Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

john biles · Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 1323 Location: Australia

Hello to anyone using TEENpup a lot or just a little.
As I spend a lot of my time creating and hopefully improving each release of TEENpup, I'm interested in seeing what Users actually use TEENpup for. May be nobody's using TEENpup at all, HA! HA! so any comments I look forward to reading. Also to make it interesting, what do you really HATE! about TEENpup, let it all hang out, I won't be offended, no Operating System is perfect.
Do I use all the Apps in TEENpup 2009 Legacy, No I don't. I just tried to imagine what the average PC User might need for every day use.

So while I work on TEENpup 2010 Mini (Puppy 4.2.1 Based around 300Mb's in size) which is not intended to replace TEENpup 2009 Legacy when it comes out in September, but to hopefully offer some of the Apps users might liked to have used TEENpup 2009 Legacy for but found that their Hardware wasn't compatible.

I look forward to reading your comments and feelings.

Sylvander · Posted: Thu 13 Aug 2009, 06:28 Post subject:

Will it include "X File Explorer" [Xfe]?

At the moment Teenpup 2009 won't work on my hardware, and I'm waiting with anticipation for the release of a Teenpup version that will work.

BHINTZ · Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 135

I have teenpup as a full install on my at home work machine. It has everything I routinely need and is especially valuable because it still has remote desktop so I can access the server at work. I am looking forward to the mini, but would worry about my wireless connection and RDC, both of which seem to have great difficulty or fail to work at all in some of the newer kernels.

bob

Cakeordeath8808 · Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Posts: 19

John,

Thank you for all your hard work on this pupplet. I like having it on a thumb drive to show off how easy Linux can be to a typical windows user and while there are other derivatives and pupplets that are good at this I really appreciate the side icon bar. The whole UI has been very thoughtfully set up for ease of use. It gets them in the program of there choice quickly.

The only real problem I have had are sound driver issues with an older Teenpup 1.0 I believe or 2.14 and that was just a audio driver issue with that version of puppy on some hardware from what I have read. Also I have not been brave enough to start removing programs and processes in any linux yet but I would love to hack away at Teenpup 2009 to get it comfortably running in 128 mb ram (I have a bunch of very old laptop computers from an auction that I am rehabbing and sending out as gifts). Another possibility would be to have similar abilities to Choice pup to be able to customise aspects of the install. At the end of the day if I am looking for that size of footprint I can go to a Macpup, Browserlinux, or Barelypup. I just prefer your UI set up for new users/windows converts better. Is there a pet for that side bar that I would be able to use in a new or existing pet?

Again thanks for all your hard work

PS I think you have a great basis for a net-book remix.

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 4621 Location: GB

Difficult call. This is a very attractive project. However, the choice of distros has never been so extensive.
There will be a (small) list of essential contents for most users.
For example, I tend to look for distros with vibrant communities, regular updates and patches, strong performance as a fully installed entity (regardless of developers' intent). I look for an Xfce desktop, Opera browser and Streamtuner, plus functioning BBC iPlayer.
I try to avoid transatlantic offerings due to their stupid attitude towards SW patenting, although there are a few enlightened developers over there who either ignore their own Laws or, thoughtfully, include pop-ups inviting 'foreigners' to click here for critical non-free content you are going to need wherever you live. Eventually the penny will drop and even SuSE will publish their work from their European base?!

Colonel Panic · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 1224

I've been a fan of Teenpup since March this year, when I downloaded John's then current Teenpup 2008 and was able to watch a rock video in only 128 MB of RAM - amazing.

I've since done the same with Teenpup 2009 and have just made a full (i.e. hard drive) installation of it. It's a very impressive effort, especially bearing in mind it's one person's work (on top of Puppy itself of course). So, well done (again) John and thanks (again) for a good distro.

The only problem I've had so far is that XOrg doesn't work on my machine in either a frugal or a full install, so I have to use the inferior (for me anyway) XVesa.

All the same I really like the appearance, especially the info bar on the right giving details of the time, date, system resources in use etc. For some reason this and the flower wallpaper reminds me of a song, the Young Rascals' "Groovin'."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbSYwlxwotY

Maybe it would be good to have that as Teenpup's startup tune?

kazzamozz

Hi there,
I would be a more frequent user as I think its a great puplet, but have run into a few problems in getting it to play nice.
Running a revamped Dell DHP and 15" Samsung screen. I do have lot's of other systems I can play with it on. My only constraint is time.

At the moment I have it on the live CD as I have a heap of 400 plus puppy series on my son's system and it doesn't like to mix with them.
I found this out the hard way, but it was a good learning curve.

Had a few errors when booting up but perserverance paid off.
It really is a polished puplet.

I'm new to puppy but am determined to get it working smoothly, will now set it up on a USB stick instead or external hard drive.

Decided to keep the series 2 version puppies separate until I learn more about things.

Have totally ditched Windows on all my machines, just the kids have one now for school work. I will destroy that need very shortly.

Keep up the good work, looking forward to your next project.

Hope this is the sort of feedback you are after.

Cheers
Kazzamozz

Colonel Panic · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 1224

Bad news unfortunately.

I was about to post on this thread when sadly, with just this tab open and the Yahoo! Weather tab (see below) open in the same window, Teenpup locked up and I couldn't get anything more out of it;

http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/UKXX1879.html

I've therefore had to switch to a non-Puppy distro in order to post. Sorry, but I have to work with the machine I've got. I have the same or similar problems with most of the Pups I've used prior to 4.2.

I may well download Teenpup Mini though, it sounds good.

john biles · Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 1323 Location: Australia

Hello Colonel Panic,
The yahoo page opens fine in testing on TEENpup 2010 Mini.
Not to far away now!

Colonel Panic · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 1224

John, glad to see Teenpup Mini's coming along well. I don't mean to say that Teenpup 2009 is poor just because I've had trouble browsing with it; it might just be my machine. For example, when I've got Zenwalk installed on it X Windows breaks when I open up a terminal on the desktop, whereas this doesn't happen when I do the same on a machine in my local community centre (the same one on which I was able to watch a Hawkwind rock video in 128 MB of RAM).

gnz11 · Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 29

i first started using teenpup 2008. it was nice in that the vidoe worked right off. this was during the change between 2x.3 and 4 series.

i have used teenpup 2009 and it is a good followup.

the only issue with it for me is that i had to run it live so it wwas close on 512m.
the main thing i appreciate is the work to have everything work right off. with a standard pup you may need to update or add to get it how you want but teenpup is just about all you want even with tp214 or tp 200.

i will be following what happens with mini teen 2010

omskates · Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 257 Location: TriCities, WA

TeenPup 2009;
If I'm dumb enough to click on the text "logout" in menu rather than the submenu it kills X and have to run Xorg & Xwin subsequently. I'd like to fix that before I install to USB for my sister.

Really a brilliant distro for beginners or anyone alike. Has almost a built in tutor as you navigate around.

Hope 2010 mini has same games or more as well. Thanks

omskates · Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 257 Location: TriCities, WA

TeenPup 2009;
double post - sorry

har_singh · Joined: 19 Apr 2008 Posts: 2

I LOVE TEENPUP.

but i wanted it on usb stick with windows program netbootdisk but its not working.
it tries to find cd and when it didnt find stops and says no media.

could you please solve the dilemma

cthisbear · Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 2942 Location: Sydney Australia

Don't use Windows crap.

Plenty of tutorials.
Pretty similar...but just select for USB install.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=29653

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Installing macpup opera 061 to your hard drive......easy as pants...

Different Puplet....method is nearly the same

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Try another USB port.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47497

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http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=48350

Chris.