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Well if you go to /root/.gtkrc-2.0 and open it as text and then add these lines to the very top sectionbrymway wrote:Rox is no harder to get used to than the rest of the new operating system when coming from windows or osx. Rox quickly becomes a part of the system that you can forget about and move on to learning more things. While rox is rock solid, I do wish is were a little more configurable. It's not changable as far as appearances go and I think it would be fun to tweak a little. Otherwise, it's perfect for Puppy.
rox is only 386kb including the mimes, xfce is like 12 times the size, or it only 4.3MB larger,lol thats huge. Rox plus icewm is around 1MB or rox plus jwm is around 500KB37fleetwood wrote:perhaps I left out the bother of having to click on the up arrow a dozen times and then click on corresponding folder icons to move from one place to another while a two paned filer lets me, with one click move between directories, saving lots of time and hassle.
another question, just how big is Thunar or PcMan? the pet for XFCE 4.6.1 is only 4.7mb.
all of XFCE is 4.7 meg, not Thunar. how big is Thunar itself? also just because Microsoft uses a 2 paned filer doesn't mean they're wrong on it being better. also this isn't about making Puppy more windows like, it's about making it function better for more people. it still seems soo simple! keep Rox, Make Thunar and PcMan available in the repositories! how much simpler can it get???ttuuxxx wrote:rox is only 386kb including the mimes, xfce is like 12 times the size, or it only 4.3MB larger,lol thats huge. Rox plus icewm is around 1MB or rox plus jwm is around 500KB37fleetwood wrote:perhaps I left out the bother of having to click on the up arrow a dozen times and then click on corresponding folder icons to move from one place to another while a two paned filer lets me, with one click move between directories, saving lots of time and hassle.
another question, just how big is Thunar or PcMan? the pet for XFCE 4.6.1 is only 4.7mb.
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again my suggestion is and has been keep Rox and simply put a .pet for PcMan or something in the repository.ttuuxxx wrote:last time I looked at xfce, which I do like, I don't like thunar what so ever, Rox is still number 1. but the rest of xfce is pretty good, as you know I did release a few xfburn packages, But when I last tried it, xfce didn't do xdg menus fully, and if thats still the case, what would you suggest then, removed something that works and is stable and replace it with some thing that fully doesn't work, do you expect people to manually create menu listings?? That would be a very large pain in the butt.
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Exactly, I never said replace rox completely, Just as a filer. It is great for everything else and it would still be an option as a filer.37fleetwood wrote:all of XFCE is 4.7 meg, not Thunar. how big is Thunar itself? also just because Microsoft uses a 2 paned filer doesn't mean they're wrong on it being better. also this isn't about making Puppy more windows like, it's about making it function better for more people. it still seems soo simple! keep Rox, Make Thunar and PcMan available in the repositories! how much simpler can it get???
I understand what you are saying but the definition of old hardware is something that will always be changing. Is there a Puppy that will run on this?37fleetwood wrote: @Max Uglee:
the whole point of Puppy is to get the most bang for the least amount of space. Puppy's main thrust is toward older machines and people who don't want alot of extra stuff and are willing to put up with the inconvenience. if you have a computer that can handle a bigger system Ubuntu or one of the others will be much more full featured, Puppy will always tend toward small and light. keep in mind it needs to be small enough to run in ram on a computer with as low as 128meg of ram and some of that needs to be available for swap to work well.
My point is go with the times. If not the market is going to shrink exponentially. It's great to go back and update the old stuff but you have to draw the line somewhere.Originally named the V1, the Z1 began development in 1936 by Germany's Konrad Zuse in his parents living room and today is considered the first electrical binary programmable computer. The Z1 had 64-word memory (each word contained 22 bits) and a clock speed of 1 Hz. To program the the Z1 required that the user insert punch tape into a punch tape reader and all output was also generated through punch tape.
You missed my point. I am talking about user friendliness, not windows-like. Two VERY different things.brymway wrote:Your arguement is a good one. I guess I never thought to make a filer as "windows-like" as possible. I don't even consider it because of MY view of windows and mac.
