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Lobster · Posted: Fri 29 Apr 2011, 22:38 Post subject:

Fido will save you
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02240

noryb009 · Joined: 20 Mar 2010 Posts: 592

Bernie_by_the_Sea · Joined: 09 Feb 2011 Posts: 329

Okay, to avoid letting Fido in the house we could try cleaning up spot.

Barry wants the "browser working perfectly in every respect. That would include GTK themes, SSL, font rendering, etc. Plus, a mechanism for downloading files outside of /root/spot is needed." He also wants "drag-and-drop browser to the desktop and other rox windows."

My spot browser system (that is a total of 26 bytes) works with drag-and-drop. I just copied it from /root/ to /usr/share and I can drag it to the desktop. My SeaMonkey fonts in spot look fine. How is font rendering tested? Mine is not using my GTK theme -- I'll look at that. SSL? How is this tested? SSL for what? Internet banking? Web hosting? Privacy? Security? Downloads outside of /root/spot? It looks like that might cancel browser-in-spot security.
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jpeps · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 3217

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 30 Apr 2011, 12:14 Post subject:

jpeps · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 3217

L18L

Browsing as root and spot will confuse everybody
Downloads
The only change in our behaviour is that installing directly from browser will not work for spot. It is just 1 click more if Downloads is opened in rox.
But the entire discussion is for safety of especially new users (and reviewers' opinions about puppy)
So
- browsing as root should become not possible anymore.
- /root/Downloads will be owned by spot
- changes in browser configuration: no open as petget
- offering only directories writeable by spot

HTTPS
no problem, I have already inspected my banking account as user spot

Drag and Drop no problem to drag text from browser to root's console or geany

So I am very confidont Smile

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 30 Apr 2011, 16:30 Post subject:

In Quirky 1.3 and Wary 5.11, sound doesn't work in Spot. You can fix it by increasing permissions

Bruce B · Posted: Sat 30 Apr 2011, 19:10 Post subject:

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 30 Apr 2011, 19:33 Post subject:

Lobster · Posted: Sun 01 May 2011, 01:30 Post subject:

Fido available as a pet Smile

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02241

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 6717 Location: Kentucky

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 10548 Location: SwedenEurope

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02240

That is the link to Fido on Barry's blog on my computer Smile

L18L

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 10548 Location: SwedenEurope

As you all know I am not the sharpest knife in our collective drawer Smile

So take this as a friendly teaser.

Would it be easier to do without a pupsave file? English user don't need it for changing the keyboard map to no or dk or de or fr or es or whatever.

Each time I try a non puppy linux distro I end uo going to Terminal and writing setxkbmap se to know where to find / or [ or something else needed.

What else does one need a pupsavefile for. Time. We all live in different time zones. Could that be handled in some other way?

Sure one want to retain the Firefox bookmarks and kind people tell me to use a free online sync but that makes me to rely on them getting enough ads that pay for it or they go pay or go broke.
so I have tried to solve this by exporting bookmarks as a html and then one click on these and add them as bookmarks maually each time at boot when one need them. Cumbersome but one need no pupsavefile.

What else is it needed for. oh yes all the other changes that people love. Switch the background image and change style and icons and how the menu list things and so on. Screen savers and what not.

So could one just load such as an sfs file instead using SFS-Exec that Seaside has a thread about? I don't know just trying to think Smile