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I am considering swithing to Puppylinux just have a few ques
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Vanquishedangel
Joined: 22 Mar 2011 Posts: 1 |
Hi I have 3 computers i need to swicth over, one is a compaq presario laptop 1500us with a w200 wireless card, the other two are hp dc7100 desktops. My questions are is there an updater in puppy? will the w200 work with this distro? can wine be installed? Can playonlinux be installed? can i use synaptic in puppy or just puppyget? I am very familiar with ubuntu as i have run it for years but I am really impressed with puppy linux, also can i play mp3 in puppy? really i want all the functionality of ubuntu in puppy, or to be close and it seems like it is there. also what about heroes of newerth? I searched for these online in forums and really never found anything to answer these, I am debating between wattos and puppy linux, so far if puppy can do these things, i will use puppy for sure. Also i like totem, gstreamer, together |
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bigpup
 Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 3687 Location: Charleston S.C. USA |
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puppyluvr
 Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 3053 Location: Chickasha Oklahoma |
 Hello
Pretty much everything you mentioned is available for Puppy..IDK about synaptics, but Puppy can now D/L directly from `butu`s repos, so familiar stuff... 
The only requirements for Puppy: Processor: Intel/AMD (Single or multi-core) Memory: 256mb for 5 series, 128 for 4 series or older... HDD..."We dont need no stinkin hard drive" Boot: CD/DVD, USB, NET Frugal or Full install via Grub/Grub2/Grub4dos etc.... Video: Xorg or XVesa capable card...ie any.... As far as media, the only thing I cant play is protected IPod m4u video files Everything else plays.. One of my "frugal" installs is a full Multimedia recording / editing studio... Puppy can do anything , AFAIC ....in ram.... Oh, and say goodbye to stupid "sudo"... "I am ROOT"...
Beware...Puppy can be addictive.... Resistance is Futile..... _________________ "Close the "Windows", and open your eyes, to a whole new world" http://puppylinuxstuff.meownplanet.net/puppyluvr/ http://theplpd.webs.com/ 
Nothing but Puppy since 2.15CE... |
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Lobster
Official Crustacean  Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15109 Location: Paradox Realm |
Must refrain from making joke about being able to use a pull down menu . . . FAIL! 
Sorry - could not resist. Maybe Resistance really is futile . . . 
Puppy is a little more hands on than Ubuntu. 
I would keep Ubuntu on your HD and boot Puppy from USB or DVD (this is what I do) You may find you spend less time on Ubuntu - I don't find Ubuntu very engaging. When I started had XP on HD and booted from Puppy for a little penguin One day as Usual XP collapsed Puppy continued . . . Use what works
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jamesbond
Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 1540 Location: The Blue Marble |
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On a side note: I didn't know about wattOS until you said so here, so I went to check the official website and I still haven't got a clear understanding of what it is. The "Information" tab is just a link to a bunch of blog posts ... I was expecting to see a one-page summary of what it is and what it's meant for.
Follow Lobster's advice - as the official crustacean, he knows the depths of ocean of possibilities that is puppy. Install puppy first, frugal install (only 3 files to copy), on your Ubuntu. Use it when you see fit. If you don't like it, you can wipe the 3 files and puppy is gone. If you like it, then you will boot lesser and lesser into Ubuntu ... and then we can talk more
_________________ Fatdog64, Slacko and Puppeee user. Puppy user since 2.13 |
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sfeeley
Joined: 14 Feb 2010 Posts: 807 |
And remember, unlike other distros, a "live cd" in puppy really does run exactly as well as a "regular install." (everything gets loaded into ram from the cd at boot, and then after that, you can take out the cd, etc). So there's no harm in taking 20 minutes to see if you like puppy. And if you like it, you can make a smallish savefile on your harddrive or usb to save your settings. |
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nooby
Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9387 Location: SwedenEurope |
can i play mp3 in puppy? yes it sure can. unless you talk about specially mad CD that maybe have some kind of protection in them. But standard mp3 files from the internet does play. _________________ I'm a noob so I use Google Search of Puppy Forum |
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