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mistfire · #31 Post by **mistfire** » Fri 11 Jan 2019, 17:18

My homemade puplet X-Slacko Slim. It can install and use almost any linux package format natively including modules
My original project TazPuppy. Small, true multiuser, and highly portable.

mikeslr · #32 Post by **mikeslr** » Fri 11 Jan 2019, 22:51

Mine.

And you can't have it.

ITSMERSH · #33 Post by **ITSMERSH** » Fri 11 Jan 2019, 23:29

mikeslr wrote:Mine. And you can't have it.

musher0 · #34 Post by **musher0** » Sat 12 Jan 2019, 02:36

mikeslr wrote:Mine. And you can't have it.

Ditto!

perdido · #35 Post by **perdido** » Sat 12 Jan 2019, 22:17

The puppy 4.12-4.31

, and later developement & redevelopement by darry, mikeb, rerwin, tuxtoo, and others makes it my
favorite (note my favorite does not mean the same as my most useful)

jemimah released frisbee and it was backwards compatible to the 4.xx T2 puppies helping it along....

Still being supported and developed for.....

https://412collection.neocities.org/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/anitaos/

The original 5.xx series are a close second, talking about before the woofCE era (which deserves recognition in its own right,)
and the people currently developing deserve recognition for keeping it all going & bypassing all the obstacles current linux developement
throws in the way.

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8Geee · #36 Post by **8Geee** » Mon 14 Jan 2019, 21:52

I have not voted. This because I have not tried many of the other pups listed.

One thing I do agree upon is the machine at hand. For old machines a series 2 kernel probaably works best... so maybe puppy 3-series. Stuff about 10 years old looks like Slacko5.7 (however, due to CPU problems needing a kernel fix, only a supported 3-series kernel can accomplish this... so Slacko5.8CE)

If you're lucky, like me, running an AtomCPU, Slacko5.7.

My opinion is the simpler, smaller, and effective... the better the pup.

Newer CPU's after 2011 could use anything made after Slacko5.7, it depends upon what one is familiar, and what one needs, and what browser one knows how to configure.

That last sentance escapes most people... they don't configure the browser, just add favorites/bookmarks.

Regards
8Geee

ozsouth · #37 Post by **ozsouth** » Tue 15 Jan 2019, 12:24

Slacko64 700RC with extensive updates. Also Lxpup64.

Mike Walsh · #38 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Tue 15 Jan 2019, 20:24

Well, I'm surprised that I seem to have missed this thread..!

What to choose, what to choose..? Eeeh, that's a hard one, that really is. I run around a dozen Pups, and I like every one of them; they all have their own 'character'.

I started with Tahr 6.0 CE in November '14. Soon followed by Micko's 'classic' Slacko 5.7.0. Tahr was the first Linux distro to run OOTB on ye ancient Dell lappie. Slacko has proved, again & again, to be absolutely rock-solid, and the best 'workhorse' of the lot. Sailor's 5.7.1 'upgrade' has just improved on an already flawless Puppy.

Racy, I just love playing around with.....and it's surprised me just what you can run with it. Same goes for Lucid 5.2.8.7.....and with discovering the age-related 'old-releases' repos at Ubuntu, it's not so hard to dig out necessary dependencies for Lupu. Precise 571 continues to amaze me; despite being nearly 2 years beyond EOL, the repos are all still available.

------------------------------------

I'm going to list my personal Top 5:-

1 ) Slacko 5.7.0
2 ) Slacko 5.6.0 (which I'm in right now, posting from Fred's current Quantum-portable, 64.0.2)
3 ) Xenialpup 7.0.8.1
4 ) Xenialpup64 7.5
5 ) Pemasu's Upup 'Raring'

(What can I say? The 'big' Compaq is 64-bit capable.....but I just like 32-bit Puppies. Always will.....and nowt's gonna persuade me otherwise!)

Mike.

darry19662018 · #39 Post by **darry19662018** » Mon 21 Jan 2019, 02:31

Well 4.31 would be one of the best Puppies ever 2009 17/10/2009 - wow time flies and 4.12 from 2008 and not forgetting 3.01.

Mike Walsh · #40 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Tue 22 Jan 2019, 01:09

darry19662018 wrote:Well 4.31 would be one of the best Puppies ever 2009 17/10/2009 - wow time flies and 4.12 from 2008 and not forgetting 3.01.

@ darry:-

Y'know, I've heard much praise for 431 this last few years. Is it still possible to get .pets'n'stuff that will work with it? Am I right in thinking the website mikeb helps to maintain is a relevant one? Will 412 stuff work for 431?

And what about a 'modern' browser for it? I've no idea how old the glibc must be. Perhaps one of watchdog's Palemoon packages with the glibc 'tweak', yes?

I'm genuinely curious about this, now. If I can still get packages for it, I may well give it a look. I've had the ISO for a while now, but have always been uncertain about software availability.....

Mike.

darry19662018 · #41 Post by **darry19662018** » Sat 02 Feb 2019, 05:22

Hi Mike,

Sorry for late reply on the internet infrequently.

Anyway yes one of the Palemoon 4.31 specific packages made by Watchdog will work he explains those needed. I will try to find that info.

darry19662018 · #42 Post by **darry19662018** » Sat 02 Feb 2019, 07:03

Here they are for pre version 28 Palemoon glibc2.19 builds
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=948200
Wiki info:
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PaleMoon

Palemoon Downloads:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-_rR4Y ... sp=sharing

SSE Build
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qx6-28 ... sp=sharing

nic007 · #43 Post by **nic007** » Sat 02 Feb 2019, 07:41

Still using Tahr 605 although I have stripped the old Palemoon browser and replaced it with a newer Seamonkey. Now I have the last "newer Seamonkey" to run with glibc2 libraries. The latest browsers are going to require glibc3 libraries and maybe a newer Puppy. A real sad state of affairs as your browser is now dictating which operating system to use.

musher0 · #44 Post by **musher0** » Mon 04 Feb 2019, 19:55

Hi, nic007.

Sad state of affairs indeed.

However, norgo knows how to compile the newer seamonkeys so they will
run under gtk-2. (Please see toards the end of the slacko-rc3 thread.)
Maybe ask him a favor?

Just a thought. BFN.

#45 Post by **ttuuxxx** » Sat 09 Feb 2019, 10:28

foxpup wrote:
infromthepound wrote:Legacy.
I miss the 2 and 4 series in the list. I would probably go for the 214 Classic Pup with the beetle from ttuuxxx then.

love it thanks

01101001b · #46 Post by **01101001b** » Tue 01 Oct 2019, 22:16

mistfire wrote:My homemade puplet X-Slacko Slim

+1
Yes, I've tried it and I got quite impressed. Good work!
Now, due to job pressures, I was obliged to make the jump to 64bit

so I had to leave my beloved dpup stretch 7.5 RC2 32bit.
Nonetheless, I was lucky to find dpupbuster64 8.0.0. So far, a worthy succesor

nic007 · #47 Post by **nic007** » Wed 02 Oct 2019, 01:35

The voting poll is confusing as many of the Puppys that are listed are actually thoroughbred Puppys and not derivatives.

ravensrest · #48 Post by **ravensrest** » Wed 02 Oct 2019, 15:32

Precise 5.7.1

nitehawk · #49 Post by **nitehawk** » Sun 20 Oct 2019, 14:27

ravensrest wrote:Precise 5.7.1

Yes,...Precise 5.7.1,..(and Racy,...and Puppy 4.3.1)...

oui · #50 Post by **oui** » Sun 20 Oct 2019, 20:07

for my active PC's, they are:

64 bit

QUIRKY Wary-6.9.9
see the size at http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky ... 4-6.99.iso

32 bit

Slacko 5.3
the version adapted for my PC configuration
see http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-5.3.3/

erasing the (now too old) built-in browser, you can remaster it UNDER 100 MB! THIS TO USE YOUR ACTUAL BROWSER AS *.SFS)

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a real Puppy please, no tiny elephant or xyz-saurus