Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

edexter · Joined: 25 Nov 2009 Posts: 8

I can't say that I hate microsoft and I don't realy see linux as a different system anymore since it runs inside of vmware and it is easy to set up new vmware versions. I have an older laptop where I zapped out windows though and my music software distro may work better with all the python dependencies inside of a virtual machine so it doesn't all have to be put together in pieces. A good marketer should know that puppy linux can be just another windows app so it shouldn't be an us vs them sort of thing (so now the Europeans are going to sue you for being part of the anti-competitive windows-linux operating system Smile

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omskates · Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 257 Location: TriCities, WA

I'm at work (hospital) on an XP desktop but all our major charting applications are based on OpenSuse running from Linux servers through VMWare virtualization. Mixing different OS's on the same box is more & more prevalent.

PuppyLinuxisgay · Joined: 10 Dec 2009 Posts: 2

i think the browser should be fully stable before you try to promote puppy, or they will be like THIS SUCKS and its broke nobody likes broke stuff. 421 is way cooler than 431. full of useful widgets.
but IMO there should be more rainbows and pink triangles.
loljk how long until this troll name gets b&
but i am serious. the browser needs fixing. i gave someone a puppy cd because their windows was broke, but i didnt know the browser crashed this much.

ttuuxxx · Posted: Thu 10 Dec 2009, 14:31 Post subject: Re: fix the browser

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

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Offenbach · Posted: Wed 06 Jan 2010, 08:52 Post subject: Open Source Conference 2010

There is an open source conference occuring in mid 2010 in Malaysia.
Here is the link
http://www.facebook.com/pages/MSC-Malaysia-Open-Source-Conference-2010/194170351613

looseSCREWorTWO · Posted: Thu 15 Apr 2010, 08:54 Post subject:

G'day Sylvander.
You know what they say about "experts" . . .
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DEFINITION OF "EXPERT"
EXPERT = "X" + "SPURT", WHERE "X" IS AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY & "SPURT" IS A DRIP UNDER PRESSURE

Sylvander · Posted: Thu 15 Apr 2010, 10:35 Post subject:

I've been doing such as that at the PC-Guide forums, and as a result being subjected to a sustained campaign of criticism by 2 particular moderators.

That has tailed off recently since I dramatically reduced my rate of posting there.

Here's my latest contribution.
It'd be nice if a Puppy expert would help there.
The guy [Joe Musser] cannot get Lighthouse Puppy to load on his problem PC.
i.e. "kernel panic. Not syncing. Attempted to kill init"

looseSCREWorTWO · Posted: Thu 15 Apr 2010, 12:18 Post subject:

Another way to promote Puppy Linux to WinDOZE users is to go on PC online discussion forums where people are "pulling their hair out" cos XP has crashed or Windows 98 has a virus, or whatever, and put forward the idea of using Puppy Linux as a Rescue Disk. Often these folk are speechless when told they'll be able to access their trashed Hard Drive and save their data, or wipe the HD clean with Gparted prior to re-installing WinDOZE.

This is a way of introducing Puppy to people who would otherwise never even think of using it. When doing this I've found it helps if you point out:
- Puppy is a FREE download
- Puppy can be run from CD / RAM without making changes to the HD

Once people are persuaded to download Puppy and they see it's "friendly" and that their Win98 machine can run fast on Puppy, half the battle is over. I think some of these people will, in time, be persuaded to make the next step of using Puppy as their primary OS.

ken geometrics · Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 76 Location: California

postfs1 · Joined: 27 Mar 2010 Posts: 831

Ed Howdershelt · Joined: 16 Apr 2011 Posts: 63 Location: Spring Hill, FL

> What else can we do to promote Puppy?

Send copies to the right people at the Salvation Army and Goodwill and let them make Puppy the nationwide default OS on the computers they sell.
Point out to them that reselling used computers with Win installed is illegal in most states, no matter whether they install it or it came that way.

Send copies to animal shelters, especially those with thrift shops which might occasionally sell a donated computer.

Design a version catering to use by veterinarians, Petco-type stores, and grooming shops. Play up the 'Puppy' reference.

Do a 'Cat' version? Lots of cat people out there. :)

Just maundering.
Ed
Ed Howdershelt - Abintra Press
Science Fiction & Semi-Fiction
http://www.AbintraPress.com

increa · Joined: 21 May 2011 Posts: 21

blaarghalltheusernamesare · Joined: 14 Feb 2010 Posts: 92

try to get schools to use it if they have old crappy computers.