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Fossil · Posted: Wed 08 Feb 2017, 10:56 Post subject:

Creativian Welcome. A simple question to kick-off and get the ball rolling - How much memory is available?

Creativian · Joined: 24 Jan 2017 Posts: 4

Thanks for the welcome, Semme and Fossil.

Creativian · Joined: 24 Jan 2017 Posts: 4

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 8021 Location: World_Hub

Tahr may be a bit much for that amount of RAM.

I suggest you dwnld and try the retro version here..

ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/quirky/precise-5.7.1/

Gordie · Posted: Wed 08 Feb 2017, 22:24 Post subject:

My main laptop is a 2010 HP Pavilion G6:
* Processor - AMD Phenom(tm) II P960 Quad-Core
* Architecture - x86_64 *64-bit*
* RAM - 6 Gig
* * Hard Drive - 700 Gig
* WiFi /Lan
ANY 64-bit Puppy I try with USB stick works and works well.

My little computer is a 2009 HP MINI 210-1000 NETBOOK:
* Processor - Intel Atom
* Architecture - i686 *64-bit*
* RAM - maxed out at 2 Gig
* Hard Drive - 230 GB
* WiFi /Lan
I have Slacko64 Puppy 6.9.5 frugal installed to the hard drive. Also I have a USB stick with:
Every other latest release of Puppies for 64 bit that I could find EXCEPT FatDog64 which is the only one that cannot detect my wifi card. All works as it should.

EDIT (update below)
As of spring 2017 the above computers have found new owners and now my only laptop is a Lenovo ThinkPad W510
* Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz
* Architecture - x86_64 *64-bit*
* RAM - 8 Gig
* * Hard Drive - 500 Gig
* WiFi /Lan
ANY 64-bit Puppy I try with USB stick works and works well except for Fatdog64-700 and newer which cannot detect my wifi card

Creativian · Joined: 24 Jan 2017 Posts: 4

mikeslr

Hi All,

just a link to my post on the pupjibaro thread: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=943074#943074.

mikesLr

RetroTechGuy · Joined: 15 Dec 2009 Posts: 2937 Location: USA

Acquired an HP Pavilion zv6000, XP, 1GB RAM, AMD64 (Athlon64, 3500+ -- I think it's 2.2 GHz).

Got a kernel panic using SuperLupu1. SuperLupu2 came right up (though the built in wireless sometimes comes up, sometimes can't be found -- that might just be an HP issue, it is an old machine).

Dragged my save file from my Sulu1 machine, and dropped it here.

If this works well enough, I might look into upgrading it to 2GB RAM (apparently the max it will handle).

nic007 · Posted: Tue 18 Apr 2017, 02:16 Post subject:

greengeek · Posted: Tue 18 Apr 2017, 02:18 Post subject:

RetroTechGuy · Joined: 15 Dec 2009 Posts: 2937 Location: USA

Pelo

Broken keyboard or removable keyboard, type on your screen with xvkbd improved version 3.7 from french team. Works on wacom tablette.
However sonme testers would be welcome, some problems with tahrpup ..
My PuppyBang , tahrpup 6.0.2 use it without trouble
virtual keyboard 3.7 , pet here

daviddem · Joined: 22 Jan 2018 Posts: 12

Here is what eventually worked for me on the Asus UX51VZ (refer to this thread).

1) burn a flashdrive with the iso (Xenial64 and Slacko 6.3-64 both worked) using Rufus. Use "MBR partition scheme for BIOS and UEFI" option, file system FAT32 and "Create a bootable disk using ISO image". Press start and if prompted, stay with the ISO option (no need for dd).

2) access the UEFI BIOS (Advanced Startup Options in Windows 10 -> troubleshooting)
2a) disable secure boot and fast boot
2b) enable CSM (legacy BIOS boot)

3) Reboot in Windows 10

4) Go to Advanced Startup options again, but this time select "use device". You should get a UEFI option and a "hard drive" option. SELECT THE HARD DRIVE OPTION, not UEFI. This will boot your usb in legacy BIOS mode

5) Enjoy Puppy

I never managed to get UEFI to work, but so be it...

daarek5 · Joined: 21 Sep 2015 Posts: 22

My experiences so far All frugal install and basic usage:
Hp nc8430 Intel Core Duo T2500 2GHz Total RAM: 2 GB
with ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 - 256 MB (makes me angry due to heat needs tweak for low performance every puppy)
What works out of the box:
LxPupSc_17.04.1
lxtahr_15.05
slacko_6.3.2
stretch_7.5

Hp nx6110 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz Total RAM: 740 MB
What works out of the box:
LxPupSc_17.04.1
slacko_5.7.1
slacko_6.3.2

lxtahr_15.05 needs sound tweak

IBMR30 processor 1GHz Total RAM: 256 MB old, deathproof, I really like this laptop
What works out of the box:
puppy 4.3.1
slacko-5.6

Sadly not many recent messages in this topic. Sad

Please sent more recent raports which newer puppy works on what older laptop. Would be helpful for less experienced pepole (like me) when buying used laptop.

6502coder · Posted: Wed 17 Oct 2018, 14:44 Post subject:

Compaq Presario 2200 laptop (circa 2003)
32-bit 1.3 GHz Celeron M (nopae; has SSE and SSE2)
Distros that are "PAE-only" will run if I use the "forcepae" kernel option
1 GB RAM, 40 GB hard disk
Broadcom BCM4306 wireless

This is my "guinea pig" system and has run nearly everything I've thrown at it. Recent stuff that I've run successfully on it:

UPup Bionic Beaver 18.05+13
XenialPup CE 7.5
Dpup Stretch 7.5 RC3
Sailor E's Slacko 5.7 WoofCE
TahrPup 6.0.6