Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[sudhashbahu]

Please add better power amangement to the next release of Puppy/Quirly: laptop lid open/close, CPU power mode etc.

[tiangeng]

quirky应该是最好的，虽然我现在一直在使用puppy412。puppy431对无线网络的支持度不大好。

[JaDy]

Yes, please.

Been following your blog and the forum daily. I will appreciate a new official Puppy from the creator. It will invigorate the perception of Puppy and thus participation. I was worried that Puppy would die on the vine. Your return, even if temporary, is very welcome. So, yes, please.

[adi]

i think a lot of distros reconsider new cloud computing and use of mobile devices. i like the way i watch youtube in 431 but I can hardly install some sound cards with alsa and i find ancient pet pacages for skype or opera. they have kitts on official sites so why not a compatibility with their original istalation kitt?

[Lobster]

Official 4.3.2?

Yes please.

Technosaurus (4.4) was ill for a while and is now back
4.4 is already in Alpha quite unique
Guy (Dpup) is moving - no internet yet

I tried the recent 4.3.2 woof test build and it was very good
If you add some of the new Quirky scripts - I feel 4.3.2 will be more of an update and improvement than you think

Developing Puppy, using Woof takes time and experience.
(I had a go myself - too stupid) then I found this:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=347022#347022
Fortunately even our newest developer is doing great with Puppeee
- and may move onto Woof power and other netbooks . . .
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=48288

So the more time we can give developers the better
New Puppy. New Interest. New developers.

[nooby]

One thing that is problematic is this conflict with old and new hardware. concentrating to be under 100mb big.

Other distros also have one bloated and one lean and mean.

The bloated maybe could be less bloated if one had the different browsers as extra options. Like Choicepup Pup44 and others already experiment with.

That way one could get a working puppy432 with minimum of applications and then depending on ones need one add those .sfs that have the features that some want and others have no need for. Like Opera, Chrome/Iron, Safari, Skype, Spotify, I have wine and spoticfy now on 431 and love it but I know that others could care less than me about such.

I would prefer the 432 to have Firefox latest as the default browser. I trust that most migraters from Windows expect FF to be the main browser. Those who love Seamonkey and IceApe and such can download them by their own.

[shariebeth]

[`f00]

@et al - many good points (pro and con, tcl/tk and some sort of qt is 'order of the day' for me since one day when gtk2 had a hissy-fit and let's see, what apps have an easy ui if gtk is down , ditto that for inbred solitary wms etc).

Browser 'wars' is self-defeating - sm is the traditional oob 'bang-for-buck' optimization and pleases the FOSSvolker and their geckoes (more-or-less). Also a good tradition is the 100mb 'limit', some few zip100's are still out there on older hwr (interesting media).

Development progresses with testers and involvement ('google aversion' may be a blessing/curse depending on the relative viewpoint , any testing environment benefits from xdelta whenever it's feasible imo .. hmmz, q010 should be due momentarily )

[tlchost]

I think a 4.3.2 with bug fixes, updated apps and the ability to use a larger number of sfs files would be great.

New Linux users would benefit from a "Works out of the Box" OS that can be put to use as soon as installed.

Thanks for requesting input.

Thom

[Jim1911]

Great!

Please consider including the ability to create a pupsave as 2fs/3fs/4fs depending on the partition that it is installed or user choice. Also, update the initrd.gz so that they are mounted properly for journaling.

Thanks,
Jim

[8-bit]

I think Puppy 432 should be one with no changes other than bug fixes and the autosetup of networking is nice.
There are a lot of Puppy users present and future who only have a dial-up connection. So keeping the size of the ISO small helps too.
As to those that want FireFox or Opera or Chrome, they can install it as an addon.
This goes for any wanted program.
The real problem I see is that there is no single place to get the addon software and required libraries that that software needs.
Even after using Puppy since 2007, I still have to search the forum and Puppy sites trying to find the software and supporting files/libraries needed to make it work.
Pet package makers often have added support files and libraries installed on Puppy and do not think that someone with the base version of Puppy does not have them.
One thing I will add though. Support for SeaMonkey 1.xx has been discontinued so an update to the latest stable version would be a good inclusion.
That is if you want to keep the original look and feel of Puppy.

And, can the issue of "no xxx.SFS file found be fixed?
I still see a lot of posts on it.

[aragon]

[bugman]

i will translate my reply at the bk blog into something resembling coherence

yes, if there is a real reason to

no, if it is merely for appearance's sake

[Henry]

Yes!

I have been using Puppy for serious business for years, and would like to see further refinement of the mainline. Specifically I am using Nop 4.3.1 r2, heavily customised for my business.

If you bring out 4.3.2 I'll bet (and hope) that gray will quickly offer an Xfce Nop based on it, An upgrade to that would be the only new puppy that I would seriously and enthusiastically adopt now.

Henry
www.henrystrobel.com/linux.htm

[rokytnji]