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2.14x
11
29%
2.14x
4
11%
2.14x
11
29%
Other: 2.14x only
12
32%
 
Total votes: 38

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greengeek
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#4821 Post by greengeek »

OK - thats it! Now over 1 million views. Kudos ttuuxxx!!

Dewbie

#4822 Post by Dewbie »

Want to run the latest official-build SeaMonkey browser in Classic Pup 2.14x?
I just updated the first post here. :)

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#4823 Post by clarf »

MinHundHettePerro wrote:The grabbing of a save-file occurs if one, and only one, save-file is found. Otherwise a choice of found save-files is offered.

Just skimming through initrd_sbin/init, I'd say that the absolutely simplest way to avoid the automatic, possibly disastrous, grabbing of a save-file is to always offer a choice, lines 615ff of initrd_sbin/init:
# gives user option of choosing pupsave. if only one exists selects it
choose_pupsave_func(){
## set PUPSAVE
#set -- $ALLPUPSAVES # just pass it to function...
#if [ $# -eq 1 ];then # only one pup_save -- use it
# PUPSAVE="$1"
#elif [ $# -gt 1 ];then # more than one -- ask which to use
echo -e "\\033[1;36mPLEASE CHOOSE WHICH SAVE FILE TO USE" >/dev/console
echo "0 none" >/dev/console
CNT3FS=1
for ASAVE in $@
do
APART=${ASAVE%,*} ; APART=${APART#*,}
case "$ASAVE" in
*.[23]fs) # pup_save file
AFILE=${ASAVE##*,}
echo -e "$CNT3FS Partition: $APART\tFile: $AFILE" >/dev/console
;;
*_install_3) # installed to part
AVER=${ASAVE%%_*} ; AVER=${AVER#*Puppy}
echo -e "$CNT3FS Partition: $APART\tPuppy $AVER install" >/dev/console
;;
*) # will be files saved to partition: PUPMODE 6/7
echo -e "$CNT3FS Partition: $APART\tSettings saved directly to partition" >/dev/console
;;
esac
let CNT3FS=CNT3FS+1
done
echo -en "Please type a number then press ENTER key: \\033[0;39m" >/dev/console
read NUM3FS
clear #v2.12
if [ $NUM3FS -gt 0 ];then
eval PUPSAVE=\$$NUM3FS
fi
#fi #if [ $# -eq 1 ]
## end set PUPSAVE
hth :)/ MHHP
Hi MHHP,

I would prefer to change this to offer a choise when there is one pup_save file or more and not always. I think this can do the trick:
# gives user option of choosing pupsave. if only one exists selects it
choose_pupsave_func(){
## set PUPSAVE
#set -- $ALLPUPSAVES # just pass it to function...
#if [ $# -eq 1 ];then # only one pup_save -- use it
# PUPSAVE="$1"
if [ $# -gt 0 ];then # one or more than one -- ask which to use
echo -e "\\033[1;36mPLEASE CHOOSE WHICH SAVE FILE TO USE" >/dev/console
Regards,
clarf

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#4824 Post by MinHundHettePerro »

Hi, clarf!

That looks a tad bit better than my skim-through quick-'n'-easy solution above :).

Cheers :)/ MHHP
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using pidgin or gaim in Classic Pup

#4825 Post by bruno »

How to use pidgin on 2.14.10?
I installed gaim with the package manager, but it doesn't work: it seems to be lacking gtk+. How can I install that?
Or can i just use the .pet of pidgin for 431?
Thanks

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#4826 Post by darkstrike »

Bruno - you could give this .pet file a try for installing the newer Pidgin 2.10.6...?

http://www.datafilehost.com/download-3c710881.html
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pidgin in 2.14.10

#4827 Post by bruno »

Thanks darkstrike,
but that .pet doesn't work
After installing, it gives a long list of missing libraries

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#4828 Post by darkstrike »

Yeah, that one was for Puppy 4, but I figured I would see if it worked for you or not :( - didn't know how many dependencies it required.
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Which version?

#4829 Post by Gonzalo_VC »

Hy, guys.
I know this is not active in the last... years :oops: but I need to know among the 2.14 versions which one is the last.

I am trying to make a PentiumIII work less sluggish. With Precise Puppy (5.4) it got surprisingly slow :(
I'm talking about a fully installed Puppy to use the machine for real, for work (school).

Cheers!
Gonzalo

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Re: Which version?

#4830 Post by sheldonisaac »

Gonzalo_VC wrote:Hy, guys.
I know this is not active in the last... years :oops: but I need to know among the 2.14 versions which one is the last.

I am trying to make a PentiumIII work less sluggish. With Precise Puppy (5.4) it got surprisingly slow :(
I'm talking about a fully installed Puppy to use the machine for real, for work (school).

Cheers!
Gonzalo
214x-Top10.0 ISO

http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/2.14X/i ... -top10.iso

md5sum 62ca0cd3b88901f1c5f5cfca3ec662fc 214X-top10.iso
Last edited by sheldonisaac on Fri 16 Nov 2012, 17:17, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: Which version?

#4831 Post by Gonzalo_VC »

sheldonisaac wrote:
Gonzalo_VC wrote:Hy, guys.
...among the 2.14 versions which one is the last.
I am trying to make a PentiumIII work less sluggish. ...
214x-Top10.0 ISO
http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/2.14X/i ... -top10.iso[/url]
md5sum 62ca0cd3b88901f1c5f5cfca3ec662fc 214X-top10.iso
Thanks!

How would you compare these "classic" versions with Wary?
i saw the Abiword version in 2.14 was updated... so, it's quite similar to Wary. Are the kernel version too different?
Cheers!

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Re: Which version?

#4832 Post by sheldonisaac »

Gonzalo_VC wrote:
sheldonisaac wrote:
Gonzalo_VC wrote:Hy, guys.
...among the 2.14 versions which one is the last.
I am trying to make a PentiumIII work less sluggish. ...
214x-Top10.0 ISO
http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/2.14X/i ... -top10.iso[/url]
md5sum 62ca0cd3b88901f1c5f5cfca3ec662fc 214X-top10.iso
Thanks!

How would you compare these "classic" versions with Wary?
i saw the Abiword version in 2.14 was updated... so, it's quite similar to Wary. Are the kernel version too different?
Cheers!
Sorry, don't know - hope someone more expert will reply.

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Re: Which version?

#4833 Post by ttuuxxx »

Gonzalo_VC wrote:
sheldonisaac wrote:
Gonzalo_VC wrote:Hy, guys.
...among the 2.14 versions which one is the last.
I am trying to make a PentiumIII work less sluggish. ...
214x-Top10.0 ISO
http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/2.14X/i ... -top10.iso[/url]
md5sum 62ca0cd3b88901f1c5f5cfca3ec662fc 214X-top10.iso
Thanks!

How would you compare these "classic" versions with Wary?
i saw the Abiword version in 2.14 was updated... so, it's quite similar to Wary. Are the kernel version too different?
Cheers!
2.14X is a highly updated puppy version with an older kernel, Xorg, the kernel is half the size of Wary, I've been using 2.14X on a daily bases since I start this project 3.5yrs ago, If it works fine on your pc, I wouldn't use any other OS. :) I use it for my Multimedia Pc and play all my movies on my 42"lcd on it. :)
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#4834 Post by Dewbie »

Gonzalo_VC wrote:
How would you compare these "classic" versions with Wary?
RAM usage is much lower with 2.14x.

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Re: Which version?

#4835 Post by Gonzalo_VC »

ttuuxxx wrote:
Gonzalo_VC wrote:
sheldonisaac wrote:2.14X is a highly updated puppy version with an older kernel, Xorg, the kernel is half the size of Wary, I've been using 2.14X on a daily bases since I start this project 3.5yrs ago, If it works fine on your pc, I wouldn't use any other OS. :) I use it for my Multimedia Pc and play all my movies on my 42"lcd on it. :)
ttuuxxx
Nice. Thanks.
Dewbie wrote:[
RAM usage is much lower with 2.14x.
OK, Dewbie. But having 512 MB of RAM plus a swap space, the real big issue is CPU usage. Even a light distro like Puppy can become sluggish :-( Perhaps the older kernel is the secret, I don't know this technical issues that deep.
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#4836 Post by darkstrike »

Out of curiosity, are you still doing any updates/developments to 2.14x Ttuuxxx? :)

I've got Top10 running on one of my really old tinker machines and love it :)
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iso and pet file

#4837 Post by Coffe »

Hi,
After reading some comments, other websites pages and watching sneekylinux test video , I think that I found the distribution that best fits my old Packard bell PC bought in 2001 (PIII, 1Ghz, 512 RAM, 8 Go of HD).
Well, I'd like to download the last .iso file and burn a CD of Classic Pup 2.14. but I've seen that with the last release i(214x-Top10.0) comes
a software package (devx_214X-top10.0.pet), is it included with the iso file, or should I download and install it later ? by the way, I'm quite new to the puppies ;), in the past, I installed xubuntu 10.04 and uninstall it shortly after because it was too slow.

anyway, thanks for the work you're doing.

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Re: iso and pet file

#4838 Post by sheldonisaac »

Coffe wrote: Well, I'd like to download the last .iso file and burn a CD of Classic Pup 2.14. but I've seen that with the last release i(214x-Top10.0) comes
a software package (devx_214X-top10.0.pet), is it included with the iso file, or should I download and install it later ?.
The iso contains all the files needed to run Puppy Linux. The devx I think has tools for compiling and such.
.

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this puppy is slow

#4839 Post by Coffe »

Hi,
thanks sheldonisaac, I burned the LiveCD and made a brief test of the distro.
The CPU usage is often high 40%-60% (busy), it reaches 100% when I open some apps and it hanged three or four times. The RAM usage is low, I noticed the right click on mouse don't has an effect ?
In multimedia, divx videos were very slow with cutted sounds (I used to watch them with XP/Me). flash videos instead work quite fine.

here is the complete hardinfo report :
http://cjoint.com/12dc/BLvxWMqEqhX.htm

May be Classic Pup 2.14X isn't the right Puppy for my Desktop, I'm waiting for your comments, thanks. :wink:

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Re: this puppy is slow

#4840 Post by sheldonisaac »

Coffe wrote: May be Classic Pup 2.14X isn't the right Puppy for my Desktop, I'm waiting for your comments, thanks. :wink:
Please excuse, I am not an expert.
There are many others who are.

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