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Puppy linux saves kids exams

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Hi, just as I was writing a suggestion for the "My Windows Document Wizard" in the upcoming 3.03ce, a young friend of mine popped up on my MSN messenger. His name is Callum and he is a volunteer at the Community centre where I work. Hes pretty savvy with windows computers. Currently he is in the final year of his school here, and just about to start taking his exams. Ive asked him and he says it is ok to post this conversation.
[22:51:13] Callum says:
Im Using Linux!!! The latest one u gave me
[22:51:13] Callum says:
0.7 i think
[22:51:17] Callum says:
i cant say i love it though
[22:51:25] Callum says:
its bloody complicated
[22:51:26] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
ahh rite, yes, its the first one (meaning the first ecopup release)
[22:51:29] Callum says:
im so used to windows
[22:51:30] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
its a pretty early version
[22:51:33] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
its more refined now
[22:51:36] Callum says:
one click, extract.
[22:51:49] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
oh, for zip files?
[22:51:54] Callum says:
a tar.gz
[22:52:00] Callum says:
tar = linux
[22:52:16] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
tar = Tape ARchive
[22:52:24] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
gz = gzipped
[22:52:25] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
lol
[22:52:28] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
linux is pretty old
[22:52:30] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
tapes?
[22:52:39] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
been well tested though
[22:52:51] Callum says:
Basically my windows xp partition is saying that NTLDR is missing, I looked this up from my friends house and it was talking about drives etc, i'm fairly sure the problem is from me leaving a CD in the drive for like 2 weeks, or maybe not. Anyway thats not the problem.

Thething is I desperately need whats on this partition theres over 3months of school work and alot of other important information, it won'tlet me repair it as it is saying I have the wrong admin password, Igoogled a way on how to change the password though this requires yougetting into the repair *Whistles*

Is there anyway I can possibly fix this? I'm currently running linux from disk

Reply asap please. Thanks. Callum.
[22:52:55] Callum says:
thats the problem i have
[22:53:20] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
did you shut down your windows properly before you booted linux, and is it defragged
[22:53:25] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
ahh ok
[22:53:27] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
no problem
[22:53:38] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
right
[22:53:41] Callum says:
i had the problem before linux
[22:53:47] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
Right ok
[22:53:51] Callum says:
im only running linux because my windows is "owned"
[22:53:53] Callum says:
kinda like it tho
[22:53:54] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
most people only switch when they have to ;-)
[22:54:05] Callum says:
^
[22:54:05] Callum says:
yeh
[22:54:12] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
You are in complete control of your p.c. for the first time ever ;-)
[22:54:33] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
Callum, I would be happy to call on you on wednesday and make sure you get your work back
[22:55:30] Callum says:
i kinda like puppy now ;)
[22:55:40] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
do u have any idea on my problem?
[22:59:35] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
yes, you relied on windows, and it isnt reliable
[22:59:47] Callum says:
any way i can get it back? ;<
[23:00:01] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
windows? why would you want to, it will own you again
[23:00:30] Callum says:
i need the files on it
[23:00:35] Callum says:
lots of coursework
[23:00:38] Callum says:
important info etc
[23:01:06] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
you can open the files with linux
[23:01:09] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
your files are important
[23:01:13] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
u know how to do that?
[23:01:14] Callum says:
yes
[23:01:16] Callum says:
no i dont
[23:01:22] Callum says:
there on a different partition though
[23:01:24] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
okies, u got linux booted now?
[23:01:26] Callum says:
which is corrupt?
[23:01:28] Callum says:
yes i do.
[23:01:37] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
ok, click "drives" on the desktop
[23:03:10] Callum says:
yes
[23:03:11] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
You have to click on "mount" next to the entry for your hard disk
[23:03:29] Callum says:
wtf
[23:03:32] Callum says:
its all there!
[23:03:38] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
yes, I know that sux lol, that will not be necessary in the 3.03ce version of puppy, it will have a wizard
[23:04:02] Callum says:
i could kiss you..
[23:04:07] Callum says:
no serious
[23:04:11] Callum says:
you sir are awesome
[23:04:14] Callum says:
!!!!
I stand on the shoulders of giants.....as they say
[23:04:21] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
Please dont, I could get into trouble lol!!!
[23:04:27] Callum says:
so much to move across though
[23:04:36] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
I stand on the shoulders of giants.....as they say
[23:04:45] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
dont need to move it, leave it where it is lol
[23:04:57] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
[23:05:38] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
Callum, u want me to come round Wednesday and give you some basics on how to work it?
[23:07:20] Callum says:
nah man its all good =)
[23:08:45] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
anyhow, they made me project manager for the next community release of puppy
[23:08:52] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
Im gonna get to have a big say how it works
[23:09:16] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
you should have been able to access your documents intuitively, without havin to ask me
[23:09:23] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
on this version you will
[23:09:35] Callum says:
whats the latest version
[23:09:36] Callum says:
ill dl now
[23:09:40] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
3.01
[23:09:47] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
when 3.02 is out were startin work
[23:09:58] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
were just designing at the moment
[23:10:15] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
Callum would you do me a favour and jus put a little forum post on somewhere for me?
[23:10:26] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
tell em what jus happened
[23:10:39] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
they have put millions of hours into getting your work back for you lol
[23:10:56] Callum says:
yeh
[23:10:57] Callum says:
sure
[23:10:58] Callum says:
link me
[23:11:04] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=22680
[23:11:11] Callum says:
the linux im running
[23:11:14] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
its just like scunnymoney, easy
[23:11:15] Callum says:
is it a permanent partition
[23:11:17] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
puppy linux
[23:11:24] Callum says:
ive got a murga linux acc
[23:11:25] Callum says:
i think
[23:11:29] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
number 15 in the linux charts at the moment lol
[23:11:56] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
on that thread were discussing the new "My windows documents" wizard
[23:11:59] Callum says:
my linux isnt a permanent partition is it?
[23:12:05] Callum says:
how can i make it permanent ;)
[23:12:05] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
nope
[23:12:14] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
it running in a partition in your computers memory lol
[23:12:21] Callum says:
so when i turn it off
[23:12:23] Callum says:
and turn it back on
[23:12:26] Callum says:
it will stillbe there?
[23:12:32] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
its all gone yes
[23:12:37] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
is it the first time youve booted it?
[23:12:41] Callum says:
yes,
[23:13:07] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
when you shut down, it will ask you if you would like to save your operating system to a file lol
[23:13:13] Callum says:
ah
[23:13:15] Callum says:
good
[23:13:15] Callum says:
thanks
[23:13:32] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
the file acts like a partition, without you having to partition
[23:13:35] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
no risk lol
[23:13:38] Callum says:
ok thanks
[23:13:42] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
but...
[23:13:43] Callum says:
im considering getting a external hardrive
[23:13:45] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
on that disk I gave you
[23:13:51] Callum says:
yes
[23:14:08] www.ecomoney.co.uk says:
there is already a partition that I have made, already set up with the same system as we use at the cybercafe....
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#2 Post by richard.a »

Well done to both of you :)

A chat dialogue is often handy for those who don't understand how two people can possibly communicate by network chat clients. A very good example of that too.

I would like to extract the content and make a help page, guys; can I have your permission please?

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#3 Post by Pizzasgood »

A chat dialogue is often handy for those who don't understand how two people can possibly communicate by network chat clients. A very good example of that too.
If you say so. I could hardly follow the discussion. I handle forums and email fine; those have structure. I handle face-to-face fine, because it's in real-time. But chat has a short time delay (while typing) and no structure. With just two people it's not too bad, but with any more I start getting pretty confused.

Thus why I've never bothered with the Puppy IRC channel other than foundation meetings.
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#4 Post by cb88 »

ummm... the best way to learn how to chat... is to chat...as pizzasgood said that chat is rather hard to follow I clouldn't tell who was talking part of the time...

me I can handle IRC but it's not for everybody...if you want to teach someone how to chat give them a chat client with simple instructions not a example of how a chat goes....

that is putting the horse in front of the cart...

haha linux may be "old" to kids but it's not THAT old :-) ... actaully most people on this forum even myself are older than Linux...

of course you may mean that *nix is old and that is true but there are plenty people older than *nix itself...age is relative is it not ;)

and BTW therminology in that post is above the heads of a lot if not most people...not a good introduction

of course that is not what it was intended to be... so COOL linux saved homework....I think it has saved mine a couple times too...

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#5 Post by richard.a »

okay, try looking at that convo here....

http://micro-hard.homelinux.net/puppy/temp/chat.html
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#6 Post by Bert »

Off-topic: Talking about "old", cb88, your "new" avatar is old. I've seen it on so many forums. It's distracting and not even faintly funny.

I'm sorry.
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Bert wrote:...cb88, your "new" avatar... It's distracting and not even faintly funny...
I thought it was amusing but this is the first time I've seen it. It is very distracting. I tend to pay little attention to pages which have distracting movement. I guess you have to decide if you want people to take you seriously, and remember what you said instead of your avatar. :)

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#8 Post by Pizzasgood »

I was wondering how long it would take before people started complaining about the animation. They jumped at my endlessly walking FFT avatar immediately, and that one was smaller and much less distracting. Actually, I think they jumped at it twice, because I think after a year or two, I forgot that they didn't like animation and happened to try using it after a flaw with my old static avatar prompted me to change.

But I'm happy with the one I've got now. I always did like Muttskii :)
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