Suggestions on the development of next puppy linux version
Posted: Thu 18 Jun 2009, 02:42
ATTENTION to all puppy developers, i wish that the development of next puppy linux version will be better than previous one. It is an honor to present some suggestion to make puppy linux more user friendly and extremely fast. I wish that this suggestion will become helpful on your development of next puppy linux version:
1. reduced kernel panic
2. More efficient processing ability to reduced bottlenecks and prevent logging. (i noticed it when executing programs and apps in puppy (and also in processing data within the program) it raised up to 100% CPU usage than can cause logging when opening another program, it is hard to multi-task)
3. new GUI and New file manager. I suggest to use XFCE/LXDE as a GUI component and X window manager of puppy and thunar/PCmanFM as a file manager (Although rox filer is good but it is too technical to use to the linux newbies and windows refugees. unlike the thunar/PCmanFM, its appearance is look like windows explorer so the user will become more comfortable). the Thunar/PCmanFM must have a "My computer" function to access and manage the disk drives easily.(E.g formatting, disk maintenance, file access on disk drives, etc.)
4. network device control. the puppy must have an ability to control the device within the network (E.g network printing, scanning, etc.). And also if it is possible, it has a user friendly samba configuration settings (it must be in GUI form)
5. Improved package management. The puppy must also support debian, slackware, and red hat packages in which the package manager runs on a stand-alone program equipped with download accelerator for faster downloading of packages. And also it has an ability to upgrade or downgrade the packages if there is a previously installed packages.
6. Only important applications must included as puppy linux core apps. to prevent the bloating of puppy.
7. More compact and smaller. Using the lzma compression technology, the puppy must reduced it size less then 95MB or lower (just like gray did on his NOP to make it smaller or as possible as small as slitaz or DSL ). To lower the memory consumption on disk and also time on downloading on it.
8. Improved Plug and play hardware detection. Even the puppy is running on the go. It must have an ability to detect hardware and peripherals (like printer, scanner, mouse etc.). when the device is connected, a message balloon appear telling the name of device and what type of device was that.
9. Better connectivity. The puppy must have a bluetooth support and infrared support which offers basic wireless device control and basic data transfer if there is no apps for them but the bluetooth or infrared was connected. It has also better firewire support for file transferring and booting.
10. Reduced system requirements so that the puppy linux can run on a 32Mb of RAM. and make more faster and responsive as system requirement
increased.
If some of them was followed, well the puppy linux will become mature enough to compete with other propertiary OS. and the users will become more comfortable and the computing ability of puppy linux was fast and compact.......
If you want to suggest you are free to suggest here.
1. reduced kernel panic
2. More efficient processing ability to reduced bottlenecks and prevent logging. (i noticed it when executing programs and apps in puppy (and also in processing data within the program) it raised up to 100% CPU usage than can cause logging when opening another program, it is hard to multi-task)
3. new GUI and New file manager. I suggest to use XFCE/LXDE as a GUI component and X window manager of puppy and thunar/PCmanFM as a file manager (Although rox filer is good but it is too technical to use to the linux newbies and windows refugees. unlike the thunar/PCmanFM, its appearance is look like windows explorer so the user will become more comfortable). the Thunar/PCmanFM must have a "My computer" function to access and manage the disk drives easily.(E.g formatting, disk maintenance, file access on disk drives, etc.)
4. network device control. the puppy must have an ability to control the device within the network (E.g network printing, scanning, etc.). And also if it is possible, it has a user friendly samba configuration settings (it must be in GUI form)
5. Improved package management. The puppy must also support debian, slackware, and red hat packages in which the package manager runs on a stand-alone program equipped with download accelerator for faster downloading of packages. And also it has an ability to upgrade or downgrade the packages if there is a previously installed packages.
6. Only important applications must included as puppy linux core apps. to prevent the bloating of puppy.
7. More compact and smaller. Using the lzma compression technology, the puppy must reduced it size less then 95MB or lower (just like gray did on his NOP to make it smaller or as possible as small as slitaz or DSL ). To lower the memory consumption on disk and also time on downloading on it.
8. Improved Plug and play hardware detection. Even the puppy is running on the go. It must have an ability to detect hardware and peripherals (like printer, scanner, mouse etc.). when the device is connected, a message balloon appear telling the name of device and what type of device was that.
9. Better connectivity. The puppy must have a bluetooth support and infrared support which offers basic wireless device control and basic data transfer if there is no apps for them but the bluetooth or infrared was connected. It has also better firewire support for file transferring and booting.
10. Reduced system requirements so that the puppy linux can run on a 32Mb of RAM. and make more faster and responsive as system requirement
increased.
If some of them was followed, well the puppy linux will become mature enough to compete with other propertiary OS. and the users will become more comfortable and the computing ability of puppy linux was fast and compact.......
If you want to suggest you are free to suggest here.