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Precise 5.7.1 test


# uname -a
Linux puppypc23185 3.9.11 #1 SMP Sat Jul 27 19:40:54 GMT-8 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
# uptime
10:38:28 up 9 min, load average: 0.17, 0.16, 0.09
# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 1804736 573148 1231588 0 66932
-/+ buffers: 506216 1298520
Swap: 0 0 0
#

Manual frugal to ext2 SDcard, booting with grubb4dos, running on E732 laptop.

Very quick test - and all so far seems good.
ntfs read / write works. Did a copy / move / delete of random files.
All the basics seem to work as expected OTB. No obvious issues.

edit:
# uptime
16:17:23 up 5:48, load average: 0.07, 0.07, 0.13
#

been using this for the last 5ish hours with no issues or unexpected surprises - looks and feels very good.
Loaded thunar - lots of general file twiddleing - SeaMonkey good on all usual sites and a few not so usual ones - all good.

Did a few installs to USB drives and sticks - all good.

Overall - from a casual user viewpoint - all good - very fast / responsive.
Luvly puppy.

Next job - try on 10yr old Acer laptop and report.

posting from Precice 5.7.1 test now - using the 10yr old Acer laptop. Very nice - considering the limited spec.

This puppy has one of the most intuitive setup procedures around - it walks you thru what needs to be done nicely.
Can’t go wrong - excellent.

# uname -a
Linux puppypc14394 3.9.11 #1 SMP Sat Jul 27 19:40:54 GMT-8 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
# uptime
17:31:14 up 9 min, load average: 0.13, 0.63, 0.46
# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 366504 290572 75932 0 41056
-/+ buffers: 249516 116988
Swap: 658660 0 658660
#

Manual frugal to ext3 partition, booting with grub4dos. Wifi via pcmcia card.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... ug/1043149

Above is long discussion about ntfs-3g behavior concerning win8 ntfs partition.

It seems there is debate if the recent ntfs-3g version behavior is bug or not.

Manual frugal install to a 16gb SDHC card, computer is a Compaq
Presario S6700NX.
video-info-glx 1.5.3 Fri 2 Aug 2013 on Precise Puppy 5.7.1 Linux 3.2.48 i686
0.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV280
[Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
oem: ATI RADEON 9200

X Server: Xorg Driver: radeon
X.Org version: 1.11.3
dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (338x270 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R200 (RV280 5961) x86/MMX/SSE2 TCL DRI2
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 8.0.4

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Core 0: @2799 1: @2799 MHz

Everything seems fine so far except when running pmusic as user spot
it won't shut down, you have to restart x to quit pmusic.
Pmusic shuts down properly when running as root.

EDIT:peasy_dvd_player-1.1.pet works great.

EDIT: I couldn't download VLC until I updated ppm, then it downloaded
the latest version which was a surprise

The problem with running Pmusic as user spot doesn't end with
restarting x, stream ripper keeps ripping even after doing that even
though Pmusic is no longer running.

If you're going to post test results in this forum, would you please post a link to where the iso can be found? Other people might be willing to do some testing.

Flash wrote:If you're going to post test results in this forum, would you please post a link to where the iso can be found? Other people might be willing to do some testing.

http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/precise-5.7.1-TEST/

Just booted Precise 5.7.1retro on the 10yr old Acer laptop.

Everything about it is noticeably snappier in all aspects when compared with the “modern