SlickPup 5.2.5 - Updated June-25-11

[Tman]

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SlickPup 5.2.5 Standard Edition - 145MB - Updated June 25, 2011
md5: fa6758f8048a6c4fa42d3a8d09fbb9fa

SlickPup 5.2.5 Firefox Edition - 161MB - Updated June 25, 2011
md5: 840fb6703c5feab0e0c63c9e57cadfb9

** If running for the first time on a Live-CD, please choose Pristine Boot Mode when the menu list appears.
This is to ensure that Slickpup doesn't load and overwrite any "lupusave" files in your computer.

enjoy!

[Tman]

Slickpup is a remastered version of Lucid Puppy Linux 5.2.5


June 25, 2011 - Both Editions of Slickpup have been updated.
- Thunar no longer crashes when jpg files are clicked
- Matroska-video files (*.mkv) now launch when clicked
- slightly modifed the globicons for ROX-Filer to be more consistent
- Pupshutdown buttons for "Manage Task" and "Backup Files" now work
- added mozstart to defaults-programs-chooser
- Firefox no longer asks you to make it the default browser on startup
- /usr/local/bin/defaultbrowser will no longer be removed if you uninstall firefox
- some other minor tweaks

June 19, 2011 - Slickpup Firefox Edition is now availiable.

I've added the following apps on top of the Standard Edition:
- Firefox 5.0b7 - from the official site
- deedbeef 0.4.4 - thanks Pemasu
- xournal 0.45 - thanks Aragon
- neubleu icon theme
- flashplayer preferences
- minor bug fixes

(Firefox Standard Edition has also been updated with some minor bug fixes)


June 12, 2011 - Slickpup Standard Edition is released.

Most of the changes I have made from the Lucid Puppy 5.2.5 to make Slickpup Standard Edition:

Removed
pdvdrsab, pprocess, top, all preinstalled games

Added
3 games
alien2pet script -- scsijon
defaults chooser 0.8 -- scOttman
edit sfs 2.1 -- pizzasgood
frugalinstaller -- Shinobar
gimp 2.6.8
GPeriodic-2.0
icewm 1.3.7
LXTask 0.1.3 -- aragon
LXTerminal 0.19
NoBlankScreen -- trio
menumaker 1.1 -- trio
pet2sfs script -- 01micko
pets2sfsgui 0.1.3 -- trio
pmenu 3.0 -- trapster
PupClockset 1.3 -- radky
PupControl 1.4.1 -- radky
PupShutdown 1.6 -- radky
PupSnap 1.5.1 -- radky
Pwidgets 2.27 -- zigbert
Remove Builtins
Right-click-4.9 cut -- don570
SFS-Exec -- seaside
SFS-Load 1.1 -- Shinobar
Startmount 0.5.5
sudo 1.7.2
thunar 1.0.2-1-w5 -- Barry K.
transmission 2.2.2 -- ttuuxxx
txz2pet -- sc0ttman
unrpm, undeb scripts -- ttuuxxx

Updates
Pmusic 1.8.3 -- Zigbert
Resize Personal Storage File -- big_bass
Remasterpup3 -- pa_mcclamrock

- Many thanks to those who have created the pets above; sorry, if I have left your name out.

Other Additions
Custom Jwm, Icewm, and GTK Themes
Desktop Icon Themes
Menu Icons (mainly from Puplite)
Modified sub-menu entries
Mouse Cursors
Wallpapers

- Some things; mostly of an esthetic nature have been ported from other derivatives.
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Much thanks to Smokey01 for giving a place to put my work.

Thanks to:
01micko , ttuuxxx, Jemimah, TazOC, Pemasu,
Runtt21 & Prit, ScOttman, and Gray for the creation of your Pups.
- Using your pups gave me inspiration and ideas for my own puplet.

Special thanks to Playdayz and all of the contributors of Lucid Puppy.
Special thanks to Barry Kauler, creator of the original Puppy Linux.

[TLM]

Just tried it out. Like it a lot. This is another one that I will find useful in winning win(lose)doze users over to Linux. Thanks for another great Linux Puplet

[Billtoo]

I did a manual frugal install of slickpup525 and installed xorg-high
and then the ati proprietary driver.
Mon 13 Jun 2011 Operating System: Slickpup-525 Linux 2.6.33.2
0.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 68d9
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS product: REDWOOD 01.00

X Server: Xorg Driver: vesa
X.Org version: 1.7.6
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (507x285 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: ATI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 5570
OpenGL version string: 4.1.10750 Compatibility Profile Context

AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 810 Processor
Core 0: 2592 1: 2592 2: 2592 3: 2592 MHz

...the above also recorded at '/tmp/root/report-video-glx'.
sh-4.1# glxgears
39721 frames in 5.0 seconds
39864 frames in 5.0 seconds
39861 frames in 5.0 seconds

I just started testing but I like it so far

[lithpr]

Wow. Just wow. I haven't had a chance to download or play with this yet (real life and all that), but i am rather stunned just by the software listed and the screenshot. If you were able to put this together in 10 minutes of your spare time, well, fine, okay, you are the shiz. However, if it took the many agonizing hours i imagine it would to get everything there playing nice and set up correctly, then by all means let me say thank you for the time and effort. It sounds **AMAZING**, and i'm really looking forward to taking SlickPup for a spin!

Feedback to come!

PS- If your nose itches when someone is digging around in your puplets for good ideas and implementation details, yer gonna be scratchin'.

[davec51]

I regularly use Puppy 5.25 on my Dell with an Intel graphics card. I installed Slickpup (frugal) with pfix=ram to prevent use of the 525 save file. It worked well until I installed the Xorg High-GLX driver from Quickpet. When I restarted the x-server as instructed the video failed. As many times as I ran xorgwizard and attempted different settings, drivers, etc., I couldn't get the display back.

[Dave_B]

Frugal install on an old Compaq PIII laptop. Everything works great so far. The transparent terminal window surprised me...
Great choice of apps!
Dave

[Brown Mouse]

Awesome job!!Well done Tman

[Tman]

Thanks for all of the feedback and encouragement folks.
There are a few minor bugs I've discovered in the standard edition which will be addressed in the upcoming Firefox edition.

lithpr
The original Solidpup took a long time, but since I've got most of the software gathered, and have a better system for remastering, it now takes me about 1-2 weeks to make a similiar puplet from scratch.

Davec51
You do not need the pfix=ram option on a frugal install.
I will look into the video driver issue. Perhaps the one from quickpet is incompatible; I suggest deleting your save file to switch back to pristine settings. Try the one from the repos (puppy package manager).

[Dave_B]

~~~There are a few minor bugs I've discovered in the standard edition which will be addressed in the upcoming Firefox edition.~~~

Please tell me more about the Fiirefox edition. I've been using Chrome for quite a while, but I'm game to give the new Firefox Slickpup a shot.
Dave

[Tman]

The Firefox Edition should be ready for download tommorrow and will contain firefox 4.0.1 along with some other apps.
I'm not sure if it is faster than Chrome, but it's pretty fast on this old P4 with 512 MB Ram. It is definately faster than firefox 3.
I prefer it over Chrome because it's about half the size of Chrome and there's a lot of plugins availiable for firefox.

[Jasper]

Hi Tman,

I use Firefox 3.6.17 and it is by far my slowest loading program (except for avast! which takes yonks).

I have similar RAM to you (about 566 MB actually available) and whilst Firefox takes about 4 seconds to load from scratch it loads instantaneously (as does any browser or any other program) if I leave it minimised on my task bar.

My regards

[playdayz]

** If running for the first time on a Live-CD, please choose Pristine Boot Mode when the menu list appears.
This is to ensure that Slickpup doesn't load and overwrite any "lupusave" files in your computer.

That is a great idea.

The Firefox Edition should be ready for download tomorrow and will contain firefox 4.0.1 along with some other apps.
I'm not sure if it is faster than Chrome, but it's pretty fast on this old P4 with 512 MB Ram. It is definitely faster than firefox 3.

Yes, in my experiments also FF4 is definitely faster than FF3, and FF5 is faster even yet, significantly faster. Browsers are changing so fast that by the time one is released in a Puppy, it has been surpassed.

Firefox 5.0b7
http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/firef ... 7-i686.pet

Seamonkey 2.1 is *much* faster than Seamonkey 2.0.x, as fast as Firefox 4.0.1
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... 1-i686.pet

[Tman]

Thanks Playdayz,
I will try the new browsers later on tonight.

Updated versions of Firefox 4.0.1 and 5.0b are now availiable in SFS Format
Both have been tested and work with Solidpup and Lucid Puppy_525.
http://www.smokey01.com/Tman/apps/

Edit: I updated Firefox-5.0b7 to work with Wary 5.1.1. ( The original upload was missing libdbus and libdbus-glib )

Aurora and the new Seamonkey are very snappy indeed, although the size of Seamonkey has grown substantially since version 2.0.11

[Dave_B]

I did a frugal install of Slickpup with Firefox 5 on my elderly Compaq. Everything is working great so far. Thanks!
Dave

[Tman]

That's good to hear Dave,

Yeah, I forgot to mention that I decided to add Firefox 5.0b7 instead of version 4.0.1 into the new Slickpup firefox edition. Thanks to playdayz for the link. I added the more stable 5.0b7 version and not the Aurora version, which is more cutting edge, but less stable.

Standard Edition is also updated with some minor bug fixes.

[Dave_B]

I'm tweaking the Slickpup UI to my tastes and I would like to set the ROX default folder to the /root folder. I'm not having any luck! Can you give me a hint?

Dave

[Tman]

Dave_B,

Right-click on the Rox desktop icon, and choose edit.

Where it has the extra options, just remove the "/" and Rox will load to root which is the default.

[Dave_B]

Dave_B,

Right-click on the Rox desktop icon, and choose edit.

Where it has the extra options, just remove the "/" and Rox will load to root which is the default.

Thank you! I should have been able to figure that out

Another nit or two...
In Thunar, if I right OR left click on a .jpg file, Thunar immediately closes without any action applied to the .jpg file. Right or left clicking on .html, .txt or .pdf files works as expected. Is there a configuration file somewhere i can tweak?
Why have both Thunar and Rox on the desktop? Deleting one or the other is easy enough, but I figured you had a reason

When I shutdown my laptop, a dialog box opens, requesting that I eject media (I didn't have a CD loaded). Is there a mode that this request can have a count down and then power off without a response?? Maybe warn me only IF I have a CD mounted? My laptop has had a couple of instances where the batteries have run dead after a poweroff request, and I suspect I forgot to wait for the PupShutdown dialog.


Dave

BTW, I'm really liking Slickpup, it works great on my 12 year old laptop.

[Tman]

Thanks Dave_B for the feedback,

I guess there is a glitch in the version of Thunar that I've used for Slickpup.
I will have to use a different version for future releases. I added Thunar alongside ROX-Filer because I feel that it is more user-friendly for newbies, and has a copy-and-paste function which ROX-Filer doesn't have.
As for the issues with request to remove cd before shutdown, I have no solutions for you at the moment. Any suggestions from other users on this would be appreciated.