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#1 Post by smooth »

A new puplet from a greek team , in English and soon in greek too . It has Xfce with a new theme, Firefox , Puppy Software Installer , Abiword , Gnumeric , pburn.
Update 17/3/2008: All about it , here: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=27269
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#2 Post by smooth »

I'm curious to hear any impressions.

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#3 Post by Brandon »

Sorry I didn't see this earlier, and I know what its like to have a Puplet with no replies. I haven't tried Happy, but was wondering were you got the cool XFCE theme
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#4 Post by smooth »

Hi Brandon. Nice puplet you have made . You have been there , hard work takes time to pay off. I 'm not a member of the Hamsters , so I have no idea a about the theme. But there are more cool themes to come.

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#5 Post by The Hamsters »

Brandon wrote:Sorry I didn't see this earlier, and I know what its like to have a Puplet with no replies. I haven't tried Happy, but was wondering were you got the cool XFCE theme
we borrowed the theme (murrina green) and we made it orange so the only way to find it is to download "Happy Linux".

Try the new iso. You can find better themes there......
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#6 Post by Sage »

Wow! Nearly missed this one. Was there an entry in Announcements? I really like it. Most of my preferred applications incorporated.Xfce is just so good. A great deal of hard work has gone into customising this one. And a good chance to learn a little Greek! Time to reserve a plot on one of those hot islands in the Aegean....
Well done, guys.

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#7 Post by elraven »

I finally was able to get the happy linux iso ! My net speeds have been low . You know how its ,right . your connection speeds get so low ,you'd have to snorkle six hours just to see the bottom of the septic tank . :D Any way .... I love happy linux ! it's got a spacious feel to it. the design of the net and usage thingys are cool too . I just love this ,( does cartwheels) ! please ,please , continue with this one . I'm looking forward to seeing more developement.
thanks for listening
Elraven 8)

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#8 Post by wlake »

I would like to add my appreciation to the sentiments above. I admire the clean look and the icons and fonts are especially good. So far everything works as it should.

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#9 Post by The Hamsters »

thank you all guys.
can someone tell the download speed from our site?
I'm downloading at 350 kb/sec (4Mbps) from greece.
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#10 Post by Béèm »

Download at about 275KB/sec from the Canary Islands.
BTW what is Hamster Linux? (I don't speak/read Greek)
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#11 Post by The Hamsters »

hamster linux= dist for usb flash based on mcn live completely in greek.
thanks for your answer.
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#12 Post by Béèm »

Thanks for the answer on hamster linux.
Now for happy linux.
I downloaded and installed as frugal.
Nice environment indeed.
One thing tho.
Unless I missed something, but on first boot I didn't get the question of selecting my keyboard. So I am in qwerty now having an azerty one.
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#13 Post by The Hamsters »

yes that' s true because we have 2 keybord layouts (english+greek).
you have any problem to fix that and change the greek layout with your choice?
if so, tell me and I'll give you the sollution.
if you find any bugs please reffer.

my english are terrible. :D
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#14 Post by Béèm »

I'll try to find how I can add the Belgian keyboard.
Normally at first boot a selection screen is given to select the keyboard.
So I understand you don't have that screen as you have preconfigured US and Greek.
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#15 Post by Béèm »

I'll try to find how I can add the Belgian keyboard.
Normally at first boot a selection screen is given to select the keyboard.
So I understand you don't have that screen as you have preconfigured US and Greek.
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#16 Post by The Hamsters »

go to usr/sbin/xorgwizard ->right click ->open with mousepad -> press "ctrl + j" and go to line 365- 369 and replace:

Option \"XkbRules\" \"xorg\"
Option \"XkbModel\" \"pc102\"
Option \"XkbLayout\" \"$XKEYMAP,gr\" #xkeymap0
Option \"XkbVariant\" \",extended\"
Option \"XkbOptions\" \"grp:alt_shift_toggle\""

with:

Option \"XkbRules\" \"xorg\"
Option \"XkbModel\" \"pc102\"
Option \"XkbLayout\" \"$XKEYMAP\" #xkeymap0"

save and exit.
then just double click on usr/sbin/xorgwizard.

then: menu->setup->mouse/keybord wizard->advanced xorg keybord wizard->layouts->"your choice"->layout variants->"your choice"
finally press "yes".
go to options to select how to change group.
thats all.
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#17 Post by prit1 »

I must admit I really love your green theme and looks all through. I might keep this on my hard disk. Very professional and good looking puppy version. Great job.

I am yet to try out all the programs.

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#18 Post by PEddie »

@Hamsters

great one, perfect look with nice crispy fonts.
downloaded and figured out some points.

using CHOOSELOCATE is not bring up the point like in the old version of happy linux.
I can connect and choose DE@EURO but the desktop still stays in the base configuration.
The same result is happen, if I try to change the keyboard layout using MOUSE/KEBOARD WIZZARD.

...and, maybee it is a little bit subjective, it seems, that this version is a little bit slower than the happy before. Maybee it depend on the theme but no idea at all.

But in total, a very nice done, zou guys have a very well feeling of colors, themes and crispy fonts.

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#19 Post by Béèm »

PEddie wrote:@Hamsters

great one, perfect look with nice crispy fonts.
downloaded and figured out some points.

using CHOOSELOCATE is not bring up the point like in the old version of happy linux.
I can connect and choose DE@EURO but the desktop still stays in the base configuration.
The same result is happen, if I try to change the keyboard layout using MOUSE/KEBOARD WIZZARD.

...and, maybee it is a little bit subjective, it seems, that this version is a little bit slower than the happy before. Maybee it depend on the theme but no idea at all.

But in total, a very nice done, zou guys have a very well feeling of colors, themes and crispy fonts.
I have the same problem trying to change to the Belgian keyboard.
On loading I see the message that it loads the Belgian keyboard, but in reality it's still us.
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#20 Post by Béèm »

So I have been experimenting a bit more with HL.
Went into the panel manager and put the panels at my favorite place, being at the left side. On at the top the other at the bottom and whoops, no panels anymore. I can right-click to call the menu, but when selecting panel manager, it doesn't start. Even on a fresh boot I have no more panels.

For the rest the approach is very nice.
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