First things first: if it hadn't been for greengeek's half-joke (here),
I wouldn't have done it and wouldn't be initiating this thread. So thanks,
g/g, for that little pique!
Also thanks to peebee for his kernel 3.16.45 4G kernel, without which
this Pup targeting older PCs would not exist.
Pls download from here.
The best way to describe "Slackster-700" is to say it's an edit of 01micko's
slacko-6.9.9.9, with some things out, some things corrected and some
things added.
I managed to shave ~ 70 Mgs off the original puppy sfs, by putting a lot ofNew Year's Day 2019
slackster-700 -- as compared to slacko_6.9.9.9
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Replacements --
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Abiword is replaced by seamonkey-compozer.
MPlayer and gnome-mplayer are replaced by
the already present ffplay and the script
ffplay-music.sh.
Kernel 3.16.45 4G is used instead of the default
4.4 PAE kernel.
The latest Seamonkey2-49.4 replaces firefox. Most
sincere thanks to norgo for his compilation. However,
firefox remains available in the optional package.
Added --
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The opus player and opus<>wav conversion utils
have been added. Opus is arguably the most
complete audio format as these lines are written.
I have added about 60 of my scripts, for RAMdisk
creation, text viewing, OS clock sync, rclock,
pupsave creation, disk-checking, etc., etc.
Security app and scripts lsof-i, chkrootkit-0.52
and Lobster's GROWL2 are included at
/opt/local/securite
The links-2.17 console and graphics browser is now
present, as itself and as the defaulthtmlviewer.
Viewing man pages, e.g., is now much faster
because of it.
A host of small pics used mostly as icons and fillers
for the ROX bar at the left is located at
/usr/share/backgrounds/gtkrc-mine. This directory
name is an explanation in itself!
Updated --
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I have updated the less text reader to v. 530.
(Ex-factory version was v. 481.)
Corrected --
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Symlink rxvt-unicode was missing in /lib/terminfo/r
directory. It is needed for proper operation of less,
urxvt and other important CLI utilities.
Untouched --
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PMusic. (Not that I like it, but it does the job.)
jwm. (Ditto.)
Desktop --
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A ramdisk is created on boot-up if your PC has
enough RAM, and a greyish rclock should show at
the top right corner.
A winter scene on Lake Superior is used as the
default backdrop.
The "pill" at the top of the "P"-grouped desktop
icons is an off-on switch for the ROX bar to the left.
stuff outside in the /mnt/home/"slacko" dir. Not sure if it's a new concept
or not. (Probably not, and it does not matter.) I am still offering some sfs's
in there.
But the thing is: it is ready to go as a small Puppy. (-- Beginning of edit --)
138 Mb's for the main sfs plus 17 Mb's for the adrv = 155 Mb's. I don't remember
seeing a Pup this small in quite some time. ( -- End of edit --)
If you want to add stuff, you may. You only have to unlrzip and unzip what's
in the directory. It will work off the bat, no rebooting needed, because it's pre-
symlinked in the main Puppy. (Lrzip is uncluded, BTW.)
The following may go against popular belief concerning the Pups I produce,
but please note:
"slackster-700 is NOT a French or a French-Canadian Puppy. It's a Puppy
derivative, period. You, the user, can add to it any locale you need but I have
included none ex-factory.
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The devx can be downloaded from here
and the support directory from here.
I'll be announcing the URL(s) of the remainder tomorrow in the post below.What to do with the contents of this directory.
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1) Copy this entire directory to /mnt/home.
2) Once copied in place, rename it from MntHomeSlacko-700
to /mnt/home/slacko-6.9.9.9-uefi. Since its contents are
symlinked in the Puppy, it has to be this directory name.
Thanks for your understanding.
3) The .cache, .mozilla, and .thumnails folders in here are already
symlinked inside the Puppy. Do not alter them, here or in the Puppy.
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The optional package is for programs you would prefer to use.
They are not required for the Puppy to work.
Again in /mnt/home/slacko-6.9.9.9-uefi,
1) un-lrzip, then unzip, the python* computer language archives.
One of these is required by youtube-dl (if you intend to use it).
Unpack both if you are a python buff or wish to learn python or
use python apps (e.g. sunflower, etc.).
2) Un-lrzip, then unzip, the firefox browser if you wish to use it.
3) Un-lrzip, then unzip, the libLLVM* archive. This library is only
used, to my knowledge, by some alternative browsers
4) The noyau* (i.e. kernel) archives on a need basis only, should
you wish to restore the original 4.4 kernel or use the alternative
3.16.43 SMP kernel.
Enjoy!
In the meantime, please feel free to test the new bugger, and to
comment and/or ask questions below if need be. BFN.
