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GuestToo · Puppy Master Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078

i think what you are looking for is in /root/.icewm/preferences:

# Desktop mouse-button click to show the root menu
# DesktopMenuButton=3 # [0-20]

this line is commented, so Icewm uses the default, which is that the mouse button 3 (right click) will show the menu

i have configured my package the way i like, and MU has configured his package the way he likes ... in this particular case i did not change the default configuration

most of the configuration items i did not change ... i tried to label most of my changes ... either with a #G2 tag ... some of my configuration changes are at the bottom of the preferences file, in a group

WhoDo · Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2007, 01:14 Post subject:

lickthefrog2 · Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 57

Very teensy, tiny point--and I could be wrong--but I don't think there should be a comma before "versatility" nor "vapidity" in the logo on the wiki page. Come to think of it, there probably shouldn't be a comma after "versatility".

DC · Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2007, 13:59 Post subject:

Hi All,

Viz 2.15CE - have been reading through the forum regarding what programmes should be in and what should be out.
Would it be simple / easy to list the multiple programmes in a voting form for everybody to select what they would like in? And to record that you have voted (for the usual reasons).

I do have one objection to the windows look alike contest. That is the “Start” button! I think the button marked as “Menu” is more in keeping with the puppy style.

DC

WhoDo · Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2007, 17:14 Post subject:

MU · Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2007, 17:36 Post subject:

I had configured Icewm-Ultra like this, because at that time there were many requests in the forum to suppress a menu with click on the desktop.
Later, in Muppy, I re-activated it again, because I really missed it Wink

Mark

WhoDo · Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2007, 18:46 Post subject:

Pizzasgood · Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2007, 19:50 Post subject:

Great. Now when I'm home for the weekend I can get my sister's IceWM working again. She'll be happy, and messing with her computer will be more tolerable for me too.

Pizzasgood · Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2007, 22:38 Post subject:

Okay, I have set up a hopefully Puppy 2.15CE friendly version of PupBeGone. It doesn't have the fancy GUI or the speed of PETget, but it gets the job done. It comes with a basic .desktop entry too.

pupbegone-1.5.pet

Just decompress this and it should give you an Unleashed-friendly package directory. I haven't actually tested it with Unleashed though. I do know it works when installed in 2.14 with PETget though.

This has a dependency on the 0pkgs_db package. That is what contains the data it needs to uninstall things. It is created/updated by the createpetgets script in Unleashed. That must be done whenever the other packages have changed. It doesn't have to be done every time, just when you want PupBeGone to work correctly. You should do it anyway in the end, so you can create the PETget packages for the repository.

veronicathecow · Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 526

Really love right mouse click brings up menu. Less mouse movement means less RSI and faster working. Definitly essential in my opinion. Thanks

taichifu · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 45

Read with great interest all the post. Why not include a universal printing Kernel (as in Ubuntu) to enable us to connect any printer straight out of the box, as CUPS although workable is a hit or miss (in my case), also a scanning utlilty for scanner install. I think Opera would be better as a standard rather than Firefox, as it is more user friendly. Also K3B for CR/DVD writing for it's user friendliness and stability, it was included in Puppy v2.10 so why not in the latest releases. Forget the awful KDE and Gnome, not needed.Abiword and gnumeric is excellent as it is no need for OO, too cumbersome and slow. After all why copy Microsoft, it's suppose to be a different OS much sleeker,faster and stable.

Cheers

Firescarab · Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Manchester, UK

I’m a simple soul with simple needs. Currently, Puppy offers the best option for some of those needs. I use Puppy Linux on my old low spec’d laptop (rather than scrapping it – “Save the Planet”) to wirelessly connect (using a PCMCIA Card) to the Internet. Providing the O/S can load quickly, run quickly have a nice GUI and can cope with all the websites I visit and all the normal and immerging standards that that entails then I’m happy. Personally I believe Linux must not follow the MS route of becoming bloated - it will be their down fall.

Wireless and broadband have caused a revolution. It seems to me that most PCs are just becoming terminals. If you want a calculator, a metric/imperial conversion tool, a spreadsheet, a route planner or what ever they are all out there as web pages. Linux must become more accessible to women rather then the computer academic, the hobbyist, the boffin (all of whom are predominately men). Only when this happens will Linux come out of the computing back waters and be part of the lives of the common people selling things on Ebay, ordering holidays, reading film reviews and all the things people do.

Pizzasgood · Posted: Fri 02 Mar 2007, 14:55 Post subject:

bobn9lvu · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 173

I have a wanted suggestion as well, scsi support Exclamation

Seeing that Puppy was originally meant for older- less powerfull systems,
it would be nice to include scsi hard drive install/boot support,
and gain use of all the nice scsi hardware thats available on the market... Rolling Eyes

I have a lot of older scsi hardware that would really make Puppy sit up and HOWL like the big dogs!!! Twisted Evil

Bob

veronicathecow · Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 526

Being still unable to print reliably or even at all nolw without re-installing cups each time I must agree with taichifu. It's essential for people to be able to input and output to their PC otherwise it's an expensive door stop!