Macpup 525 & Macpup 528 & 528v2
I run bleeding edge libs and software on my IBM A22M which is pretty old.The only thing I want to know is, how will precise based puppies run on old computers?
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harry@Biker:~$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:cxx-3.0-ia32:cxx-3.0-noarch:cxx-3.1-ia32:cxx-3.1-noarch:cxx-3.2-ia32:cxx-3.2-noarch:desktop-3.1-ia32:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-ia32:desktop-3.2-noarch:graphics-2.0-ia32:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-ia32:graphics-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.2-ia32:graphics-3.2-noarch:qt4-3.1-ia32:qt4-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux testing (wheezy)
Release: testing
Codename: wheezy
harry@Biker:~$ uname -r
3.4.2-antix.2-486-smp
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harry@Biker:~$ apt-cache policy libgtk-3-0
libgtk-3-0:
Installed: 3.2.3-1
Candidate: 3.4.2-1
Version table:
3.4.2-1 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main i386 Packages
*** 3.2.3-1 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
The only problems I see with running latest stuff is minimum requirements for like latest firefox and flash on older computers.
Flash 11 minimum requirements
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplay ... specs.htmlLinux
2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel Atom 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbooks
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.6 or later (32-bit and 64-bit), openSUSE® 11.3 or later (32-bit and 64-bit), Ubuntu 10.04 or later (32-bit and 64-bit)
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 or Google Chrome
512MB of RAM; 128MB of graphics memory
Firefox 13 minimum requirements
So newer libs and Xorg is kinda of a must to keep up with changes with newer applications like browsers and flash.Linux
Software Requirements
Please note that Linux distributors may provide packages for your distribution which have different requirements.
Firefox will not run at all without the following libraries or packages:
GTK+ 2.10 or higher
GLib 2.12 or higher
Pango 1.14 or higher
X.Org 1.0 or higher (1.7 or higher is recommended)
libstdc++ 4.3 or higher
For optimal functionality, we recommend the following libraries or packages:
NetworkManager 0.7 or higher
DBus 1.0 or higher
HAL 0.5.8 or higher
GNOME 2.16 or higher
My specs from what I am posting from right now for a reference
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harry@Biker:~$ inxi -z -F
System: Host: Biker Kernel: 3.4.2-antix.2-486-smp i686 (32 bit)
Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-M11-686 Jayaben Desai 01 May 2011
Machine: Mobo: IBM model: 2628TWU Bios: IBM version: KXET33WW (1.06 ) date: 09/05/2001
CPU: Single core Pentium III (Coppermine) (-UP-) cache: 256 KB flags: (sse) clocked at 1000.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: ATI Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x
X.Org: 1.11.3.901 drivers: ati,mach64 (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@87.0hz
GLX Renderer: Rasterizer GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.2
Audio: Card: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] driver: snd_cs46xx
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.25
Network: Card-1: 3Com 3c556B CardBus [Tornado] driver: 3c59x
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Ralink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI driver: rt61pci
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 20.0GB (25.5% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: IC25N020ATCS04 size: 20.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 6.4G used: 3.5G (57%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 12G used: 4.8G (44%) fs: ext4
ID: swap-1 size: 0.76GB used: 0.01GB (2%) fs: swap
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 74.0C mobo: 47.0C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0
Info: Processes: 105 Uptime: 2:03 Memory: 292.1/501.5MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4
harry@Biker:~$
I will be ready to test Precise Macpup when runtt21 tells me it is ready. I will first test on my eeepcs and Acer Aspire One Atom and Celeron NetBooks. Then on my P3 gear after. I sold all of my P2 gear. I Just bought a 100 disk stack of cdr's at Wally World runtt21 so no sweat for disks in case my PLOP Floppy won't boot MacPup Precise on USB 1.1 with no usb bios support.
Happy Trails, Rok
After I did the dist upgrade. During upgrade I pulled in Flash 11.2. This broke flash for me on that IBM A22M computer. My browsers are current though. So I had to go to Adobe legacy flash download page. I downloaded Flash 11.1 to my laptop. Extracted libflashplayer.so from it.As you can see. I still have a apt-get dist-upgrade pending later. I will probably do this after this post.
I did a
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locate libflashplayer.so
I deleted the libflashplayer.so in there and put in my 11.1 libflashplayer.so I extracted in /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree directory in it's place. I then locked down flashplayer-nonfree in synaptic package manager so it would not upgrade flash anymore on that laptop.
On My M/C shop Desktop which is a P4 Emachine with 1 gig of ram. The Flashplayer upgrade to 11.2 worked fine. So you see. Hardware makes a difference now a days on what works and what does not work when it comes to flash at least.
Sorry if I got a bit off topic here runtt21. Just figured the info would be useful later for people with old gear.
I guess I got used to using flash because I need it on my more powerful netbooks and Desktops to run HuluDesktop .Gnuxo wrote:Rok, I don't bother with flash. It glitches and lags and slows down my entire pc. It's not worth the effort.
That's why I use addons and javascripts to play multimedia online.
It's faster and without the hassle.
I have not delved into using http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/50771 on my older gear yet. Still have some things to learn I guess.
New Video's by icyos :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxFx4EB7_Vc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SlU3jl44JE
And sneeky :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiVxcfRypZg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxFx4EB7_Vc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SlU3jl44JE
And sneeky :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiVxcfRypZg
Raster has added several new backgrounds to the current svn builds. I have packaged them up for macpup.
The wallpapers-1.pet is in the macpup 528 folder on my macpup page. Enjoy !!
http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-4ff21 ... 988247.jpg
http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-4ff21 ... 934501.jpg
http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-4ff21 ... 578395.jpg
http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-4ff21 ... 155864.jpg
The wallpapers-1.pet is in the macpup 528 folder on my macpup page. Enjoy !!
http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-4ff21 ... 988247.jpg
http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-4ff21 ... 934501.jpg
http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-4ff21 ... 578395.jpg
http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-4ff21 ... 155864.jpg
How interesting.
That was a nice review, though I really don't think flash should be preinstalled. There are numerous reasons for that, at least for me.
Though dpup exprimo has a little startup script that opens up the first time you launch a browser, asking whether you want to install flash, I usally hit cancel but that's probably the way to go to provide an option for the people needing it.
Personally, I'd rather firefox came with flashvideoreplacer preinstalled so that gecko mediaplayer can play some online vids.
That was a nice review, though I really don't think flash should be preinstalled. There are numerous reasons for that, at least for me.
Though dpup exprimo has a little startup script that opens up the first time you launch a browser, asking whether you want to install flash, I usally hit cancel but that's probably the way to go to provide an option for the people needing it.
Personally, I'd rather firefox came with flashvideoreplacer preinstalled so that gecko mediaplayer can play some online vids.
Another Sneeylinux video.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDvkDeVvgV4&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDvkDeVvgV4&feature=plcp
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Specifically Eden 11 Pet from
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=77354
Any Suggestions Please...
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http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=77354
Any Suggestions Please...
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