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musher0
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 14528 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Fri 20 Oct 2017, 22:43 Post subject:
xenialPup-7.0.6 32-bits with kernel 4.1 Subject description: The missing link? |
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Please Note --
Some URLs below were changed because forum member augras (whom I thank
most sincerely) changed the French PuppyLinux repo from one server to another at
the end of October.
I tried to be as precise as possible, but should you have a problem finding a file
listed in the following posts, please let me know, I'll correct the URL ASAP.
Thanks for your understanding.
musher0
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Hello all.
This thread to present what I feel is a missing link in Puppy evolution:
xenialPup-7.0.6 32-bits with kernel 4.1
While 666philb has done a more than excellent job putting the XenialPup
together and similarly, ETP proposing variants of it, those Puppies all
come with the 4.9 kernel. Now on my machine (see hw listing attached),
kernel 4.9 makes anything run as slow as molasses in winter.
So this evening I whipped up a new xenialPup with the help of wiak's
excellent automated script.
I didn't bother editing anything in the woof template, I simply produced a
small pupsave file with what I think are essential additional configs.
Unload, unpack and use this pupsave only if you wish to.
Contrary to what I usually do, I left this iso as close to the original as
possible. Only an additional background (the default ones are so ugly!)
and some simple configurations, in particular a proper drop-down
menu of directories in ROX and a digital clock in the traybar that you can
see without glasses. Also a logical repositioning (IMO) of the desktop
icons to leave room to potential ROX bars.
To the core of the matter: xenialPup-7.0.6 with kernel 4.1 now works
speedily on my old box. Hopefully, it will run at a reasonable speed on
your old box as well.
Available here:
http://augras.eu/puppy_linux/musher0/xenialPup-706-k41/distro/xenial-7.0.6.iso
Enjoy!
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PS. FYI, ubuntu's xenial xerus comes with kernel 4.4.
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I was born to love and not to hate. (Sophocles)
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musher0
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 14528 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Sat 21 Oct 2017, 04:30 Post subject:
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With icewm as WM.
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I was born to love and not to hate. (Sophocles)
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belham2
Joined: 15 Aug 2016 Posts: 1707
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Posted: Sat 21 Oct 2017, 05:55 Post subject:
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musher0 wrote: | With icewm as WM. |
Doggone, Musher, you are becoming a bona-fide Artiste with icewm! It ressemble à un renoir classique et élégant.
Downloading now to give it some use in a 'frugal' install. Merci!
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ally

Joined: 19 May 2012 Posts: 1931 Location: lincoln, uk
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Posted: Sat 21 Oct 2017, 06:01 Post subject:
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mirrored here: http://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_xenialpup
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musher0
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 14528 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Sat 21 Oct 2017, 12:20 Post subject:
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belham2 wrote: | musher0 wrote: | With icewm as WM. | Doggone, Musher, you are becoming a bona-fide Artiste with icewm! It ressemble à un renoir classique et élégant.
Downloading now to give it some use in a 'frugal' install. Merci! |
My pleasure. Thanks for the kind words, belham2,
but I have no merit. That beautiful picture of a sunset on ranching
operations in the Australian outback is from a talented photographer
named Tobias Keller. You'll find that picture under #104263 on
unsplash.com. https://unsplash.com/photos/ucdh5HMkRMg
As to the icewm version, I had Puppyfied a development v. last March
(the one here, if anybody wants it:
http://augras.eu/puppy_linux/?dir=musher0/Dpup_Stretch/Bureau)
so it was no trouble this time.
Finally Great Wizard Wiak has removed any effort from creating a Pup!
So you see, basically I have no merit. I saw a hole on Puppy Road and I
filled it. Plain and simple.
BFN.
_________________ musher0
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Je suis né pour aimer et non pas pour haïr. (Sophocle) /
I was born to love and not to hate. (Sophocles)
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musher0
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 14528 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Sat 21 Oct 2017, 12:21 Post subject:
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Many thanks, ally!
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Je suis né pour aimer et non pas pour haïr. (Sophocle) /
I was born to love and not to hate. (Sophocles)
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sheldonisaac
Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 865 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Posted: Sat 21 Oct 2017, 21:53 Post subject:
Re: xenialPup-7.0.6 32-bits with kernel 4.1 Subject description: The missing link? |
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musher0 (in part) wrote: | xenialPup-7.0.6 32-bits with kernel 4.1 |
Downloaded a few minutes ago.
Booted with
Code: | title xenial706
root (hd0,0)
kernel /xenial706/vmlinuz psubdir=/xenial706 pmedia=atahd pfix=fsck
initrd /xenial706/initrd.gz
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sfs_load Iron browser 58.0.3050.0
Posting from it now.
Merci beaucoup, et bonne nuit.
Sheldon
(on the Dell E6410)
_________________ Dell E6410: BusterPup, Ermine, Xenial, etc
Intel DQ35JOE, Dell Vostro 430
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musher0
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 14528 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Sun 22 Oct 2017, 00:31 Post subject:
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Thanks, Sheldon.
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I was born to love and not to hate. (Sophocles)
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musher0
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 14528 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Sun 22 Oct 2017, 23:10 Post subject:
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Good evening.
For those of you who have an old box with 4 Gb's of RAM or more, here
is a 4.1.2 PAE kernel and zdrv: ALTxenialPup706-PAEkrnl+zdrv.zip
http://augras.eu/puppy_linux/?dir=musher0/xenialPup-706-k41/distro/AutreNoyau
It's the same kernel as the one in the iso, but with PAE enabled. I like the
idea that my Pup can use all my available RAM.
All thanks go to stemsee for compiling this kernel:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=856290&sort=lastpost#856290
I just renamed the modules sfs and repackaged the files for this xenialPup-7.0.6.
Before copying and using these files, please make sure that you
have stored the originals in a safe place. Please also note that this
replacement operation has to be done from another Pup or Linux distro.
Once the replacement is done, reboot your xenial32-706, and you're back
in business.
Enjoy!
_________________ musher0
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Je suis né pour aimer et non pas pour haïr. (Sophocle) /
I was born to love and not to hate. (Sophocles)
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musher0
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 14528 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Sun 22 Oct 2017, 23:52 Post subject:
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Hello again.
Here is Apache Open Office 4.1.4, released two weeks ago. It comes in two sfs's:
the suite itself and the en_US package. Please download the general suite from:
http://augras.eu/puppy_linux/?dir=musher0/apacheOpenOffice
The help, resources and menu files in US English, aOO-4.1.4_en-US.sfs,
are in the same ftp directory.
Once the archives have finished downloading in /mnt/home or in your
Puppy's directory, load the two sfs's with sfs_load one after the other.
Please download also a small pet archive in that directory named
"aOO-4.1.2_dsktp2.pet": once installed, it will set up the icons properly for the
Puppy menu. The *.desktop files provided by the aOO people do not work ex-
factory, they had to be massaged to work on Puppy.
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Why aOO? I recently had the occasion to work on a highly formatted docx
file in both LibreOffice and aOO. aOO did a much better job of rendering
the docx layout. It took me a couple of minutes in aOO to reproduce the
original layout, whereas it would have taken at least half an hour with
LibreOffice. (My client had been kind enough to also provide a PDF version
of the document, so I could readily compare.)
Enjoy!
_________________ musher0
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Je suis né pour aimer et non pas pour haïr. (Sophocle) /
I was born to love and not to hate. (Sophocles)
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roadkill13
Joined: 10 Aug 2011 Posts: 155 Location: United States
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Posted: Mon 23 Oct 2017, 01:16 Post subject:
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I installed this to my little EEEPC 901.
Quote: | System: Host: puppypc3376 Kernel: 4.1.30 i686 (32 bit) Desktop: JWM 2.3.5
Distro: xenialpup 7.0.6
Machine: Device: laptop System: ASUSTeK product: 901 v: x.x serial: EeePC-1234567890
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: 901 v: x.xx serial: EeePC-0123456789
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 2103 date: 06/11/2009
Battery BAT0: charge: 50.4 Wh 100.0% condition: 50.4/57.6 Wh (87%)
CPU: Single core Intel Atom N270 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB
clock speeds: max: 1600 MHz 1: 1599 MHz 2: 1599 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller
Display Server: X.org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
tty size: 83x29 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.1.30
Network: Card: Ralink RT2790 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R PCIe driver: rt2800pci
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:15:af:e6:83:46
Drives: HDD Total Size: 12.1GB (33.5% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: ASUS size: 4.0GB
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: ASUS size: 8.1GB
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info: Processes: 112 Uptime: 33 min Memory: 200.2/2006.3MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.8 |
It seems to be running quite well at the moment.
Thank you very much.
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musher0
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 14528 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Mon 23 Oct 2017, 04:03 Post subject:
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You're welcome, roadkill13! Nice background!
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Je suis né pour aimer et non pas pour haïr. (Sophocle) /
I was born to love and not to hate. (Sophocles)
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musher0
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 14528 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Mon 23 Oct 2017, 04:14 Post subject:
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Hello all.
I found the official logo for this xenial ground squirrel!
https://fossbytes.com/official-logo-mascot-ubuntu-16-04-lts-xenial-xerus
You may want to use the attached at the icon for the xenialPup directory?
BFN
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sheldonisaac
Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 865 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Posted: Mon 23 Oct 2017, 08:41 Post subject:
the 4.1.2 PAE kernel and zdrv |
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musher0 (in part) wrote: | Good evening.
For those of you who have an old box with 4 Gb's of RAM or more, here
is a 4.1.2 PAE kernel and zdrv | Good morning. I'm on the Dell E6410 with 4GB. It's from about the year 2010. I don't understand "old box"; is this 32-bit Xenial not good for this computer? Please excuse me: I still do not understand the advantages and disadvantages of a 32-bit vs 64-bit operating system on a computer with a 64-bit processor.
Code: | uname -a
Linux puppypc24708 4.1.2-EmSee-32-pae #1 SMP Wed Jul 15 12:39:34 BST 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
| Is that correct for this latest version? I'm using it now, with the Iron browser.
_________________ Dell E6410: BusterPup, Ermine, Xenial, etc
Intel DQ35JOE, Dell Vostro 430
Dell Mini 9, Acer Aspire One, EeePC 1018P
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musher0
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 14528 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Mon 23 Oct 2017, 13:29 Post subject:
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sheldonisaac wrote: | musher0 (in part) wrote: | Good evening.
For those of you who have an old box with 4 Gb's of RAM or more, here
is a 4.1.2 PAE kernel and zdrv | Good morning. I'm on the Dell E6410 with 4GB. It's from about the year 2010. I don't understand "old box"; is this 32-bit Xenial not good for this computer? Please excuse me: I still do not understand the advantages and disadvantages of a 32-bit vs 64-bit operating system on a computer with a 64-bit processor.
Code: | uname -a
Linux puppypc24708 4.1.2-EmSee-32-pae #1 SMP Wed Jul 15 12:39:34 BST 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
| Is that correct for this latest version? I'm using it now, with the Iron browser. |
Hi Sheldon.
Same as mine! Quote: | uname -a
Linux puppypcNNNNN 4.1.2-EmSee-32-pae #1 SMP Wed Jul 15 12:39:34 BST 2015 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux | It is not so much a question of "latest version" as a question of "pae".
When I say "old box", I mean any computer, 32-bit or 64-bit, that becomes sluggish
when running a variant of xenialPup, or any Pup or distro, equipped with a recent
kernel (e.g. a 4.9 kernel). My portable box is 10 years old and is a 64-bit dual-core.
As a matter of personal choice, I prefer to run 32-bit Pups on it, because I like
a Pup to be "snappy". On this machine of mine, 64-bits Pups are rarely "snappy".
Also, as a matter of personal belief, I think 64-bits multi-core computers are only
required if you want to calculate the probabilities of a manned space craft NOT
crashing into a comet on the way to AlphaCentauri.
In other words, I believe that normal humans doing normal day-to-day activities do
not need the power that multi-core 64-bits computers provide.
We commoners push our 32-bits to the limit and spend whatever little money.we
earn each week for more essential things: food on the table, for example. Or buying
your child or grand-child a little present.
No one should be forced into buying a multi-core 64-bit computer when the one they
have is still working nicely. We adapt the software to what people have. We do not
force people to have the hardware that cutting-edge developers want people to have.
That's what I say.
I hope this answers your question. BFN.
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Je suis né pour aimer et non pas pour haïr. (Sophocle) /
I was born to love and not to hate. (Sophocles)
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