Yet...there is one little quirk that most users will not experience and that I have reported on previously.
The pppoe connection is not maintained during reboots!
Most people will have a DSL connection and a router. In that case running the network wizard, establishing AutoDHCP and saving the settings is all one needs to do. The connection is auto-established at the next boot. This is what I get at one of my locations.
At the other location I do not have a router, only a DSL modem which needs to be setup with a pppoe connection. That works fine with Roaring Penguin initially.
In other Puppies, notably ttuuxxx's 432v3 (and 214xRC5), all it takes to retain the connection is to symlink /usr/sbin/pppoe-start_shell to /root/Startup. This procedure is not working in Lupu 5 or any earlier version.
I have created a work around and made a file pppoe.sh in /root/Startup with this content:
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sleep 10
pppoe-stop_shell
/action
sleep 5
pppoe-start_shell
/action
playdayz, if you don't have pppoe it is understandable that you are reluctant to address this issue. Yet for the few who need it, it's a major stumbling block. I am not versed enough but it seems to me that when ttuuxxx did it right, it should be possible to find out the differences between the two versions of Puppy and apply what works in 432v3 to 5.0. Don't you agree?
Just to make you feel better: Quirky 1.1 (of all versions!) has the same problem. Plus...pppoe disconnects after running for some time. I have to do some more testing, before I can say the latter definitely.