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Keef · Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 661 Location: Staffordshire

Sc0ttman

Of historical interest only, but I am posting from Puplite2. It's a slim (54mb) but not barebones 2.02 based derivative with the 2.6.16.7 kernel. Just has Dillo as the browser, but I'm running OperaQT static.
Found the iso on the desktop PC's hdd - mainly used with XP (wife & kids), but can't remember where or when I downloaded it.
Running quite nicely on this Armada M700 P450 with 320mb RAM.

l2ulinux · Joined: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 148 Location: Blountstown, Fl.

Many thanks to you for your time spend and skills you have learned and pass on to us. Will be glad to try your new release when you get it finished. We are glad you are willing not to let one of the old PUPPIES DIE.

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2393 Location: UK

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 4796 Location: Earth

Interesting approach. 2 comments. You may want to choose or offer a rename contest on the new Pupplite6 name.; and , it appears that yo will be offereing kernel selection at boot time, so you may want to make that selection as user-friendly as possible: for example, kernels for "old P2-P3-P4s less than 2GHz", "Any PCs with more than 3.5GB RAM" and "PC built after 2006" assuming you do decide to run with the 3 kernels you've referenced..

Looking forward

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2393 Location: UK

john biles · Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 1409 Location: Australia

Hello Iguleder, If you think 4.2.1 (Aprox June 2009) is too old then Legacy's 2.14 (Aprox Feb-March 2007) base must really annoy you. LOL!

Hello sc0ttman, Create what you want to give to the Puppy / Linux community and enjoy the experience of creating it.

While what you make won't suit everyone's hardware. It's sure to suit most.

Imagine if there was only one Puppy version available....

Now you know why there's Derivatives....

Puppy and Linux gives a user choices which Windows and Mac can't....

puppyite · Posted: Sat 28 May 2011, 06:42 Post subject:

This jumps out at me:

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2393 Location: UK

Puppyt · Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 569 Location: Gatton, Queensland

Hey sc0ttman -
really looking forward to seeing this one hatch - when you're good and ready.
What about a "Puppy Rescue"-specific spin-off based on your stripped-back v6? You could call it "BSOD" - Bitzer Survival-Operations Disk...

OK so I'm crap at names too Wink

Hex?

PS I don't know how it translates outside of Oz, but a "bitzer" is a mongrel - a dog with bitza this, bitza that. Just another idea from the mongrel nation, sc0ttman.

UPDATES: How about turning the problem on its head? LitePup?
Hmmm - light.... what about "Photon"?
Small, fast, light - Merlin? Peregrin?
Phaedrus? The 'wolf' in Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of [computer systems] Maintenance"
Orac?
HAL?
Dogzilla? (Maybe Shinobar should claim that one)
RoboPup?
Ruffian?
Marvin42?
Eddie?
Howl?
Fetch?
P-6?
Hibernia?
sc0tti?

Nah - I'm still crap. Rolling Eyes

Brain hurts, but fun.

Lobster · Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 05:05 Post subject:

Names:

Uppy - mind you is that taking the P out of Puppy?
Plite - nah that might get you into plight
Pupette - a bit too French for a sc0ttman?
Pup - is small and not yet being used - though it does have negative connotations in US
PupBite or just Bite - you being a ferocious MMA guy
Runt - we may have a user on IRC with this name but I rather like it, nobody expects much from it as it is small and then it surprises everyone . . .
Lpup - yep L for Learner - but then it is El Pup - a bit Spanish?
LOLpup - just seems to make me smile
AlphaPup - never finished but always the Alpha Dog

. . . just some ideas

Puplite - is OK too Cool

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2393 Location: UK

Loving the suggestions, I will end up either sticking with Puplite, just for simplicity, but will be ideally choosing a suggestion that takes my fancy! Very Happy

And I'm gonna be using "bitzer" from now on, in everyday speech! I like that phrase... Typical Aussie simplicity.

artifus · Joined: 06 Jul 2010 Posts: 318

http://www.k9puppy.co.uk/Puppies/Breed.aspx

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2393 Location: UK

Just an update, so I dont lose the list more than anything (in case I lose the files), I've built an updated Puplite, which basically has a Wary 'core' - the same glibc, gtk (and its deps) and ffmpeg. I also updated a few more things.

Here's a list of the pets I have added to Puplite, to make it wary 512 compatible:

l2ulinux · Joined: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 148 Location: Blountstown, Fl.

Your new PUPPY bases on the Wary core sounds like a great idea. Will be glad to give it a run when it comes out. That is what makes Puppy so great are the differ ways the programmer can build their own release.

SouthPaws · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 88

How about...

ScottPup, or ScottiePup, or just Scottie... Cool

(does suggest a small size)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Terrier

Or even KiltPup... Surprised

(suggests a lightweight size... and airy sensation Wink

)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilt