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#1 Post by Brandon »

Well my last Puplet was so successful I decided to try again. This time Its much better. Some of the features:
# Firefox 2.0.11 with Flash 9
# VLC 0.8.6
# Abiword
# Gnumeric
# DOSBox .71
# Sylpheed 2.2.6
# GIMP 2.4.3
# Pidgin 2.3.1
# Skype 1.1.0.20
# XFCE 4.4.2
# NVU 1.0
# Gslapt
# Conky 1.4.9
# Ace of Penguins 1.2.8

At: http://brandoncornell.com you can see screenshots, download and other things.
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Thanks - downloading now.

I suggest the name "Live Cow" - I have no idea how to use a dead cow. :lol:

And I can't see what version of Puppy this is based on.
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#3 Post by Brandon »

I suggest the name "Live Cow" - I have no idea how to use a dead cow. Laughing
Well I never actually call it Dead Cow Linux I'm lazy so most of the time its DCL. So what ever type of cow you want as long as it starts with a D is fine with me.
And I can't see what version of Puppy this is based on.
Oops, Its based on Puppy 3.01 and has Big Bass's Video fix.
Thanks - downloading now.
Can't wait for comments. :)
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#4 Post by klu9 »

if your server's burning up, see the tips here:

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/DistributingYourPuplet

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#5 Post by prit1 »

Brandon,

I downloaded and tried DCL 2008 on my laptop (Averatec 3225HS - 512MB RAM, 40GB, Realtek Wireless Card, Via Video)

It looks good. A good first impression. Then I tried few programs that I regularly use.
GFTP - This worked .
Firefox - This worked. But the fonts were too small and did not look good. I dont know if this is my machine.
Wireless - worked out of the box.
Abiword - worked.
VLC - I was playing a a video stream and this worked. But when I minimize and restore, the X ends and I have to XWIN again to get back. This is the only error I found running DCL 2008 on my machine.

Thanks!

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#6 Post by Dingo »

I have 256 MB RAM, DCL requires only 64 MB at least mmhhh... sounds very interesting... I willl try to have another pupplet to work differents programs without increase size of my original pup_save file

a newbie question: this is live CD? I can run DCL with puppy pfix=ram parameter?
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#7 Post by raffy »

run DCL with puppy pfix=ram parameter
DCL is one of the (bold?) puplets that replace the default "puppy" with its own name, in this case "dcl", so you will have to type "dcl pfix=ram".

BTW, DCL has good black theme implementation - am tempted to use one of the logos here for the center image.

I note that the hover text on Pmount is quite redundant - this needs fixing as it is a frequently viewed item, maybe remove the redundant caption.

Nice implementation of XFCE. How about an XFCE for Dingo alpha6? Charnisingh says it's working well.
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#8 Post by Brandon »

prit1:
VLC - I was playing a a video stream and this worked. But when I minimize and restore, the X ends and I have to XWIN again to get back. This is the only error I found running DCL 2008 on my machine.
I have not run into this problem but I haven't messed with VLC much.
And thanks for trying DCL.
Dingo:
a newbie question: this is live CD? I can run DCL with puppy pfix=ram parameter?
Yes as Raffy says it would be "dcl pfix=ram" and its Live CD.
Raffy:
I note that the hover text on Pmount is quite redundant - this needs fixing as it is a frequently viewed item, maybe remove the redundant caption.
I'm not sure what that means?

BTW: I can't wait for Puppy 4.0!! I plan to use it as my base for DCL 2009.
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#9 Post by raffy »

Brandon wrote:Raffy:
I note that the hover text on Pmount is quite redundant - this needs fixing as it is a frequently viewed item, maybe remove the redundant caption.
I'm not sure what that means?
Bring your cursor over the pmount icon on the task bar and you will see...

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#10 Post by Brandon »

It says "Pmount Puppy Drive Mounter".
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#11 Post by HairyWill »

It could be considered that the tooltip is superfluous if it is the same as the window title. The difference becomes apparent when you have 20 windows open. You cannot read the window title on the taskbar.
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#12 Post by davec51 »

"I suggest the name "Live Cow" - I have no idea how to use a dead cow."
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#13 Post by Caneri »

Is there an md5sum file somewhere so I can check the iso before I upload.

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#15 Post by Caneri »

Thanks Brandon.

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BTW: Half the stuff in DCL I got from Puppyfiles.ca so when I saw you where the guy to PM to get DCL there I did it right away. Thanks
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#17 Post by Caneri »

Hi Brandon,

Hey when you do updates try out klu9's xdelta method.

It saves tons of bandwidth and time for downloading....all round a better user experience.

See klu9's page here,

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/DistributingYourPuplet

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#18 Post by Brandon »

Is it up yet? I can't find the Custom ISO folder.
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#19 Post by Caneri »

nope not yet..my connection is pitiful.

Should be in 3 hours and a total of 4 hours of uploading..sheesh.
I'll post back here when it's up.

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#20 Post by Brandon »

Thats almost as bad as mine. To get it on my server in the first place I copied the ISO to a CD and took it to school. They have like a T3 line so in like 5 minutes it was done.
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