LxPup : a Puppy with LXDE as its desktop environment

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peebee · #601 Post by **peebee** » Tue 14 Apr 2015, 19:03

johnywhy wrote:LxPupPrecise-14.02-pae-sp1.iso

Request, if possible, include that in the iso?

Just a thought, since 'frugal' install is an essential puppy thing, seems like puppy should know to ignore other frugals, imo.

thx!

That's an old version - 14.02 = Feb 2014 - hasn't been updated for some time - I really expect people to use the LxPupTahr versions non-retro pae.....I keep the non-pae retro version more up to date as that has a place for older hardware with an older kernel.

The Right Clicks option is included in the iso (however its an old version in LxPupPrecise-14.02) - menu -> desktop appearance -> options

Your boot should not be picking up savefiles belonging to other pups - different names - can't explain why it is - never does on my installs....

Precise flavours of LxPup can be found at:
http://lx-pup.weebly.com/upup-precise.html

johnywhy · #602 Post by **johnywhy** » Tue 14 Apr 2015, 19:39

Thx, can you give link to newest LxPrecise?

Tahr is newer, but I prefer Precise because it is peppier.

UPDATE: just letting peeps know that in private message with peebee, we figured out i am running the latest LxPrecise PAE, and there are no plans to update it. Sad, since to me Precise seems noticeably faster than Tahr. Planning to try Unicorn....

thx!

johnywhy · #603 Post by **johnywhy** » Wed 15 Apr 2015, 20:30

why i prefer lxprecise to lxtahr: stuff works.

lxtahr:

- after first reboot with save, frisbee did not auto connect, nor even load available networks. see pic showing could not connect on lxTarh. (might be cuz i need to blacklist wl module, dint check yet).

- could not load virtualbox sfs. see pic of error message trying to open virtualbox on lxTarh.

lxprecise: both worked, no problem. see pic showing good connection and vbox on lxPrecise.

pics in reverse order.

johnywhy · #604 Post by **johnywhy** » Thu 16 Apr 2015, 09:06

hi again, and many thx for LxPups! (i made a small donation on http://lx-pup.weebly.com/)

johnywhy · #605 Post by **johnywhy** » Fri 17 Apr 2015, 19:43

something is making my psave file balloon to 1.5 GB. See pic.

I can't find the source of the bigness.

Only one small app (treesize) installed by ppm. See pic.

One sfs (teamviewer) see pic.

Size of my filesys is less than a meg, size of /root is less than 50 MB. see pic.

How can i find source of bigness?

thx!

Semme · #606 Post by **Semme** » Fri 17 Apr 2015, 20:30

Looks like something is *feeding* tmp..

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... ost1924228

http://www.ihaveapc.com/2011/11/how-to- ... real-time/

greengeek · #607 Post by **greengeek** » Fri 17 Apr 2015, 21:17

Semme wrote:http://www.ihaveapc.com/2011/11/how-to- ... real-time/

Semme - this link suggests the syntax:

Code: Select all

watch -d -n 1 ‘df; ls -FIAt;’

but it tells me the df command cannot be found. Does this work on your system?

Shep · #608 Post by **Shep** » Sat 18 Apr 2015, 01:24

I'm trying out LxPupThar15.03, and it's working just fine.

Thanks.

EDIT: 1 crash so far.

I'm wondering what archives have compatible apps that I can install

Often this information is contained in the first few posts of a derivative's thread, but I can't see any mention so it must be thought so obvious that there's no need to point it out. Alas, not obvious to me.

Semme · #609 Post by **Semme** » Sat 18 Apr 2015, 01:45

http://lx-pup.weebly.com/upup-tahr.html

Shep · #610 Post by **Shep** » Sat 18 Apr 2015, 04:16

Semme wrote:http://lx-pup.weebly.com/upup-tahr.html

Hi Semme. If that's the answer to my question, I don't think it's exactly what I'm after.

For example, I'd like to install mplayer and python, and perhaps Skype and Firefox.

peebee · #611 Post by **peebee** » Sat 18 Apr 2015, 06:18

Shep wrote:I'm wondering what archives have compatible apps that I can install

PuppyPackageManager takes you to the appropriate repositories - both Puppy specific and Ubuntu Trusty Tahr.....

There is also QuickPet in TahrPup for most often installed applications....

A direct link to the Puppy repositories is:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pet_packages-tahr/

David Andrew · #612 Post by **David Andrew** » Sun 19 Apr 2015, 12:37

I've created a wallpaper for this pup. A couple of others will follow soon:

Downloadable from here:

http://box-look.org/content/show.php?content=169744

I created the puppified LXDE logo as an idea I had in mind. I'll upload the logo separately as well soon.

David Andrew · #613 Post by **David Andrew** » Sun 19 Apr 2015, 14:44

Proposal for default LxPup openbox theme:

Sticking to the base W8 theme, but all flat black, cyan buttons, and and "L" as the maximize button (see what I did there?)

David Andrew · #614 Post by **David Andrew** » Sun 19 Apr 2015, 23:16

Additional theme proposals / contributions:

LxPanel image (30px) and start menu button. All in action:

David Andrew · #615 Post by **David Andrew** » Mon 20 Apr 2015, 17:18

Another wallpaper:

Downloadable from here:

http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=452 ... 5637087648

David Andrew · #616 Post by **David Andrew** » Tue 21 Apr 2015, 13:29

Another wallpaper:

Full image downloadable from here:

http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=938 ... 2284077529

rcrsn51 · #617 Post by **rcrsn51** » Thu 23 Apr 2015, 18:43

I quite like LxPupTahr. Unlike some other recent Puplets, it does not auto-start things like Samba servers or WiFi managers. So you still have control over your own system.

It would be my recommendation for a non-ROX Puppy.

BTW, there have been some significant upgrades to PeasyScale and PeasyPort.

rcrsn51 · #618 Post by **rcrsn51** » Fri 24 Apr 2015, 09:30

I wonder how many people try LxPup, cannot get their WiFi to work because of the Broadcom wl conflict, and abandon it. Here is a suggestion.

1. Do NOT include wl.ko in /lib/modules OOTB.

2. Make an installer for wl and put it in an on-board location like /opt/Broadcom.

3. Make a desktop shortcut that installs wl just for the users who want it.

peebee · #619 Post by **peebee** » Fri 24 Apr 2015, 18:51

rcrsn51 wrote:1. Do NOT include wl.ko in /lib/modules OOTB.

Hi rcrsn51 - thanks for your comments - that probably is a good idea - I'll think about the best way to implement it - I'd like a prompt to appear at 1st boot to give people guidance on how to load the wl driver if they have Broadcom wifi.

David Andrew wrote:I've created a wallpaper for this pup. A couple of others will follow soon

Hi David - thanks for your various wallpapers and your openbox themes - wallpapers are very personal taste items so I try to include in the iso a few simple ones that are not too big and are maybe not too exciting but also not too 'marmite' (translation: you either love it or hate it - marmite).

When I get around to it I'll add an LxPup Backgrounds page to http://lx-pup.weebly.com/eye-candy.html and include your backgrounds so that people can download them if they want to.

Cheers
peebee

johnywhy · #620 Post by **johnywhy** » Sat 25 Apr 2015, 01:32

rcrsn51 wrote:I quite like LxPupTahr. Unlike some other recent Puplets, it does not auto-start things like Samba servers or WiFi managers.

But they're easily disabled in the Puppy Startup Manager, right?

rcrsn51 wrote:It would be my recommendation for a non-ROX Puppy

it was mine, until you told me about Vanguard-R2. xfce is clearly the most elegant, user-friendly, powerful wm, IMHO

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