Memory Lane Projects, Refreshed

[belham2]

Hi belham2,

Since the time 0micko published Slacko 5.7 its been my workhorse, the 32-bit system I boot into whenever the current default on grub4dos doesn't provide what I want or I don't have a reason to play around with something else. It does what it does and it does it well and on every computer I've run it from (Toshiba Satellite L775 excepted).

So a current openssl would be appreciated. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would appreciate it, especially if "Its' good in many if not most others in i686-puppyland".

Perhaps you could post a short notice on the Additional Software Forum, Security, with a link.

Thanks,

mikesLr

Done.

Here's the link to the thread (and download link) in the Security section:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 225#962225

[watchdog]

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 149#941149

I join to Nostalgics Anonymous... (The problem is that I have plenty of old hardwares which work faster with old libs...)

[6502coder]

@belham2 and watchdog
Many thanks for the openssl pets!

[mikeslr]

Hi All,

Thought I'd just mention that despite its inability to properly render graphic rich webpages, and increasing inability to even access them, opera 12.16 remains, IMHO, the fastest, most versatile web-browser for old and even new Puppies, Opera 12.16 continues to present the web-pages of this Forum perfectly.

Pets can be located on several repos. But I just download and unpack to /mnt/home any of several offering from here: http://arc.opera.com/pub/opera/linux/1216/.

It can be run by browsing to and clicking the opera script. You can drag the script to the desktop (and give it a nice icon). Or, elsewhere, I've explained how to create a Menu Entry for such "External Program". http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 56c#507532. Once you have a Menu entry, you can also install it into a Launcher.

Run as an External Program, Opera is entirely self-contained. Settings and bookmarks are automatically stored into its folder, which is also where webpages are cached. Consequently, it takes up no room in a SaveFile beyond that involved to provide access to it; and no Save is necessary to preserve changes.

mikesLr

[belham2]

As time goes by, it makes me appreciate just how far Jemimah was ahead of her time. To this day, even the early Saluki 014 (iterations stopped in the mid 20s, if I recall correctly) just sings to a user today, right now, with its functionality, stability and looks/customization. Wherever you are, Jemimah, I hope you are well & know that you are missed:

[tallboy]

Anyway, those Puppies are now 4 years old. That's eons as computer
development goes. They were tops in their day -- 4 years ago.

If you want to upgrade them for pleasure or to "maintain your technique"
like a guitarist or a keyboardist, that's actually great -- for you.

My linuxbox was made almost 2 decades ago, 4 year old puppies are almost new! And remember, the worlds best guitar amplifiers, Marshall, are still made with vacuum tubes...

tallboy