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conservativetroll
Joined: 10 Mar 2012 Posts: 5
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Posted: Wed 07 Nov 2012, 23:48 Post subject:
How to tell my Puppy version? Subject description: can't find which version |
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A neighbour who is a member of a loco here in Phoenix installed my puppy. I really like it but whatever version it is, it tends to be rather fragile. Kind of wonky. It's okay for a while, then not, okay then not.
It's on an older but still serviceable HP, He also installed ubuntu. We tried mint, but the machine didn't have enough horsepower. It is an HP Pavillion dv8000
any answers, my neighbor has been very very generous with this time. Don't want to pester him every time i develop an issue,
Want a version that is a little more stable. However Todd installed lots of stuff that runs reasonably well. It might be 5.2.8 but i'm not sure!!
HOW DO I FIND THE VERSION of Puppy?? (caps only for visibility) this turned into a bit of a ramble, sorry
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davids45

Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 1069 Location: Chatswood, NSW
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Posted: Thu 08 Nov 2012, 01:13 Post subject:
Subject description: try looking at /etc/DISTRO_SPECS |
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G'day,
There should be a comprehensive listing of version details in a text file called "DISTRO_SPECS" in the /etc directory.
Let us know if this is not what you want to know.
David S.
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cthisbear
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 4262 Location: Sydney Australia
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Posted: Thu 08 Nov 2012, 05:58 Post subject:
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http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2881
AMD Turion-64 ML-32 (1.8GHz/512KB L2 Cache)
512MB 333MHz DDR SDRAM (1x512MB 200-pin SODIMM)
100GB 4200RPM HD
17-inch Ultra Brightview WXGA+ screen
128MB ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M w/Hypermemory
DVD+/-RW/R & CW-RW Combo w/Double Layer Support
Windows XP Home
Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
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Latest Puppy Precise should be OK.
http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00019
or
DpupExprimo5X327 >>an earlier series....my pick
http://smokey01.com/pemasu/DpupSqueeze5X/DpupExprimo5X327
squeeze-5.X.3.2.7-SCSI.iso 23-Feb-2012 15:36 150M
It uses Frisbee.
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Or
Slacko 533.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76279
Lucid 528.05 that's the newer one
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=70855
Three-Headed Dog 5.2.8.005 Updated ISO..== newer kernel
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=70736
Chris.
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conservativetroll
Joined: 10 Mar 2012 Posts: 5
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Posted: Thu 08 Nov 2012, 14:22 Post subject:
How to tell my Puppy version? |
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Thanks for the friendly responses. I spent 40-50 minutes looking for the appropriate threads. Appreciate the speedy responses again. Looking now!!
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conservativetroll
Joined: 10 Mar 2012 Posts: 5
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Posted: Thu 08 Nov 2012, 15:04 Post subject:
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went looking for DISTRO_SPECS in /etc directory, Can't seem to get the format right!! It's second nature to you guys i'm sure, but it is greek to me. What am i doing wrong??
I've written code, but it is G and M code for machine tools, This stuff is completely foreign to me, sorry!!!
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rjbrewer

Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4421 Location: merriam, kansas
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Posted: Thu 08 Nov 2012, 15:19 Post subject:
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PUPPY VERSION?
CLICK THE HELP ICON UPPER LEFT ON DESKTOP.
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Inspiron 700m, Pent.M 1.6Ghz, 1Gb ram.
Msi Wind U100, N270 1.6>2.0Ghz, 1.5Gb ram.
Eeepc 8g 701, 900Mhz, 1Gb ram.
Full installs
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arcanis

Joined: 30 Oct 2011 Posts: 87 Location: Columbus, Ohio
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Posted: Thu 08 Nov 2012, 16:44 Post subject:
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Open the console (terminal) and type in: uname -a. The response should tell you the Puppy version, followed by the kernel version.
Then you should type in: exit
This will close the terminal in the best-practice way.
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