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Still a WIP (see changelog)

~90% done.

Cool! Thanks!

Alpha 3 status: ~95% done. Changelog updated

Alpha3 is uploading right now

So far I have played with alpha 1 and 2 both looking good, nice and quick too. Keep up the good work Synth. I particular like the changelog, its interesting learning the sorts of things you go about changing to make improvements. I especially liked the entryy:
"- Less crap,more speed"

With regards to updating my turbopup, am I right in thinking that if I already have a frugal install of turbopup then to install a new version all I have to do is create a LiveUSB with new release, boot from LiveUSB and then copy
initrd.gz
pup_xxx.sfs (whatever the new version is called)
vmlinuz
from USB to frugal root and thats it?

synth wrote:Still a WIP (see changelog)

~90% done.

Oh, so THAT's what the word "WIP" means in the changelog!!!

ComputerBob wrote:Oh, so THAT's what the word "WIP" means in the changelog!!!

I thought everyone knew that, but then again I know people that don't know what MISC means either.

This is a cool idea synth. Can't wait to try alpha 3.

alex12 wrote:

ComputerBob wrote:Oh, so THAT's what the word "WIP" means in the changelog!!!

I thought everyone knew that, but then again I know people that don't know what MISC means either.

I know what you mean. To take it one step further,there are even people who do not know what the letters RUDE stand for.

puppyiso wrote:Synth,please don't rush with Alpha3. Even if everybody is chanting, cooking takes time. Don't make half baked cookies..

The more you wait, the better it will get. Turbopup rocks!

I can wait

bigbeck wrote: I know what you mean. To take it one step further, there are even people who do not know what the letters RUDE stand for.

Wasn't intended that way.

alex12 wrote:
Wasn't intended that way.

My apologies

I remember, back in the early 90s when PCMCIA devices first came out, someone wrote an article that jokingly said that PCMCIA stood for

People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms.

Is alpha 3 still coming? It looks like there was a near-release (turned into a placeholder), and it's been hovering at 95% done for a few days now. Everything alright?

98% done.

There are two bugs blocking this release.
If you want alpha 3 badly,I can release it right now, but don't complain if anything goes wrong.

Bugs like this one (reported by panzerpuppy):

panzerpuppy wrote:

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tclsh /usr/bin/mtpaintsnapshot.sh

The tcl shell script executes mtPaint and takes a screenshot after a specified delay.
After editing the image and closing the window,mtPaint ends nicely,but the tcl shell script remains active (isn't terminated).

After making 100 screenshots with mtPaint,you get 100 instances of the shell script running in the background,wasting precious resources.

can be bad for your old low-spec box

100 scripts? Ouch! Take your time then.

Sorry about that.

(Maybe you can upload some WIPs to that site for the diligent to check for and grab?)

One bug squashed,one to go.

gabe wrote: Maybe you can upload some WIPs to that site for the diligent to check for and grab?

That's a waste of precious bandwidth / server space

synth wrote:One bug squashed,one to go.

Yay, synth!

Turbopup Alpha 3 is out !

See first page for changelog and download links.

Gebbly wrote:I especially liked the entry:
"- Less crap,more speed"

Alpha 3 delivers! - 5 MiB* less crap,less RAM usage and faster boot times

* = extracted (the ISO size is 2 MiB smaller)

I've made a frugal install for testing and I'm stuck when trying to establish wireless network connection for my Fujitsu Siemens Amilo with a Intel 2200BG card. The ipw2200 refuses to load. I've tried to use the Network Wizard from the menu (won't start when clicking desktop icon) and tried to load module from Boot Manager after having made a save-pup. Maybe I'm too accustomed to have everything just work?

I'm running Tuxx' version of Puppy 4.2 without any problem on the same laptop.