The first time you quit and reboot you will get an opportunity to save
1. Saving the session using the "save" icon on the desktop takes a very long time to save the session, indeed I shut down to make sure it has saved the changes, but when shutting down it says the session has been already saved.
your data and settings.
After that the pupsave file is automatically updated on-the-fly.
So there is nothing to worry about and no need to keep clicking on
'Save' icon.
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2. Trying to either do a frugal and full install failed
Frugal installs are quickly created by dragging 3 (or sometimes 4) files
into a newly created folder. I personally do my dragging from
the downloaded ISO which I have opened in the desktop.
The grub4dos program is a good way to update
your grub's 'menu.lst'
A full install must be made with Barry Kauler's installer program
which is available from Start Menu. You just need a partition
that is formatted previously to ext2 ext3 or ext4 format
and have the ISO available to be used by program.
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For sound type 'retrovol' in terminal and try various settings.
Also try installing audacious audio player and audacity sound editor
and see if they play a file.
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