks for the information! That would be nice, but understand... Ah ok, that makes sense. Thanks a lot for the response! From what I understood, the way to go is to install .sfs files only, correct? Thanks again :) Cheers! It is all about what the program package was compiled to run in. SFS packag...
by rnDPrc
Wed 10 Jul 2019, 23:57
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Newbies - Puppy needs YOUR help too!
Replies: 1113
Views: 660553

FatDog is not Puppy Linux and it does stuff that Puppy Linux does not do. In Puppy Linux, if you want to make multiple save files/folders. In a console type this: shutdownconfig This will offer to make a save for how the computer is at time you do this. Just give it a name different from the save y...
by rnDPrc
Wed 10 Jul 2019, 21:30
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Newbies - Puppy needs YOUR help too!
Replies: 1113
Views: 660553

Booting Fatdog from usb with multi-save, and saves are stored as a series of .sfs files, so you can uninstall things by selectively deleting/renaming later saves (add a new save, install a program + dependencies, use/save and if you later don't like it remove the associated save sfs ... and its gon...
by rnDPrc
Wed 10 Jul 2019, 21:21
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Newbies - Puppy needs YOUR help too!
Replies: 1113
Views: 660553

bigpup wrote:Thanks for the information!

That would be nice, but understand...
Ah ok, that makes sense. Thanks a lot for the response!

From what I understood, the way to go is to install .sfs files only, correct?

Thanks again :)

Cheers!
by rnDPrc
Mon 08 Jul 2019, 01:34
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Newbies - Puppy needs YOUR help too!
Replies: 1113
Views: 660553

I wish the Package Manager would make uninstalling things cleaner / easier. Could you give specific details on what it does or does not do? What version of Puppy Package Manager(PPM)? Yes indeed. Take the following example: I install package cmus_2.7.1+git20160225 using auto-install It tells me tha...
by rnDPrc
Sun 07 Jul 2019, 07:30
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Newbies - Puppy needs YOUR help too!
Replies: 1113
Views: 660553

I'm just here to say that this distro is great and you guys are doing a great job :) It is so fast and light when I tell people my system is running on a 2Gb pendrive they think I'm joking :lol: I understand it's hard to implement, but I wish the Package Manager would make uninstalling things cleane...
by rnDPrc
Sun 07 Jul 2019, 07:20
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to fully remove a quickpet from Bionuc pup? (Solved)
Replies: 3
Views: 1126

Most of the stuff listed in Quickpet, when installed, will show in the Puppy Package Manager(PPM)>Uninstall. However, Calibre is not packaged for Puppy Linux and does not provide the needed info file for it to show in PPM uninstall. A manual uninstall is possible using Pfind program. menu>Filesyste...
by rnDPrc
Sat 06 Jul 2019, 00:26
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to fully remove a quickpet from Bionuc pup? (Solved)
Replies: 3
Views: 1126

How to fully remove a quickpet from Bionuc pup? (Solved)

Hello guys, I've been using bionicpup for a month now, after using Mint for a couple years, and just installed my first quickpet (calibre). Now, I'd like to be able to remove it, but in the quickpet window this option is missing. When I use the Package Manager calibre is also missing. How is it that...