Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

r1tz · Posted: Fri 10 Sep 2010, 21:56 Post subject:

Could you add SMP support in the next update? Very Happy

Dragynn · Joined: 02 Sep 2010 Posts: 61

I really like Turbopup, runs great on my laptops, but one of my desktops is one of those finicky beasts, it just doesn't like to load any version of Puppy, it never boots with xorg, have to run wizard and choose xvesa or I get squiggly lines and flashing colors on my monitor. Have to boot in xvesa and then download nvidia drivers, so one of my requests would be to add a "hardware drivers" section like quickpet has in Lucid puppy. Is it possible just to include a couple of driver packages in the iso so as to be able to offer them at boot-up?

This is going to be my OS of choice in my old laptop, just want it for checking e-mail etc. when i'm out and about, and I also want to customize it a little further to make it a rescue CD for broken installs of windoze for my friends and family, gonna add wine and a couple of antivirus/antimalware scanners to use on them, this worked great for rescuing my old laptop, thought i'd pass that along as it was passed on to me, good karma ya know.

Shep · Joined: 08 Nov 2008 Posts: 840 Location: GIRT-BY-SEA

Dragynn · Joined: 02 Sep 2010 Posts: 61

Someone at Google? I'm not sure I follow you, do you mean over at the Ubuntu forum? Hmmm, that wouldn't surprise me, you guys here know how I like to run my mouth, lol, and I have sung Puppy's praises several times over there, while lamenting Ubuntu's mediocre stability.

Here's part of one:

sindi · Joined: 16 Aug 2009 Posts: 186

Turbopup 1.0, fresh install (using loadlin in DOS to boot)
does not recognize a 3com 3c589 network card which works in
the same computer with Puppy 4.31. Even if I manually
install the driver module. Do I need to add something?

Turbopup won't boot in Thinkpad 770E but I think regular
4.2 won't either. Retro 4.31 does.

I am hoping to install Turbopup to a Compaq Armada 233Mhz
1573DM with 64MB memory (where standard puppy is ridiculously
slow) and to an LTE5280 with 80MB memory.

Roy · Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Posts: 436

rickyricardo · Joined: 04 Mar 2009 Posts: 29

willem1940NLD · Posted: Wed 20 Oct 2010, 13:34 Post subject:

I tried cd turbopup 42 alpha3a "live" today (is this the latest & best one? I meanly use older desktops, IDE).

It seemed to work alright, only at search via its standard browser SeaMonkey and using the human language input box, "google" could only find puppy-related items/sites .... I tried to reach my favourite search engine "metaseek" in vain.

Must I try an older version?

panzerpuppy · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 632

Turbopup 4.2alpha3a is a very old release.

Try the latest one --> Turbopup Xtreme v1.0

It's lighter, faster and more up-to-date.

panzerpuppy · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 632

Now where's Sneekylinux to post a review of this puppy (Turbopup Xtreme)?

The video he posted on YouTube is of a very old alpha version of the fat Turbopup.

A lot has changed since then. Turbopup Xtreme is a totally different dog Smile

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

sneekylinux is in Dorset, UK!

or, here

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/privmsg.php?mode=post&u=16126

Aitch Smile

willem1940NLD · Posted: Wed 20 Oct 2010, 18:01 Post subject:

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4737 Location: Kentucky

willem1940NLD · Posted: Wed 20 Oct 2010, 18:33 Post subject:

Cannot understand that link/site ..... but found another link in this very forum thread in a posting dated 18 aug 2010, now downloading very slowly.

willem1940NLD · Posted: Wed 20 Oct 2010, 19:02 Post subject:

Tried the cd (live) and it crashed in both xorg and xvesa; several other puppies work well so I'll just forget this one.