Puppy's Future
Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008, 14:12
I simply don't know. If anyone has rough ideas, please tell.
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yes.brymway wrote:Is there a future for Puppy without Barry?
I think you missed at least two, Mark:MU wrote:yes.brymway wrote:Is there a future for Puppy without Barry?
The revolutionary concept from Barry is:
1) reduce to the minimum.
2) write a completely new startsystem using layers.
The "rest" is:
3) updating the Kernel
4) updating libs and programs
Mark
Barry is not alone - we are still here and Mark IS still here.So the main task in future will be, to update the packages, that make up Puppy, and keep pace with new Kernels for better hardwaresupport.
Yes indeed.Will you stay to help carry forward Puppy's development?
I'm sure you and other high stander coders can relate with this. As we code, we do our best, but at the same time we learn more about the particular job at hand.raffy wrote:I guess the question needs to be a simple one: Will you stay to help carry forward Puppy's development?
I answer "Yes".
Yeah, there is good 'ole Mark (and many others). How nice it would be to revisit the packages. Lot's of tuning and refining to be done.raffy wrote:EDIT - just saw this post by Mark:Barry is not alone - we are still here and Mark IS still here. :)So the main task in future will be, to update the packages, that make up Puppy, and keep pace with new Kernels for better hardwaresupport.
I'm not off my Vacation but when I read this I had to respondLobster wrote:Yes indeed.Will you stay to help carry forward Puppy's development?
And funnily enough Barry will be staying on to carry on Puppy's development . . . just in a different way . . .
So Puppy will continue to mature
And as always improve
Puppy + Gnome
Considered impossible - but MU is on it . . .
Puppy + Debian
(being planned by Tronkel)
I know my vote doesn't matter I am just a user and a newbBruce B wrote:. . . Frankly, I don't see a need in the near future for a version 5, does anyone. My preferences would be work out minor problems and not so minor problems with existing versions. Then release incremental releases. . .
I most certainly agree with you Sir.Duncan, I tried Ubuntu also and the only thing I liked a lot was the package manager and online repository. I give them a A+ for that but the rest of the package look and overall feel, I would give them a E-, But for hardware compatability I would give them a B- because Tv-out didn't work out of the box but it did on puppySirDuncan wrote:Good to see that you haven't completely left, Ttuuxxx. I have actually been trying to build an Ubuntu compatible Puppy. I once tried Ubuntu, and although I did not like the distro, I liked the package manager and repositories. Since then, I have been learning about Ubuntu and trying to figure out how to make a Pupbuntu (for lack of a better name) variation work. Unfortunately, I have not gotten too far due to my lack of Ubuntu savvy and inexperience with Puppy building.
I also see no reason for moving to version 5 so quickly. I think that the community should work on polishing 4.1 and gaining a better understanding of how the current system works before trying to innovate. Work on the final Barry build until we have a rock solid base. This gives the community time to work through the growing pains and gain confidence. Then, and only then, do we work to expand upon Barry's work.
As for who will stay, I will. I cannot say how useful I can be, but Puppy is the distro that made me decide that Linux was worth a place on my hard drive. I will do what I can to ensure that others may have the same chance.