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#76 Post by greengeek »

If anyone feels up to it could i request an article outlining the general usage of all the x..drvs eg: adrv, zdrv, fdrv etc?

What files would one put where - and why?

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#77 Post by Griot »

greengeek wrote:If anyone feels up to it could i request an article outlining the general usage of all the x..drvs eg: adrv, zdrv, fdrv etc?

What files would one put where - and why?
+1 on this. It certainly needs more attention.

BTW, great effort @smokey01.
A lot of good reads, considering lenghty hiatus in using Puppy.
Thanks a lot & keep it up!

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#78 Post by smokey01 »

Now that the June newsletter is out, contributions for July are open.

Pelo

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#79 Post by Pelo »

smokey01 wrote:Off the top of my head I can't remember any really old programs that are better than the newer ones. I may have to crack open some very old iso's to remind myself.
eh eh eh pay attention. I was quiet burned when i browsed all multimedia and graphics programs existing in this forum..
We cannot give the opinion that old programs are all unserviceable.
Some will work on all Puppies, even just born
Some will work on classical puppies as Racy 5.2.2 5.3 5.5 Saluki (smokey know them)
Some work on some puppies (rare) , i cannot give explanations.
Each time i post the result, ignoring flames and shots.
Truth is that people posting now are not interested in application for leasure time of our thousands of passengers. There has been a little kick out by some developers (learners)
Business is compltely given up, in spite of people argue they buy a computer for that. Games is the same, however people play a lot with a computer.
Isn't it strange ??? our forum looks like the blackboard of a mathematics classroom, full of formulas. People escape.

i could explain by the fact that many forum suscribers are from educational world, and they miss teaching. I am not blaming them. But wen you post to feed back that XFCE apps wil do the job, you are quite disturbing people installing kernels and kernels..

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#80 Post by 6502coder »

The Newsletter index file has been updated thru the June issue.
Download from here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 064#950064

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#81 Post by mawebb88 »

Thanks smokey01 for the Puppy Linux newsletter. Always read it and find it full of useful tips. Organising photos is one of my hobbies and your article in the July edition was very useful. Mike

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#82 Post by 6502coder »

The newsletter index file has been updated thru the July 2017 issue.
Get it here as usual:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 064#950064

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#83 Post by Puppyt »

I've got to also thank all the contributors for their efforts - succinct and really useful info that is timely for my projects that crop up or have been sitting on the backburner awaiting for such impetus the Newsletter provides. Obviously the recent newsletter regarding photo archiving, image editing (wish I could make the best out of mtpaint - http://puppylinux.org/wikka/UsingMtPaint; http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/handbook ... ap_00.html; https://opensource.com/article/17/2/mtp ... mated-gifs; http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 134#780134 touch on some of the non-intuitive quirks), tips like using wget automagically for accurate downloads from browser links, command-line calculator etc are ones that come to mind as I now use regularly. I really enjoy the biographies of various Puppy stalwarts. You do a fabulous job smokey01 [EDIT - !!] and co-editors, and this is a really appreciated resource.
Do you have a wish-list of topics perhaps that can be divvied-up by potential contributors? Myself I find difficult to think of a topic I have any knowledge of that might suit the Newsletter format,
Cheers again
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#84 Post by rockedge »

Hello Puppyt

well said! I agree. Greetings from coastline of North America.

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#85 Post by smokey01 »

I have received an article called "Puppy passion" but I'm not sure who wrote it. Could the author please PM me so I can give you the credit. Thanks

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#86 Post by Puppyt »

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10 IF "Mystery Man"="6502coder" THEN LET "Puppyt"="PRIZE" ELSE PRINT "TRY AGAIN!"
Hey great work on the august August edition of the Newsletter, smokey01- thanks! In Haste
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#87 Post by Moat »

Puppyt wrote:Hey great work on the august August edition of the Newsletter
Yes indeedy! I'm about halfway through... outstanding and fun. I'm gonna guess Prehistoric... :)

Thanks, Smokey! :!:

Bob

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#88 Post by rockedge »

the "mystery man" interview in the August edition is outstanding!! Excellent and really peaked my interest. Totally interesting person on top of it all. Love the news letter in general....

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#89 Post by 6502coder »

Puppyt wrote:

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10 IF "Mystery Man"="6502coder" THEN LET "Puppyt"="PRIZE" ELSE PRINT "TRY AGAIN!"
TRY AGAIN! :lol:

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#90 Post by Terry H »

Thanks smokey01 and all contributors. Another great installment with lots of great information.

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#91 Post by mavrothal »

"mystery man" must be really old. He clearly preseeds linux history (sic) :wink:
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#92 Post by rockedge »

debugging micro-code, space program, pre Altair 680b and the Apple 1... worked on code for mainframes that had magnetic core RAM.....a tick older I would agree.

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#93 Post by MochiMoppel »

Must be user prehistoric.
Do I get a prize?

Edit: Ah...Moat and mavrothal were faster. Seems I wasn't built for speed :lol:

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#94 Post by perdido »

Mystery man was a nice read. Freddie FADAC, teletypes, paper tapes and nixie tubes, how computing was meant to be!

Thanks for the nice read.

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#95 Post by smokey01 »

MochiMoppel wrote:Must be user prehistoric.
Do I get a prize?
:lol:
Yeah, you get to help me solve this:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 935#962935
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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