Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

key · Joined: 13 Sep 2011 Posts: 1

Hello. I am new to linux.

I tried a bunch of live usb linux distros last week, and I liked puppy Linux best. I have a 64 bit computer with 16 gb RAM, so tonight I want to try the fatdog version.

I have two questions.

1. When I installed both chromium and firefox, the browser launcher program did not work. I re-installed several times, and this kept happening. Is this a known bug? I ended up just creating desktop icons for chromium and firefox and using those.

2. I want the current, official versions of chrome and firefox. How can I install firefox 6.0.2? How to install the official current version of chrome?

cthisbear · Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 2942 Location: Sydney Australia

Welcome to Puppy key:

You would be better to go to the Fatdog64 section and repost.

Another thing is that if you want a good answer,
please supply your hardware and software specs.

Which in your case...Puppy version is Fatdog64.

Another thing that we ask.
Whether our advice is good or bad for you,
please reply as to whether it helped or not.

It helps the next user and keeps our enthusiasm up.
I have had a play around with Fatdog 64 lately.

Kirk and the devs there are a good crowd.

I hope this helps you out.
Fatdog section.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=71387

Chris.

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6660 Location: lisbon

@Key,

With Chromium, & firefox, generally you can download the latest release, extact them anywhere, and they should work. You can drag the binary onto the desktop & add an icon. Or, if you want them in the menu, just look at .desktop files in /usr/share/applications toget the general idea.

Bruce B · Posted: Wed 14 Sep 2011, 01:44 Post subject:

Hi key,

Welcome!

I've tried some puplets or derivatives. But for all my installs I've used Barry's genuine Puppies. I use the word genuine simply because they are his releases. Maybe their is not such thing as genuine.

You could ask me a question about your release, even though I have a lot of experience with Puppy, I might be completely unaware of some of the variances with your release.

About your Firefox question. I have always used Mozilla's SeaMonkey and Firefox with no problems.

The procedure for installing these releases would be generic for about any Linux including our puplets.

But maybe you would have to find a way of telling Puppy it is installed and to be your default browser.

Is this post even helping? I'm wondering.

What can I say? Modifying Puppies is basically a matter of learning Linux, file management skills, and Puppy particularities.

Go ahead, mess things up, ask advice, put things back. The real enjoyment is once you have mastery over this marvelous OS.

If this is a bad or unhelpful post, sorry. Have fun.

Bruce

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Burn_IT · Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 646 Location: Tamworth UK

Firefox updates from within itself nowadays, so just select Help/About or Edit/Options /etc . and ask for updates.
I think the one icon on the desktop for the browser is just the last one to be installed. All will have menu entries and you can add your own desktop icons, as said.

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9385 Location: SwedenEurope

Key, your title is very misleading Smile

One have no idea what you will ask. That is a bit not so polite to do.
Edit it to be more specific.
Browser icon don't launch FF
or something like that?

the browser launcher program did not work.

could be another such more polite one.

Sometimes in some puppies you have a icon in the left part of tray.
there you can chose which browser should be primo and the others are secondary to that one.

another way is to edit the icon manually so it knows what to launch.

I am a noob so I barely know how to. You being able to put the icons on pinboard and get them to load that is way over my head Smile