Since work is being done on Puppy Maverick, there are some new packages being made--some of which will fit right into Lucid Puppy 5.1.1. The thing is, if there is a program you use a lot and would like to have the latest version--then why not. But if none of these strike your fancy, please let us know what would.
Here is a group of 4 to get things started. They have been tested--Lxde/Openbox has been tested most.
Mplayer 1.0rc4. This is mplayer with all of the latest Ubuntu binaries and configured for maximum performance. It contains the latest version of gnome-mplayer also. Does the video look better?
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... cid51x.pet
LXDE Light. This is the window manager Openbox with the lxpanel and the clearlooks gtk-engine. One reason to use it is that gnome-mplayer works better full screen with it, so will Stellarium, etc. To start, install and then Exit to a prompt and enter
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xwin openbox-lxde
or
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xwin lxsession.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... -lucid.pet
Geany 0.19.1. This is an upgrade from 0.18 for those who use geany a lot.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... cid51x.pet
Flashplayer 10.1r85. Thg latest Flashplayer.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... cid51x.pet
Sylpheed-3.1.0b2. The latest Sylpheed, with Privacy Guard (supposedly). Only 3MB and it looks much better than 2.7.1.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... cid51x.pet
Audacious 2.4.0. Can replace 2.3.0 from Puppy Package Manager--might be more stable--features default gtk interface plus skinned interface also.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... cid51x.pet
With all of these A La Carte Updates you can remove the pet and get back to "normal."
Please report results. They will be going into Lupu News soon.