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

DEAD LINKS:

OK, guys...I've finally got fed up!!

There are dead links all over the forum, a lot due to web sites disappearing, [Puppy.ca/asia] going out of date, [many old forum updates] posts to temporary upload sites, [far too many unmirrored/unmaintained] etc, etc... I'm sure you know some...?

So, what I propose is...

If you get directed to/find a Dead Link, PLEASE post it here, stating:

1) What you were looking for,
2) Which thread you found the dead link in,
3) The date of the link/date you looked, and
4) Whether you searched elsewhere/already for the link

Unless you have a better idea....?

As an example

666philb posted here Jan 12th 2011, asking for help to install Adobe Air

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=485824#485824

scsijohn posted a link 14th Jan 2011, which lead here, dated April 09

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=40748

which dead ends, also April 09 here, to an undated Adobe blogs site...?

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=40687

Unless Mark/MU would care to come back on it...?

I added a link here

http://blogs.adobe.com/air/2008/12/tips_on_resolving_application.html

get the picture....?

Your links/solutions if you have them, please

thanks

Aitch Smile

harii4 · Posted: Sat 15 Jan 2011, 23:06 Post subject:

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

get fat free from Joe/big_bass

whitefang...though you'll need to sign up...

http://idownloadunlimited.com/servers.asp?PID=32ff7181-5948-4b64-8248-07c4ec8f655e&lbd=1&ts=1/15/2011%2010:54:52%20PM&q=White%20Fang.iso&cr=1

sadly wolfpup doesn't seem to be around any more

Aitch Smile

666philb · Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 1230 Location: wales

Quite an important one, ttuuxxx's Libs sticky in the additional software thread. I get a 404 not found.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=24599

P.s. Thankyou Aitch! for replying to my adobe air post. I'm going to psych myself up and have another go at it later in the week. I have also sent MU a PM asking for help with it....as it seems he's the only person to have ever got it to work!

Flash · Posted: Sun 16 Jan 2011, 15:28 Post subject:

Hmm, maybe links have a half-life? How long before half of a random collection of links go dead? Is it a fairly invariable time, on average?

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

Best way to find out I can find

http://www.websitegoodies.com/tools/linkcheck.php

If anyone knows different...?....post here

Aitch Smile

ttuuxxx · Posted: Mon 17 Jan 2011, 02:10 Post subject:

all the libs can be found in one file located at http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/other/LIBS/libs-with-links.tar
it would be best if someone could host it and expand it into a directory so individual libs could be downloaded
ttuuxxx

aarf · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3620 Location: around the bend

Edit: fixed now
Currently "view your posts" in this forum is "sql requests not achieved" failing

666philb · Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 1230 Location: wales

RetroTechGuy · Joined: 15 Dec 2009 Posts: 2301 Location: USA

big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1736

this is my older work I uploaded the iso's here

fat-free-3.01-xorg.iso

http://www.puppy2.org/slaxer/fat-free-3.01-xorg.iso

fat-free-2.16-dillo.iso
http://www.puppy2.org/slaxer/fat-free-2.16-dillo.iso

if you find dead links let me know
its hard just keeping up to date with the new stuff

@Jeff (ttuuxxx) hows it going ?

Joe

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

maybe these would be useful sites, to mirror puppy files - maybe setup a/multiple Puppy user account/s?

http://www.mediafire.com/

http://www.megaupload.com/

Any thoughts anyone?

Aitch Smile

aarf · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3620 Location: around the bend

bookmark this http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com may also be useful when this forum goes down

rokytnji · Joined: 20 Jan 2009 Posts: 745 Location: Pecos/ Texas

Wolfpups 2007 thread at

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=23280

Dead links are

http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/bugs/conky-1.7.1.1.pet

http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/bugs/libxcb-1.0.pet

[url]libidn-0.6.10.pet[/url]

Makoto · Posted: Tue 25 Jan 2011, 17:24 Post subject:

Possible other location for ttuuxxx's lib archive: http://brainwavedesigncentral.net/mike/index.php?dir=Libs-ttuxxx%2F

There's also an archive of a number of Wolf Pup's .pets there:
http://brainwavedesigncentral.net/wolf/