How to Install Software? Need general instructions
Posted: Sat 29 Mar 2014, 11:23
Hello,
Let me first describe what I'm running. I'm using an HP Mini laptop; 1.6 Ghz Intel Atom with 1.0 Gb ram and running a
clean install of WinXP Pro SP3 with everything updated and absolutely great. I recently installed Slacko Puppy 5.7-No PAE
onto a 16 Gb flash drive and I have to say that it seems to work really well; fast, all hardware detected and wifi
doing great. I gave it a 4 Gb persistance file also.
I use this laptop primarily for gaming - I like my old games. I use DOSBox to run my Silent Hunter 1 and I have VICE for my
old Commadore 64 games. I started thinking about how cool it would be to have them on my Puppy flash drive to carry
around. I also wanted to have my chrome browser with me to make life that much easier.
I went to the package manager and located DOSBox. I clicked all the buttons that popped up about dependencies and it
all looked good. Question is; I can't tell if it installed! I can't find it on any of the menus. I'm not experienced
with Linux very much and I'm not sure what to do. I downloaded chrome also and the same thing...I can't find it and don't know if it even installed.
I tried using Mint 16 Petra Cinnamon before and it was super easy. However, I switched to Puppy because Mint was overheating
my laptop badly. Slacko is not overheating at all - in fact I observed my fan switch from to low speed to it's middle
speed the other day while running Slacko and now I'm sold on it!
You guys have forgotten more about computers then I'll likely ever know so I'm appealing to you for guidance. How does one
install software properly and then how do you find it once installed? Can desktop shortcuts be made? If I can't do those
things then how do I use them? Any good tutorials out there to lead this newbie around by-the-hand and show me how the
world of Puppy linux works?
Thanks for any assistance you can offer,
Let me first describe what I'm running. I'm using an HP Mini laptop; 1.6 Ghz Intel Atom with 1.0 Gb ram and running a
clean install of WinXP Pro SP3 with everything updated and absolutely great. I recently installed Slacko Puppy 5.7-No PAE
onto a 16 Gb flash drive and I have to say that it seems to work really well; fast, all hardware detected and wifi
doing great. I gave it a 4 Gb persistance file also.
I use this laptop primarily for gaming - I like my old games. I use DOSBox to run my Silent Hunter 1 and I have VICE for my
old Commadore 64 games. I started thinking about how cool it would be to have them on my Puppy flash drive to carry
around. I also wanted to have my chrome browser with me to make life that much easier.
I went to the package manager and located DOSBox. I clicked all the buttons that popped up about dependencies and it
all looked good. Question is; I can't tell if it installed! I can't find it on any of the menus. I'm not experienced
with Linux very much and I'm not sure what to do. I downloaded chrome also and the same thing...I can't find it and don't know if it even installed.
I tried using Mint 16 Petra Cinnamon before and it was super easy. However, I switched to Puppy because Mint was overheating
my laptop badly. Slacko is not overheating at all - in fact I observed my fan switch from to low speed to it's middle
speed the other day while running Slacko and now I'm sold on it!
You guys have forgotten more about computers then I'll likely ever know so I'm appealing to you for guidance. How does one
install software properly and then how do you find it once installed? Can desktop shortcuts be made? If I can't do those
things then how do I use them? Any good tutorials out there to lead this newbie around by-the-hand and show me how the
world of Puppy linux works?
Thanks for any assistance you can offer,