, I was wondering about the extent to which dotpups are forward compatible. In other words, will a dotpup created around the time of Puppy 1.0.5 work with Puppy 1.0.9CE? If the answer is no or not always, is there somewhere a list of those dotpups that do play nice with 1.0.9CE? Thanks again.forward compatibility of dotpups
forward compatibility of dotpups
While I'm in the midst of my posting frenzy , I was wondering about the extent to which dotpups are forward compatible. In other words, will a dotpup created around the time of Puppy 1.0.5 work with Puppy 1.0.9CE? If the answer is no or not always, is there somewhere a list of those dotpups that do play nice with 1.0.9CE? Thanks again.
, I was wondering about the extent to which dotpups are forward compatible. In other words, will a dotpup created around the time of Puppy 1.0.5 work with Puppy 1.0.9CE? If the answer is no or not always, is there somewhere a list of those dotpups that do play nice with 1.0.9CE? Thanks again.Walt
Now that you point it out to me, the answer seems painfully obvious.
Now that you point it out to me, the answer seems painfully obvious.
I haven't found any incompatible dotpup.
Incompatibilities usually arise from library updates and usually does come from kernel updates.
The kernel in Puppy has been quite stable.
The only thing to consider is that old DotPups that inserted themselves to the menu will not show in the 109 menu as the 'markers' they used to position themselves are no longer there.
The exception are the DotPups created with MU's DotPup creator utility. Well, that's the advantage of the standards, even the informal ones
For applications that should show in the menu, dotpup developers should include a .desktop file. Meanwhile if the user wants to show the app in the menu, he/she must create a .desktop file using one of the current ones as an example (/usr/share/applications)
Incompatibilities usually arise from library updates and usually does come from kernel updates.
The kernel in Puppy has been quite stable.
The only thing to consider is that old DotPups that inserted themselves to the menu will not show in the 109 menu as the 'markers' they used to position themselves are no longer there.
The exception are the DotPups created with MU's DotPup creator utility. Well, that's the advantage of the standards, even the informal ones
For applications that should show in the menu, dotpup developers should include a .desktop file. Meanwhile if the user wants to show the app in the menu, he/she must create a .desktop file using one of the current ones as an example (/usr/share/applications)
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