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

harii4
Don't know if you got your wifi sorted, but if you type

harii4 · Posted: Fri 06 Jan 2012, 22:11 Post subject:

@Aitch
thanks - yes i did get wifi to work. Smile

even got blinky worked out for jwm.

Giving cwm a shot - not Iguleder's cwm Sad

Found an older .deb that worked with TXZ_pup.

Adding Tile utility app. to my EvilWM setup.

Nothing runs like an Puppy Linux Very Happy

big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1736

A new year and what has happened since I joined this forum

This is the third post I made to the forum in 2007 52.9MB
and it shows what I was thinking then about making a light version
removing the browsers and I was tired of the
constant changes leaving everyone in the dark
this is what I was thinking about five years ago !
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=22099

basically I havent changed my thoughts
except I want to rebuild everything following established
linux community tools such as pkgtools
and use a package format that hasn't changed in years

later I will use linux live scripts so that the live base will be 100%
distro compatible with the big brother linux
this would allow any distro to be used (slackware ,debian,arch ....)

then use home made packages for the light experience
like the community custom built for puppy

why not just use a script to make a live cd
then any distro could be used
http://slackware-live.tuxfamily.org/-Home-

Joe

alphadog · Posted: Sun 08 Jan 2012, 16:18 Post subject: Txz packages

Hi Joe (big-bass),
Just a quickie.I normally run Racy 5.2.2 but was trolling through this thread earlier when I came across this package "beautify-1.0-i486-5_SLXR.txr so I downloaded it and it installed perfectly !!
However this does throw up (to me anyway) another question ; will any txz package install in Racy?
Regards,
Pete

harii4 · Posted: Mon 09 Jan 2012, 20:15 Post subject:

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

Hi Joe
Happy New Year to you, too
I still have that fat free full installed on an IBM TP560....it worked well, and I only added a few apps, as it was very ram deficient nice job, btw

I'm so glad you went the route you did as there are many development paths, but people seem to be coming back to the idea of using more standard linux filesystem layouts, and trimming fat - much good development for us plebs to enjoy Laughing

Keep up the good work, looking forward to your next creation/development Very Happy

Might your current thinking extend to cross-pollination to ARM/PPC builds?, I would really hope so Wink

Aitch

big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1736

alphadog

big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1736

Hey I have been testing Porteus !
http://porteus.org/

my package tools works perfectly on Porteus
so I dont need to use modules I can install TXZ packages directly
with a GUI ... isnt that cool !

because I built my tools around slackware
I can use them elsewhere Cool

on Porteus
and all of my packages that I have tested so far
work on Porteus
so this means I can add what I like
* man am I glad I stuck with a linux package standard

Porteus did an excellent job
I signed up to their forum also
will keep you posted on the progress

I offered them my tools for those who prefer just simple
packages and any help they could use
http://www.puppy2.org/slaxer/snapshot1.png

also they use linux live scripts so it is doing what I wanted to do
to build the base with

I guess the winds of change have blown me into some
great new ideas

Porteus the best live cd I have tested in years
giving credit where credit is due

Joe

Lobster · Posted: Mon 16 Jan 2012, 00:53 Post subject:

big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1736

Hey Lobster

I went back an did a minor edit to my prior post
I wasn't talking about TXZ_pup
I was talking about Porteus!

Porteus the best live cd I have tested in years

puppy has its good things and people
but puppy has gone down a different road
that I havent walked in more than two years

Porteus is going down the road that "I wanted to take TXZ pup to"
but the puppy community wasn't and isn't and won't be ready for something like that which is ok

honestly "humble pie" I thanked the author of Porteus
and told him that I wished that I could have done what he did !
the way it was built and the end result is what I was imagining
the next txz pup to be but he saved me all the work in doing it Very Happy

I don't have the free time that I used to have

so I can spend more time making apps and enjoy coding

what I was trying to say was all the work I did on TXZ pup
with package management using slackware's package format
most of it will work on Porteus so it will be very easy for me to
add anything I want to it

and most of all what got me interested in to start with
is to learn another way to build
a base with http://slackware-live.tuxfamily.org/-Home-

harii4 · Posted: Mon 16 Jan 2012, 21:09 Post subject:

Lobster · Posted: Mon 16 Jan 2012, 22:42 Post subject:

harii4 · Posted: Thu 19 Jan 2012, 23:15 Post subject:

Not too many people use 3.01 but how about back-porting your pkg-tools for 3.01?
Could get my old laptop to be setup like my txz-pup Very Happy

I know your busy working on your next TXZ_pup or Slaxer Very Happy

big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1736

I will be helping the Porteus team
because its better to join something you agree with
their design goal

Joe

harii4 · Posted: Mon 23 Jan 2012, 21:02 Post subject:

FYI:
An repository of slackware packages:
http://slackware.opennix.com/