Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

akash_rawal · Last edited by akash_rawal on Tue 29 Mar 2011, 02:51; edited 1 time in total

It is always very difficult for linux newbies to use and adapt to linux operating systems. Being easy enough for linux newbies is a major test for every linux OS, and almost all OSes fail in it. I would suggest following improvements which should make the lives of Puppy linux users easy-
1. Desktop drive icons: They should show volume labels along with drive numbers.
2. Grub bootloader config: It should have ability to detect existing operating systems and generate appropriate configurations to boot them. (I think the easiest way to do that is to read existing bootloader config files, or better still edit existing bootloader.)
3. Lucid Puppy menus: Pupdial and Roaring Penguin icons are missing by default. It would be very convenient if they were present, as in Puppy 4.
4. Power buttons: Puppy should be able to shutdown by pressing power button on computer case, like Windows and a few other linux distributions.
5. Power management: It could be better if Puppy could support standby and hibernate modes. Major linux distributions like Ubuntu support it.
6. Window management: Puppy could have a better window manager like Openbox.
7. Packages : All puppies of same major version (e.g. 4.x, 5.x, ...) should have packages and kernels of same versions. This will improve compatibility.
8. Desktop drive icons: These could be locked, so users cannot accidentally delete it and then keep wondering how it disappeared (This mistake is often done by me, so I know it.)

cb88 · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 1160 Location: USA

1. Dunno
2.Thats a tough egg.. ubuntu often doesn't even do that well.
Nowdays theres lilo grub grub2 windows that would need to be supported at least. windows ammounts to chainloading so it is easy.
Linux boot loaders aren't quite as easy as you would acutally have to parse their config files.....in fact it may even be desirable to have a dedicated boot partition if you try out lots of OSes so you can keep the same grub all the time.
3. sounds like a simple oversight to me.

disciple · Posted: Fri 15 Oct 2010, 19:29 Post subject:

(1) should be possible - someone posted how to use volume labels a couple of months ago.

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9479 Location: SwedenEurope

akash_rawal · Posted: Sat 16 Oct 2010, 13:29 Post subject:

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9479 Location: SwedenEurope

Thanks, now that you remind me I remember that Ubuntu love UUID and that is not volume but a unique identifucation of a volume?

I got misled by the usage of

Pump up the volume! I want to hear the music.

upnorth · Posted: Sat 16 Oct 2010, 18:30 Post subject:

i see fdisk -l has a nice tidy output and shows sizes, but blkid reveals the label and the uuid as well as the device and type.

Flash · Posted: Sat 16 Oct 2010, 21:33 Post subject:

akash_rawal · Posted: Sat 16 Oct 2010, 23:44 Post subject:

disciple · Posted: Sun 17 Oct 2010, 03:40 Post subject:

noryb009 · Joined: 20 Mar 2010 Posts: 512

GParted has the power to change/add labels, look at this picture: http://www.dedoimedo.com/images/computers/2009/gparted-look-1.jpg.

disciple · Posted: Mon 18 Oct 2010, 00:43 Post subject:

Yes, but what is the point in changing the labels if Puppy doesn't actually use them?

akash_rawal · Posted: Mon 18 Oct 2010, 11:26 Post subject:

I think it will be more useful if we discuss how to implement them.
Now I have no time.
I will start implementing them at April 2011 onwards.

jemimah · Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 4309 Location: Tampa, FL

It shouldn't be too hard. The script you need to modify is /sbin/pup_event_frontend_d.

Modify the following function:

akash_rawal · Posted: Wed 08 Dec 2010, 07:37 Post subject:

Somehow I managed to get some time off my busy routine.
So I implemented the first one. Thanks to jemimah and upnorth for information, or else I might never come to know how to do that.