Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

vvfrn3 · Joined: 10 Jul 2010 Posts: 6

I love the concept of Puppy being able to run on computers with no hardrive- A VERY BIG ADVantage!! THat is the reason I am converting because my hardrive failed Sad

. ANyways, I think Puppy should concentrate on fixing volume issues because I have had volume issues on both of my computters with Puppy/teenpup Sad

. I also think Puppy should concentrate on making their usb install better because I have tried many times to make it work , and it still doesnt work -_- thANKS FOR THE GREAT DISTRO Very Happy

RetroTechGuy · Joined: 15 Dec 2009 Posts: 2298 Location: USA

Vegemite · Joined: 08 Jul 2010 Posts: 11 Location: Australia

Some find programs intuitive and like to use trial and error to work things out over time.
Personally I don't have that luxury. I want an O/S that works and if it doesn't it should be easy to fix.
I need documentation on the programs in the distribution so I can get to the heart of it quickly.

mwogden · Joined: 12 Jul 2010 Posts: 4

Hello everyone,
been using ubuntu and like it. want to try puppy.
my network-manager applet starts my
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 1410:2110 Novatel Wireless Ovation U720/MCD3000

but I don't know how to start that usb 3g modem in puppy

please tell me where to ask. I have searched and READ a lot in these
forums but still lost
thank you

One5860 · Joined: 13 Jul 2010 Posts: 9

Puppy was an excellent choice for me. I was trying to resurrect a Thinkpad R30 (not a bad computer, just the 8mb shared memory video card). XP was OK, but i wanted to try linux since liveboot of ubuntu 10.04 was too slow.

Boots up in about 1 minute.

Just one problem i have with it (being a windows "expert" but a linux newbie)
Some of the software you can get IS NOT THE LATEST version. For example, WINE. It is not working correctly and i believe that it could support my programs on puppy if Puppy could support the latest version (in the puppy package manager at least).

Also using Legacy GRUB. 1.98 is out, they may try that out, unless it craps up on older computers.

gtarantino · Joined: 14 Jul 2010 Posts: 4 Location: Switzerland

I love puppy linux, it's very stable and very fast on my old computers.
Unfortunately, as I'm a newbie, I wasn't able to install properly comix or any other comics reading program. That's why I had to revert to easy peasy on one of my computers, to have comix working properly.
I've been running puppy 5.0, then 5.01 and right now luci-210.
Thanks to all the enthusiasts who are doing a great job.

daxo · Joined: 15 Aug 2010 Posts: 6

spent several days straight with puppy, if this is "easy to use" then how does anyone ever use linux? after a week solid i still cannot get the screen resolution set, nor make a bootable pendrive of another linux distro, my wi-fi disconnects ON THIS MACHINE ONLY every couple of minutes, the documentation is written in martian (and i'm a guy who wrote the code for my websight by hand, built my own bicycle out of bamboo and carbon fibre, and processed an entire movie by hand, so i'm relatively intelligent and "willing to get my hands dirty", while not knowing the specifics of linux) oh, and what about adjusting the track pad (one of the few things i was able to do, though shouldnt it be easier than editing the xorg.cfg file by hand?). perhaps i am a cretin but i cannot get the terminal emulator to do anything, or even replicate commands that i copy from other sources.

the goofy icons-and icons alone do not make for ease of use-. and cutesy names enrage me as i pour through endless forums of fanboi linuxxxporn sights trying to get any answers at all.

i thought about switching to linux because i'm outraged that to open new pdf documents i have to buy a whole new computer (mac os platform), but given the week of my life i've wasted on linux, i could've just worked a job and bought a new hateful mac and it would s=ck but at least it would work.....

ANYONE WHO HAS SUGGESTIONS FOR A BASIC GUIDE TO BASIC LINUX CONCEPTS I WOULD APPRECIATE IT HIGHLY. google has been unable to find me one. thanks

jpeps · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 2417

daxo · Joined: 15 Aug 2010 Posts: 6

reinstalled puppy, it actually works now, and in my first couple hours with it it works very very well. thanks to all who have contributed to the project.

i've been using a "smart" fone with windows mobile on it, and thus grown accustomed to the idea of an operating system that is barely functional, so it never occoured to me that it might have been an install issue.

i have to say that i was a bit hot under the collar when i posted as i was logged off my wifi connection 3 or 4 times in the 20 minutes while trying to join and post (the only way to reconnect was to run the entire network wizard from start to finish), after 8 hours of frustration and literally nothing working that was just too much.

btw, glad to hear that "no one" was "impressed" by any of my accomplishments, as that was not my intent. i was merely trying to demonstrate my level of self initiative and willingness to muck around on the inside of things, to explore, to try to understand (as opposed to being a "use it right out of the box, have things spoon fed to me" kind of person) .which i am lead to believe is what linux is all about and why i am interested in using it.

btw, what was the sample size of the poll to establish "nobody"?

jpeps · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 2417

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

mikeart · Joined: 23 Aug 2010 Posts: 25 Location: UK

I have looked around perhaps i have missed it, but is there a banner floating about i could use on my website, i would love help to promote such an excellent distro, already promote Firefox and would love to do the same for puppy, thanks folks.

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4349 Location: merriam, kansas

mikeart · Joined: 23 Aug 2010 Posts: 25 Location: UK

Thanks for that your most kind in taking the time to find and post that, regards Mike. Wink

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

mikeart

I do hope you got permission from Catdude to use his logo?
It would surely need modifying, as it shows/scrolls with his hardware?

If you don't want to be reported as a spammer, I suggest that you -

A/ Put a live link to your firefox download, so as to properly promote it

B/ Put a link to Puppy's Home page, so people get more info

http://www.puppylinux.org/main/index.php?file=Overview%20and%20Getting%20Started.htm

C/ Try Puppy linux yourself - There is a Puppy webserver, you know

http://www.browserpuppy.com/server.html

Just 74Mb - You can use this OS portable on a USB drive or install it to your harddisk.
For web developers who need a lightweight server OS with LAMP, Bluefish, FTP-server installed.

HTH

PS I leave it up to the Admins whether it's Spam or not

Aitch Smile