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Fossil
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#331 Post by Fossil »

Creativian Welcome. A simple question to kick-off and get the ball rolling - How much memory is available?

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#332 Post by Creativian »

Thanks for the welcome, Semme and Fossil.
Semme wrote:Welcome Mate.

Are you saying 605 won't boot with Xvesa?

How about your card? Forward these specs using Wary's PupSysInfo.
I don't even get the chance to select Xvesa. I don't see the xorgwizard at all. Boom, straight to black screen.

I'm not familiar with PupSysInfo. Where do I find that?

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#333 Post by Creativian »

Fossil wrote:Creativian Welcome. A simple question to kick-off and get the ball rolling - How much memory is available?
Hi Fossil,

506MB (220MB used), according to HardInfo.

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#334 Post by Semme »

Tahr may be a bit much for that amount of RAM.

I suggest you dwnld and try the retro version here..

ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/quirky/precise-5.7.1/
>>> Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities. It helps you live a life less trivial <<<

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#335 Post by Gordie »

My main laptop is a 2010 HP Pavilion G6:
* Processor - AMD Phenom(tm) II P960 Quad-Core
* Architecture - x86_64 *64-bit*
* RAM - 6 Gig
* * Hard Drive - 700 Gig
* WiFi /Lan
ANY 64-bit Puppy I try with USB stick works and works well.

My little computer is a 2009 HP MINI 210-1000 NETBOOK:
* Processor - Intel Atom
* Architecture - i686 *64-bit*
* RAM - maxed out at 2 Gig
* Hard Drive - 230 GB
* WiFi /Lan
I have Slacko64 Puppy 6.9.5 frugal installed to the hard drive. Also I have a USB stick with:
Every other latest release of Puppies for 64 bit that I could find EXCEPT FatDog64 which is the only one that cannot detect my wifi card. All works as it should.

EDIT (update below)
As of spring 2017 the above computers have found new owners and now my only laptop is a Lenovo ThinkPad W510
* Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz
* Architecture - x86_64 *64-bit*
* RAM - 8 Gig
* * Hard Drive - 500 Gig
* WiFi /Lan
ANY 64-bit Puppy I try with USB stick works and works well except for Fatdog64-700 and newer which cannot detect my wifi card
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#336 Post by Creativian »

Semme wrote:Tahr may be a bit much for that amount of RAM.

I suggest you dwnld and try the retro version here..

ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/quirky/precise-5.7.1/
I will. Thanks Semme!

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pupjibaro on an Asus 701sd -- Maybe also Tahrpup

#337 Post by mikeslr »

Hi All,

just a link to my post on the pupjibaro thread: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 074#943074.

mikesLr

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#338 Post by RetroTechGuy »

Acquired an HP Pavilion zv6000, XP, 1GB RAM, AMD64 (Athlon64, 3500+ -- I think it's 2.2 GHz).

Got a kernel panic using SuperLupu1. SuperLupu2 came right up (though the built in wireless sometimes comes up, sometimes can't be found -- that might just be an HP issue, it is an old machine).

Dragged my save file from my Sulu1 machine, and dropped it here.

If this works well enough, I might look into upgrading it to 2GB RAM (apparently the max it will handle).
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#339 Post by nic007 »

Creativian wrote:
Semme wrote:Tahr may be a bit much for that amount of RAM.

I suggest you dwnld and try the retro version here..

ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/quirky/precise-5.7.1/
I will. Thanks Semme!
With that specs I would stick with Wary 5.5 which you have been using although even Wary will be slightly slower than it should be. You will also struggle to get a newer browser to perform adequately. The Seamonkey browser which comes with that version or older Opera version 12 should be best.

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#340 Post by greengeek »

RetroTechGuy wrote:If this works well enough, I might look into upgrading it to 2GB RAM (apparently the max it will handle).
Hi RTG - good to see you back. You went quiet for a lonnng time!

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#341 Post by RetroTechGuy »

greengeek wrote:
RetroTechGuy wrote:If this works well enough, I might look into upgrading it to 2GB RAM (apparently the max it will handle).
Hi RTG - good to see you back. You went quiet for a lonnng time!
Thanks... I sometimes get distracted with other things. Was digging on some ongoing problems -- though Palemoon cured one of them... ;-)
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Pelo

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#342 Post by Pelo »

Broken keyboard or removable keyboard, type on your screen with xvkbd improved version 3.7 from french team. Works on wacom tablette.
However sonme testers would be welcome, some problems with tahrpup ..
My PuppyBang , tahrpup 6.0.2 use it without trouble
virtual keyboard 3.7 , pet here
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Asus UX51VZ

#343 Post by daviddem »

Here is what eventually worked for me on the Asus UX51VZ (refer to this thread).

1) burn a flashdrive with the iso (Xenial64 and Slacko 6.3-64 both worked) using Rufus. Use "MBR partition scheme for BIOS and UEFI" option, file system FAT32 and "Create a bootable disk using ISO image". Press start and if prompted, stay with the ISO option (no need for dd).

2) access the UEFI BIOS (Advanced Startup Options in Windows 10 -> troubleshooting)
2a) disable secure boot and fast boot
2b) enable CSM (legacy BIOS boot)

3) Reboot in Windows 10

4) Go to Advanced Startup options again, but this time select "use device". You should get a UEFI option and a "hard drive" option. SELECT THE HARD DRIVE OPTION, not UEFI. This will boot your usb in legacy BIOS mode

5) Enjoy Puppy

I never managed to get UEFI to work, but so be it...

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#344 Post by daarek5 »

My experiences so far All frugal install and basic usage:
Hp nc8430 Intel Core Duo T2500 2GHz Total RAM: 2 GB
with ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 - 256 MB (makes me angry due to heat needs tweak for low performance every puppy)
What works out of the box:
LxPupSc_17.04.1
lxtahr_15.05
slacko_6.3.2
stretch_7.5

Hp nx6110 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz Total RAM: 740 MB
What works out of the box:
LxPupSc_17.04.1
slacko_5.7.1
slacko_6.3.2

lxtahr_15.05 needs sound tweak

IBMR30 processor 1GHz Total RAM: 256 MB old, deathproof, I really like this laptop
What works out of the box:
puppy 4.3.1
slacko-5.6

Sadly not many recent messages in this topic. :(
Please sent more recent raports which newer puppy works on what older laptop. Would be helpful for less experienced pepole (like me) when buying used laptop.

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#345 Post by 6502coder »

Compaq Presario 2200 laptop (circa 2003)
32-bit 1.3 GHz Celeron M (nopae; has SSE and SSE2)
Distros that are "PAE-only" will run if I use the "forcepae" kernel option
1 GB RAM, 40 GB hard disk
Broadcom BCM4306 wireless

This is my "guinea pig" system and has run nearly everything I've thrown at it. Recent stuff that I've run successfully on it:

UPup Bionic Beaver 18.05+13
XenialPup CE 7.5
Dpup Stretch 7.5 RC3
Sailor E's Slacko 5.7 WoofCE
TahrPup 6.0.6

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#346 Post by Mike Walsh »

Referring back to my previous post:-

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 709#872709

....a few changes.

Ye anciente Dell ( :) ) now runs 1.5 GB RAM; it was temporarily 2 GB, but one of the 1 GB sticks 'died' on me, so replaced that with one of the previous 512 MB sticks. Seems happy with that configuration.

The 32GB PATA/IDE SSD is now a 64GB SSD; the Transcend was replaced with a KingSpec - which seems OK.

Additional storage is taken care of by a Seagate 'Expansion' 500 GB USB 3.0 external HDD. I know the Dell is 'only' USB 2.0 (one of the very first to market with it, too!) - yet a USB 3.0 drive still runs faster than a purely USB 2.0 drive, since it more nearly approaches the theoretical maximum throughput for the USB 2.0 standard.

A 7-port self-powered hub plugs into the other USB socket, and allows use of mouse and wireless keyboard 'dongles', plus a Microsoft 'LifeCam' 3000 webcam. And last year I 'upgraded' the original CD/ROM drive for a full DVD drive from a defunct 5100 - the 1100's 'big brother'. Works well, too; plays commercial movie DVDs OOTB with no tearing/stuttering at all. Pretty impressive for a P4!

Puppies - Now running BK's Precise 571 + pemasu's UPup 'Raring' w/3.9.9.2 kernel. (And occasionally I'll run Micko's Slacko 560 on here; I have a self-contained 560 set-up on a 128 GB SanDisk Cruzer 'Blade' formatted to 3 partitions; FAT32 'boot', ext3 'Puppy' partition and ext3 DATA partition. I also have all my documents, music and pictures, plus a good selection of movies; this is my 'go-anywhere' Puppy, which travels with me.)

All in all, it's a very usable set-up. And that idiosyncratic 'Brookedale'-cored video card (the 82845GE/GL) still gives a lovely crisp, clear picture, once it's been 'tamed' with the 'i915.modeset=0' kernel-line 'fix'.


Mike. :wink:
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#347 Post by tallboy »

Dell Latitude E6230 from 2012, Intel 2-core i7-3540 CPU, 3.0 GHz, 8Gb RAM, 128Gb SSD harddisk.
Dual-boot with Lick, basic installation Win 10 Pro, with a frugal install of Dpup Stretch-7.5-uefi-k4.9.149. Just upgraded to Palemoon 28.5.0, the Dpup feels very stable. I have no use for Windoze, so I'll reformat the whole SDD to Linux.
True freedom is a live Puppy on a multisession CD/DVD.

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#348 Post by samedog »

Main:
HP Omen 17-AN003LA
Intel Core i7 6700HQ 8x2.60Ghz -> 3.5Ghz
16GB RAM
Intel HD530/Nvidia 965M

Second:
HP G42-372LA
Intel Core i5 450M 4x2400 MHz
4GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics (Legacy)

Third:
Lenovo IdeaPad Flex14D
AMD APU A4-5000M 4x1500 MHz
4GB Ram
No HDD
Radeon HD 8330/Radeon HD 8570
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