Puppy Linux has an exclusive. I continue to reference this exclusive by an original name that I called FirstRUN (it is
also known, depending on which developer presents it as"Quick Setup First-RUN setting", "Personalized Setting", etc)
It was introduced to the community a half-decade ago by @Shinobar. It move Puppy out of the dark ages of system initial boot into a comfortable X desktop version speeding the system to productive use without the old incomplete text mode approaches of old. It was,
and still is, "
Brilliant". Since that time, in working with other developers, many under the cover system issues were addressed by the several contributors in Puppyland. Our own Puppy inventor-pioneer @BarryK, ultimately picked it up and added additional contributions to what it is today. And, today, this single utility provides so much benefit in the single screen's quiet way, it is taken for granted by all of us. Every modern PUP since 2009 includes FirstRUN (except for one) and it is so unassumingly helpful that almost no one remembers those times of old, nor see the under-the-hood benefits it provides in system setup by the simple question we answer/verify.
This is a Puppy Linux exclusive, as NO OTHER DISTRO THAT I KNOW OF, offers anything as simple or even close to this level of brilliance in system starts. It gives each and every users an initial sense of system control, yielding a desire to continue feeling other things will be as easy to do, too.
It has moved the progress needle further along in such a way that it has eliminated much that newbies(and experienced-knowledgeable users, as well) was frustrated by at initial system start before this came to be. As well, most every users knows that one can revisit FirstRUN via the Puppy Menu in Setup to correct/change items which might be necessary at any point in the life of the distro's use.
Is it perfect? As it stands...Yes!
Can it be improved, probably, but one must admit, it has certainly impacted PUPPY use, Out-Of-The-Box (OOTB) in what I consider one of the most brilliant of any seen in all Puppy distros since its introduction.
So, one may ask why is there a thread opening on FirstRUN? It is because hardware chipsets is changing and peripherals are changing as well. Linux, now OFFICIALLY recognized as an OS is getting more and more contributions from manufacturers who want there peripheral used by those of us in the Linux community. As such, there are changes in video, in audio, in LAN, in touchpads on keyboards (laptotps), in touch screens (found in desktops/laptops/touchpads/Chromebox/etc, languages, and in various other items which all of us will be using or helping others at some points in our PUPPY lifetime.
So, this is a highlighter to try to centralize any efforts to improve FirstRUN. Is there any additional peripheral that Puppy Linux's FirstRUN can address which is not met by today's version. As PUPPY moves to WOOFCE generation, this nifty bit of Puppy exclusive brilliance should NOT be overlooked.
Although this is now included in EVERY PUP distro (except 1), if needed,
the current PET is addressed in this thread, here.
Again, as I have done in the past to these individuals, THANKS @Shinobar, @01Micko, @TaZoC, @BarryK, and any others who in work directly or indirectly have made this what is is today as it eases understanding of the system's initial use and invites a comfort level of control to anyone new to Puppy Linux.