I sometimes prefer a pet file because:Semme wrote:Any reason you wouldn't run their latest? Really, I have no idea why peeps always think they need a pet file.
a) It means someone went to the trouble of ironing out any incompatibilities with Puppy idiosyncrasies (eg: menu structure etc)
b) It's likely that multiple other users have eyeballed the code or at least used the software in a puppy environment and may have already contributed to the improvement of functionality or configuration etc.
c) I often want the older 'tried and true' version that has already been debugged.
d) I may be setting up an old puppy on old hardware and want a matching version of that software.
e) I'm sometimes paranoid and want a program that was written by the 'old school' devs rather than expanded and bloated by the 'new school' CIA operatives who love stuff like systemd.
f) I am a collector of stuff and if it's there to be archived I am keen to have a copy just for the heck of it...