(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Posted: **Wed 14 Nov 2007, 12:56**

This is a great list of very useful resources, however I think it is more a list of resources, rather than 'for beginners'.

I suppose it depends on how you define 'beginner', but I would suggest it be changed slightly to get 'absolute beginners' who just want to get up and running in Puppy, off to a good quick start.

My suggestion would be to change the red 'First' to 'Second', and add a new red 'First' with simply this link to point 'extreme' and 'absolute' beginners to the basics that they need to get up and running with Puppy, otherwise they could suffer from info overload before they get anywhere.

http://www.puppy-linux.info/en/manual/main.html

Posted: **Thu 31 Jan 2008, 02:04**

setecio wrote:T

My suggestion would be to change the red 'First' to 'Second', and add a new red 'First' with simply this link to point 'extreme' and 'absolute' beginners to the basics that they need to get up and running with Puppy, otherwise they could suffer from info overload before they get anywhere.

http://www.puppy-linux.info/en/manual/main.html

I agree - and was excited that I found the newbie step by step link !!
Unfortunately the link you give above is broken!!

Which sites should a real newbie - looking for step by step instructions - use ? puppylinux.com -- puppylinux.org ...... puppy..etal TIA

Posted: **Sun 23 Mar 2008, 17:08**

katahdin, the search on this forum is a great start as well as PuppyLinux Wiki. Both of these have saved me tons of time finding things spread all over the internet.

The wiki
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/

Posted: **Sun 23 Mar 2008, 19:49**

few months ago I have started also my Puppy packages wiki and mirroring ISO project:

http://puppylover.netsons.org/dokupuppy

what dou think about?

Posted: **Fri 16 May 2008, 19:06**

I doeth thinketh ..waay cool!

Posted: **Fri 04 Jul 2008, 21:48**

In addition to the web resources, you might mention a few books such as Kernighan and Pike, The Unix Programming Environment; and Bruce Blinn, Portable Shell Programming.

Posted: **Mon 11 May 2009, 23:00**

regarding the problem of putting this post at the front of the beginners help forum.

In the "Additional Software" section there is a separate panel for two sub subjects (eye candy and games).

So can it not be done here as well. Moving the sticky posts in to their own panel at the top of the beginners help forum.

You just need to "discuss" which posts should be there

DC

p.s.
http://puppylover.netsons.org/dokupuppy
is great for finding all the versions of .pets

Posted: **Tue 12 May 2009, 03:03**

No, not possible. Subsections can get a separate panel, and announcements can get a sort of separation within the main panel. Stickies just get to be sticky.

Posted: **Thu 06 Aug 2009, 01:46**

Step by step with pictures:

http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_wind ... _first.htm

Edit: This is primarily aimed at Ubuntu but it is interesting reading nonetheless.

Posted: **Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:21**

Hi,

This might help you. I've been digging around and here's some info for you by authors that are far more experienced than I am:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=29356

http://www.gposil.com/pupinst.htm

All hard drives that have Windows installed contain a standard block of code in their MBR. If this code gets altered,
Windows may refuse to boot even though its actual files are OK. This can be a frightening situation, but is easy to
repair. Do some research on the WinXP Recovery Console and its "fixmbr" command.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 23&t=16950 Also look here for the "fixmbr"
download. Vista users should read http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-v ... -download/ here.

This is a crucial issue because Puppy uses its own bootloader, GRUB. You have to pick one or the other as the
primary bootloader for your computer.

Now for the decision. Do you want to continue using Windows as the primary bootloader? If so, you will need to
modify Windows so it presents a startup menu that includes Puppy as one of the options. The Puppy Universal
Installer (PUI) cannot set this up because you need to make the changes from inside Windows. There is an on-line
tutorial called the Lin'N'Win Project that will do the job.
Find it here http://www.icpug.org.uk/national/linnwi ... innwin.htm

Or do you want Puppy to be the primary bootloader? This will involve installing GRUB, which Puppy can do
automatically. Windows will now run as an option from the GRUB boot menu. However, because GRUB is a Linux
product, this will only work if you have installed Puppy into its own partition. And the partition must be formatted
using a Linux-compatible filesystem such as ext2.

The PUI will refuse to install GRUB in a FAT or NTFS partition, because it assumes that the partition contains
Windows. Watch for the cryptic error message "This partition is not Linux".

All the best,

Yorkiesnorkie

Posted: **Tue 27 Oct 2009, 02:31**

http://www.tuxradar.com/newtolinux

This was a great read that answered many questions, that a New LInux User and possibly a New Puppy Linux user might ask!

WB7ODYFred

Posted: **Fri 30 Oct 2009, 20:43**

Just installed it thanks to that guide, and so far everything works fine. Cannot get brightness control to work tho. But apart from that, this guide was really definitive.

Posted: **Wed 11 Nov 2009, 06:59**

jamesjeffries1 wrote:for more beginners linux help goto http://linuxmigration.tk

I did and got this. Maybe link is wrong maybe? Otherwise, I bookmarked this useful thread. Thanks guys.

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Posted: **Mon 14 Dec 2009, 19:57**

What a Great Resource Page! I somehow missed this? This needs to be in Bold or some color with Flashing lights that says "Go Here First!" LOL I am new to Puppy and Linux for the most part and could of really used this a few days ago LOL. Anyway Great Job on compiling this together and will try to point others to it as much as I can.

Thank You Flash!

Snookie

P.S. I just saw that this was the TOP Post in the "Beginners Start Here" Section! AAAAAARgh! What else can be done besides have it reach out of the screen and shake you? Is there scripting for that in SeaMonkey?

Posted: **Sun 03 Jan 2010, 00:19**

Thanks man. Your work creating this page is well appreciated.... especially by those of who are seriously senior with no teen agers around the house to answer computer questions yet are aware enough to dare to abandon Windows.

KUDO

BZ

Well Done

and tks.

Posted: **Sun 03 Jan 2010, 03:42**

Thank you for noticing.

As I say at the beginning of the post, it was an experiment. I think it proved that such an index is useful. If it were easier to maintain, I'd keep it up to date, but the forum software is deliberately designed to make such a long and complicated post difficult.

Posted: **Sat 09 Jan 2010, 03:49**

@Flash "OFD"

I will be working my way through your list.

Too often we do not let the workers know how much they are appreciated.

Good Stuff

werwinn

Posted: **Tue 01 Jun 2010, 16:24**

For my $.02, I think this index is a great idea - thanks!

If I can suggest, a pointer to a tutorial or information on how to add existing precompiled driver packages to Puppy so that they appear in the Network Connect / Interface Configuration tools/GUI would be _very_ helpful.

Background: I'm working with a few Dell laptops of recent vintage (mostly Latitude e6400s), and finding that the drivers included in the base Puppy 5.0.1 (and Ubuntu) distros - especially the wireless drivers - don't work with these machines.

I've done a bit of searching (both here and elsewhere) and I have found precompiled drivers which reportedly should work, however have not yet found info on how to add them so that the Connect tools can find them.

I have started a thread asking for help with this subject here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=56290.

If I can suggest, a pointer to the resources identified in answer(s) to that thread (and/or other resources on this topic) would be a very helpful addition to this index.

Posted: **Mon 21 Jun 2010, 04:35**

Thanks for putting this together! I just put it on an old laptop of ours and I'm still figuring out everything.

~Liz

Posted: **Tue 05 Oct 2010, 21:02**

Hi

this thread seems to be very old now.

where is the actual list or index of resources being official agreed or encouraged bei 'Puppy linux' to be found?

are puppy wikis yet used?

how happens the 'management with system' of all the informations concerning the divers versions of puppy, quirky and fatdog64?

bye

(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Index of resources for Beginners Help forum

Dual Boot XP and Linux, XP installed first

Important Information on Resizing NTFS Partitions Vista/XP

Linux frequently asked questions for newbies

Awesome Resource Page!

tutorial

Most Useful

Great idea - How about adding "How to add drivers/packages"

where is the actual list or index of resources