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#21 Post by Wolfen »

Ah, of course. Mint, Mepis and Suse. I will do Mint, and I will at least try to do Mepis and Suse. Thanks, Geneven. I will take a closer look at the DW list too.
Muggins, you're right. Ubuntu and some others aren't really dialup friendly. And it is a possibility that some has misunderstood the scripts, like you say.
To make totally clear on that, these scripts are only download scripts for the distros. Then I will make burn-to-cd/dvd scripts. Installation will be left up to the individual distros.
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Linux Mint 4.0

#22 Post by Wolfen »

Ok, here's the Linux Mint script. But I would like some help to re-write this script; I feel there's something I've omitted. I will maybe add second trys like "wget [iso-link] || wget [alternate-iso-link]" in case a server's down or something, but first I'll focus on covering the eventual distros.
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#23 Post by Wolfen »

And here is the Mepis one. I'll try Suse next. The nice part of these scripts is that they're easy to modify, and so people can make their own, covering their favourite distros.
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#24 Post by Wolfen »

I made one for openSUSE. Any more requests?
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#25 Post by macadavy »

Hi Wolven,

I'm familiar with your excellent work with Wolvix Linux:

http://wolvix.org/

Will you be offering a download script for your own distro? ;-)
Frankly, if you've noticed a less than overwhelming response to your initiative, I think you may consider that a couple of factors could be in play here:

1. Most readers of this forum are interested in Puppy Linux. For myself I've not the slightest interest in downloading Ubuntu, SUSE, Mandriva or any other distro. If I were I would go to their website or a general Linux site like DistroWatch to download.

2. Unless your download method offers a significant advantage in speed and convenience for say, dial-up downloaders there's really no reason to use it. The download process is pretty simple, and speeds can be improved using wget-type download managers.

Consider posting at a general Linux forum, or any of the distros for which you've created download scripts.

Please don't take offence at my suggestions, and do keep up the good work with Wolvix! :D
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#26 Post by Wolfen »

Uhm, I'm not the Wolven you think of. :? Wolven is a great guy, I've spoken with him on the net, and I'm using his distro daily, but I'm not the author. I actually chose my name on here before I heard about Wolvix; if I had, I'd not use a name this similiar to Wolven (notice 'v' and 'f'..).

I ain't offended in any way by your statings; I find them true enough myself. As for my reasons to actually post here:

1. This will be a Puplet, meaning it is connected to Puppy. The reason for the download script should be explained pretty well in the first post.

2. I enjoy scripting, and doing this is good practice. I can also get feedback by people I know are polite, meaning improvement. This project was meant as a kind of "give something back" to the Linux community, as I see few other ways I could (being occupied by school etc.).

And I have made a download script for the Wolvix GNU/Linux Hunter 1.1.0, and I believe I put it up here. If not, I'll be sure to do so.
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#27 Post by macadavy »

Sorry for the confusion! :oops:
I went back and read your first post and now better understand what you are trying to achieve:
a point'n'click minimal Puppy w/downloader for the distro of one's choice.
Neat!
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#28 Post by Wolfen »

Yup, you've got it there. And the confusion is no problem at all. It's not the first time ;)

But are there any suggestions fo other distros, or shall I now try to get VMware to work on my computer again, to attempt a remaster? (Getting VMware up worked before, but after a reinstall of Wolvix, it complains 'bout some /etc file).


EDIT: I see now, that VMware simply don't want to work, and besides, I do not have the time and resources needed for this project. So I will abandon this idea. Though people are welcome to use the idea / the scripts I made.
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