Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[canbyte]

What about a place for a newbie noob, level 0 or below! Thats me, Canbyte. I have other technical training, can write and being a bit pedantic, can think like a non geek. One problem as i see it is that good info is piecemeal, all over the place, getting access to it can be confusing and time consuming. So far i've spent 2 months on this go-round trying to get puppy working, plus a previous effort similarly unsuccessful. I hope i don't have to give up this time but until i get my oki printer working and either a usb drive or a lan share with a win98 box working, the project can only be considered experimental, subject to disillusionment/ abandonment. I need a system, not a Puppy box.

I've been reading till my eyes bleed - kind respondents' replies, the wiki, fora here and elsewhere, the manual, etc. While Puppy is a great box to use, this is not how i want to live my life. Volunteering to organize the info would be a far more satisfying use of my time. Although there is some benefit going through some pain to understand MY problem, it really doesn't do anything for Puppy. So lets make a deal. Somebody, get my @#$%^& system working, as Ecomoney is doing, I'll work endlessly on presenting / reorganizing info so non geeky newbies can get going or solve problems quickly, much as jhecht described. [I once saw a page that had topics that that the reader could expand as needed to show /print more detail.]

I'll be your border collie rounding up the bits and pieces!

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Reorganize puppy home page to eliminate clicks.
Expand forum topics to encourage more permanent / developing topics.

So lets boogie.

Cheers.

[mohan34u]

Me too, a level 1 puppy user, sometimes, contributor.

Often you can see my post with new .pet package. I love to create packages for puppy. Working in a Tech company, so I'm not able to spend my fulltime on puppy.

[T_Hobbit]

Level 1 with some knowledge from level 2

[ezeze5000]

Level 1.5 have donated hardware in the earlier development of Puppy.

Have performed a lot of full hard drive puppy installs.
Have had to trouble shoot hardware problems on old PCs to get puppy to run properly.

Keep burned copies of puppy handy for anybody that might want to try out Puppy. Have made a lot of converts!

Anyway thats my 2 cents worth.

[Max Headroom]

Level 1.5 > Virtually Level 2
First Puppies 1.05 Chubby, & 1.07, Many since...
First Linux Mandrake 9.0,
Other Linux includes Mandriva, Xandros, Suse, PC Linux OS, kNoppix, Kanotix, Simply Mepis, Sidux, Elive, Dream Linux, etc...
Other OSes Mac 10.2, M$ 3.1 for WorkGroups ( Basic Training Course ), W9X, W2K Pro & $erver, W2K3 $erver, XP, Vi$ta ( Don't go there! )
eNthusiatic, Keen Tester / User / Puppy Promoter
How can U & I Help?

We're Saving th' Planet by Keeping Old Working Hardware Out o' LandFills!

[jabu2]

Jabu2

Level 1
user and tester

maybe more useful in areas such as
usability/ergonomics and practicability of productive software
and training users.
Editing of documentation.
30+ years experience
using Win playing with Lin

[wkr]

Level 1
Some level 2 skills, so I can help as tester.

[gposil]

gposil on Forum

Level 3

Programmed professionally in C/C++, Pascal and Java.

Was TAFE and University lecturer in IT before retiring and for many years a UNIX System Admin.

I've forgotten alot...

[01micko]

[dejan555]

Level 2
I can make pets, sfs's and very simple bash scripts,
and a bit of html+css, I like playing with gimp

forum nickname dejan555
irc freenode nick daysleeper555

Similar enough to remember

[samedog]

Hi all
.....well i am somewhere between level 2 and 3..xD

i have made some .pups, a few .pets, and one sfs (kde 3.5.9 full suite with qt 3.3.8 , now i'm working on kde4), i know a little bash script, assembler, fortran, basic, html, css, python and now i'm learning, php, and genie/vala, i'm also working on a wine derivate (like cedega, but writen in genie/vala), i have made some small linux distros with T2 and puppy unleashed core also some puppy derivates with kde and other fancy stuffs, i'm good at making things on the gimp (not pro but i can make a wallpaper...xD) and that's all with my "inner geek", in my other side i have introducied puppy to my friends/family, and teached them howto intall/use it, etc, in the university i was able to get the permission to set up 10 puppylinux machines (we have like 120~130 "Linux only" systems in the campus), and i'm always trying to get more people to use puppy here where i live.

I'm a electronics technician (Fernando Santiván technical high school,), and i'm now in second year of physical sciences and astronomy (i'm not sure if is called like that on english, maybe is more like theoretical physics or something) at the Concepción University, Chile

irc nick: samedog (active member, almost 24/7)
forum nick: samedog (not so active member, just sometimes)


cheers
(please help me to improve my english, point anything i have misspelled, or any syntax error, thanks)

[hondasid]

Level 1.6

I know BASIC and some C++ and I am teaching myself how to use the Linux CLI. I have done a few remasters and am working on a few more. i have never made and .pets or anything, but a few icon packs that I posted on the forum. I spend a lot of time helping puppians with problems they may have on the support channel.

Look at my profile and there are many ways to get a hold of me. I'm happy to help in any way.

[bignono1]

Level -2
But: level 10 Puppy fan.

[kazzamozz]

New to Puppy but love it.
Currently build Pcs and refurbish old systems, perfect for puppy.
Previously Started in help desk for CTos, MSDos based systems,
Windows from 3.1 up to Vista (hate them all now) Puppy convert.
Currently set up hardware and software for friends & relatives to keep my hand in the industry. Last lot convinced them to use Puppy!
Have numerous Computers and hardware that I can test all types of puppies on. Some of my current hardware.
Toshiba Pro Satellite, Acer Aspire One, EEE Box, EEE701, Apple Mini, Dell 6000&6100, Medion 8950, Dell GX520 & DHP plus a few more I've built and tinkered with. Lot's of external hardware etc I like to play with.
LCD Screens from 15" 24" 32" & to 62". (I'm a photo & DVD nut love new technology)
Anyway would rate me as

Level 1.5

[ttuuxxx]