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Index of resources for Beginners Help forum

Posted: Sun 12 Jun 2005, 15:55
by Flash
This is an experiment. It is intended to make using the forum -- and Puppy -- more practical. Other moderators are invited to jump in where they see I've missed something. If anyone else sees something they think belongs here, please PM me (with a link to the item. :) )


First: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Puppy Intro: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Booting (running) from CD: Installing on and booting from HD: Installing on and booting from USB: Multisession Puppy Unusual ways to run Puppy Upgrading (transferring bookmarks, address books, settings etc.): --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Building your own custom Puppy (Puppy a la carte): Configuring your Puppy Installing Additional Software and Applications: Specialized Puppies --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Backup and Restore Email Hardware issues: Mounting and unmounting: Multimedia Networking Programming Remote Computing Screensavers Server Puppy Sound Tips and tricks Video Wireless

Puppy Linux Discussion Forum Forum Index -> Beginners Hel

Posted: Mon 05 Sep 2005, 00:16
by mr_shafer
Clicking the title "Puppy Linux Discussion Forum Forum Index" at the top of this page is the HOME button !

Clicking sub-titles (after each ->) is the GOTO button.

( No thats not a dumb question, sometimes the obvious, is not obvious.) :wink:

John can do

Posted: Mon 05 Sep 2005, 01:00
by raffy
It's something John M can do, changing that phrase to [Home], so it will be seen as "[Home] Forum Index".

Thanks - but why so hard to find?

Posted: Sat 04 Mar 2006, 09:34
by GeoffS
Just a small query - why did it take me so long to find this thread?
Maybe a moderator(s) could add some BIG pointers to it. I've been playing with puppy for about 2 weeks (and love it), spent hours searching this forum and have not found this resource until now.
While I'm thinking of 'searching' maybe somebody could make representations to the makers of this system - the search facility is terrible - would have to be the worst I've ever encountered. I might post this comment somewhere more obvious.
Cheers

Hello

Posted: Sat 04 Mar 2006, 12:14
by raffy
Hi, and welcome aboard! This forum software is free but is kept uptodate. Perhaps it's just your first time to use it :) Would love to see your suggestions in the "Suggestions" section.

Posted: Sat 04 Mar 2006, 15:52
by Flash
What else can I do? The forum software limits me to making the index into a sticky post, and I can't change human nature, which seems not to want to begin at the beginning. :?

Raffy, I'm afraid I haven't kept the index up to date, but now that John has put a stop to spam things might settle back down and I can get back to it. I've invited other moderators to contribute to it but as far as I know none have.

Posted: Sat 04 Mar 2006, 22:28
by GeoffS
Thanks for the replies Raffy & Flash. Maybe that was part of the problem, I never really found the 'beginning'. I'm not complaining, the site is an enormous resource and obviously has cost some people (and probably not enough people) a lot of time but I have floundered around in it more than I should have. Maybe I'm getting old and it is certainly not helped by my lack of Linux (or Unix) knowledge.
My aim is to eventually move entirely to Linux - I also have Knoppix and Debian but Puppy seems a great and gentle starting point. I have many packages (including some I've written) that I hope will run under Wine and/or can be ported to Linux - if I live long enough!
Thanks again for the replies.

use the Wiki please

Posted: Sat 08 Apr 2006, 22:40
by oui
erased 20110303 as with really to old content. please be comprehensive

I propose you my more actual page for newbies but mainly on French:


oui


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Posted: Sat 09 Sep 2006, 12:42
by kozaki
Hi all Puppians :)

I found that "HardDiskInstall (PuppyLinux Wiki page.) Good partitioning instructions." links to a dead page.
http://www.goosee.com/puppy/ says :
> URL changed!
>
> Please relink to:
>
> http://www.puppyos.com/

Otherwise I appreciated 5 other (worink) links from "Installing on and booting from HD"

Flash, I really think of your sticky post as a masterpiece about Puppy :D

Posted: Sat 09 Sep 2006, 15:03
by Flash
Well thanks kozaki. I'm afraid I haven't maintained the index very well. It's nice to know that someone still finds it useful.

When you give a good URL for one that is dead, to eliminate confusion, give the full URL to the page and not just the URL to the homepage of the website. :)

Is info up to date, or at least names the relevant release?

Posted: Tue 10 Oct 2006, 13:31
by Getnikar
Flash wrote:Well thanks kozaki. I'm afraid I haven't maintained the index very well. It's nice to know that someone still finds it useful...
Hi Flash.
I have just spent many solid days around all the Puppy websites and forums, hunting all sorts of info. Unfortunately a huge amount of time has been wasted reading all sorts of outdated info. Its really annoying, and in these travels I have seen a couple of other complaints that echo this sentiment too.

So this is just a general observation, and appeal to everyone who puts info up anywhere: PLEASE write a clear concise subject title or short intro at the start to make is clear what release you are talking about.

The problem is right through the open source world. Its a major pain to a lot of people who might contemplate leaving the Windows world, but find the rubbish in wiki, and forum sticky etc material frustrates them and sends them right back to Windows.

Posted: Tue 10 Oct 2006, 14:23
by Flash
The problem is not limited to Linux, or Puppy. Hardly a webpage on the internet has a date anywhere in it. At least the forum posts are dated.

Posted: Tue 10 Oct 2006, 14:44
by Getnikar
Flash wrote:The problem is not limited to Linux, or Puppy.
Agreed, but it is more a 'feature' of open source projects than commercial ones unfortunately.
Flash wrote:Hardly a webpage on the internet has a date anywhere in it. At least the forum posts are dated.
Generally the websites for commercial/proprietry software are better organised with old stuff more clearly separated from current stuff. Dates are of little use in many cases for a noob. She might read up on a concept dated say 6 months ago. She might realise that was before the current version came out. But does that mean the concept is out of date? .. a bit, a lot, completely? I have found myself in this situation many times lately, so I know how wasteful in time it is sorting it all out. Right now Puppy is in this situation, because there is a lot of Puppy 1 stuff around that is irrelevant to Puppy 2, but its not immediately apparent in the articles.

The Puppy websites need a BIG cleanout, and tidy up. IMO.

The useful page I have been looking for.

Posted: Fri 24 Nov 2006, 19:43
by veronicathecow
I only wish I had come across this post ages ago, it is so useful.
Many thanks
Tony

Posted: Wed 04 Apr 2007, 01:27
by jamesjeffries1
for more beginners linux help goto http://linuxmigration.tk

Posted: Sun 15 Apr 2007, 10:16
by keilor
I've noticed that a lot of the links in the first post are broken - pointing to the old www.murga.org site.

Any chance of getting them updated?

Posted: Mon 16 Apr 2007, 04:03
by Pizzasgood
Okay, I just did a find-replace on the domain names, so they should work now.

Posted: Tue 05 Jun 2007, 17:28
by edoc
Pizzasgood wrote:Okay, I just did a find-replace on the domain names, so they should work now.
It is a great idea that had to take a ton of time! Sure appreciate the effort.

Just a heads-up ...
The frugal install link goes to a hopelessly out-dated Wiki page.

We are preparing to move and I cannot find my notes and wanted to be certain
that I followed the latest and greatest steps for backup and a frugal install of 2.16.

Posted: Wed 06 Jun 2007, 19:55
by willhunt
I found these links to be very helpful and here are some I thought worthy of
consideration
bash tutorial from Daniel Robbins), President and CEO, Gentoo Technologies, Inc
and
this Fine DOS cheat sheet for us older dogs :P
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/unix_f ... users.html

Thanks for the list!

Posted: Wed 03 Oct 2007, 01:18
by AMF
This should be the first post people read after the welcome message. A very nice collection of useful links.
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