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mikeslr

JusGellin, mouldy has an extensive thread on running Kindle under Wine, viewtopic.php?t=2397. Don't forget to thank him.

mikeslr

Once I got BookwormPup32 running I discovered other problems. It is likely they can be fixed. But this is neither the thread to discuss them, and this is not the time to devote to doing so. So, I thought it best to just note the availability of 32bit Puppys in the 'Advert' on Distrowatch. Found it v...

mikeslr

Thanks, dogcat, for replying. And a big THANK YOU, bigpup, for the 'nox' command. That did the trick. I'm even posting now running bookworm32 from my desktop which doesn't like 32bits.

Will have breakfast, then give it a spin on my laptop.

mikeslr

Don't think I can test bookworm32. Have tried both the latest and the next previous versions. Neither would fully load on my desktop (it doesn't like 32bits) nor my Dell Laptop which is OK with 32bit. In fact, I'm posting from jammy32 which ran OOTB. Downloaded bookworm32 twice, the second time into...

mikeslr

Firstly, wanderer, thanks for the effort and time you've put into this. I'm glad someone is keeping an eye on the road. My suggested text will have to wait until tomorrow. I'm very familiar with Bookwormpup64, but never tried Bookwormpup32. Thought it best if I was to say anything about 32 that I di...

mikeslr

Development is way beyond my ability. Just wanted to bring this to the attention of anyone who may want to pursue it. Although Puppys are very efficient in their management of RAM, inclusion of unnecessary files has to have some negative effect. To obtain the firmware required by a specific computer...

mikeslr

Thanks, backi, for rediscovering technosaurus's zdrv_cutter. I wonder to what extent it still works. I remembered it, but couldn't find it and asked about it a couple of times. If I'm not mistaken it's objective was to produce a zdrv.sfs containing only those drivers and firmware required by the use...

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If bigpup's suggestion doesn't work you can do the following: Download Mikewalsh's portable from here, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=4251#p4251 . Right-Click the 'tar.gz' or 'tar.xz' file and select an extractor from the pop-up menu. Rename the extracted folder to just 'palemoon'....

mikeslr

Jasper's request for higher resolution snapshots reminded me to take a look at what information our page on Distrowatch provides. Currently, with S15pup being displayed, it reads: "Puppy Linux is yet another Linux distribution. What's different here is that Puppy is extraordinarily small, yet q...

mikeslr

Thanks, wizard. Will add that to 'things to try.' Trying to remember why I haven't tried to reconfigure my extender. I think its software is 'Windows only'. When in doubt, read the manual. At this point that means use my Windows 7 in a desktop and setting up that desktop near the router; or installi...

mikeslr

Have you considered getting a USB wifi adapter with a big external antenna? Very good idea. Before Verizon pushed 5G* I had a Wifi extender that worked very well with 2.4G. It picked up the signal, enhanced it and re-transmitted it under a different (it's own) name. The new router send both 5G and ...

mikeslr

Thanks, rcrsn51. I also doubt a static IP address would help. It was a fleeting thought I figured best asked before forgotten. On 2nd thought it might make matters worse: if IP addresses are set dynamically than after loosing a connection the new IP address may not be the same as the old. P.S. Said ...

mikeslr

I was under the impression that IP addresses were assigned dynamically each time a computer or device initially accesses a wireless network. Besides --in my case-- running up-and-down two flights of stairs-- Is there any way or application by which you can find the IP addresses of computers and othe...

mikeslr

@p310don. Revived.

mikeslr

"but now we only have 1 year left to choose the next distrowatch candidate so we better get moving". Thinking about the future and preparing for it is a good idea. But debian bookworm's EOL is June 30th, 2028. peebee and others continue to develop Puppys binary-compatible with new release ...

mikeslr

And there's another problem, Qt5 versions aren't interchangeable. As promised, tested under Bookworm and Jammy64, albeit neither were OOTB. Starting via terminal under MY Bookworm64 report: dukto: error while loading shared libraries: libicui18n.so.66: cannot open shared object file: No such file or...

mikeslr

Thanks, Mike. I'll test it under Bookworm and Jammy tomorrow. In case I forget, you should add it to your list here, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=5104. But maybe wait for the results of that test.

mikeslr

Attempting to run the AppImage under Bookworm and Jammy fail with a notice (IIRC) 'Can not find executable'. Mikewalsh's pet was also unsuccessful. The structure is 'user-merge' compliant; so I didn't think that was the problem and looked for a solution. Instead I discovered that Devs at Ubuntu have...

mikeslr

See this thread for various solution proposed, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=118509#p118509. Chelsea80, the OP, sought a means to transfer files between a Puppy Operating System with access to the Web and a Windows computer which is to be denied such access. Various solutions were...

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mikewalsh 's recent mention of dukto reminded me that I had it stored somewhere. Found it in my Bionicppup64 storage folder. I think it was version 4.9 and wasn't sure it was for 64bit systems. So I tracked down the latest 64bit for Linux (packaged as an rpm) and repacked it as an AppImage. (Thanks...

mikeslr

Exactly: Changed to something 'Human-Meaningful' such as "WifesWin11".

mikeslr

Ditto what bigpup wrote. The operative term in 3, 4 and 6 is able ; neither required nor unable, that is 'User Choice'. For example: 4. Able to load in full ram That's Puppys condition OOTB: Pupmode 5. Once you create and use a SaveFile/Folder Puppy no longer is 'able' to load in full ram and runs i...

mikeslr

And adding to what T'other Mike wrote about his portables, (almost?) all can be updated; some from their respective built-in update mechanisms, others via an Update Script you'll find within the extracted portable's folder. Also check-out T'other Mike's complete list of portables, https://forum.pupp...

mikeslr

Puppys are 'binary-compatible' with some major distro's version. That doesn't mean identical. Only that a 'snapshot' of a then current major distro's binaries and some libraries have been used in the build, and the Puppys so built will have immediate access to the repository of that version via Pupp...

mikeslr

Thanks, rcrsn51, for the correction.

mikeslr

Thanks bigpup for discovering it, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=118131#p118131 and Clarity for providing the link to a Youtube tutorial on how to deploy and configure it, https://youtu.be/2ITezMkbAqE . The Youtube shows that versions can be installed into Windows, Linux, Mac, Andr...

mikeslr

The way I built a LibreOffice SFS using PaDS (referred to in my prior post) was after the SFS was created I mounted it, copied its contents to a NAMED folder, then dir2sfs the folder. But before running dir2SFS I edited the desktop files in /opt/libreofficeX.X/share/xdg to remove the %U arguments fr...

mikeslr

Tippe , see my post here, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=117797#p117797 . Editing the text in desktop files intended for major distros isn't something to reasonably expect in an application intended for Puppys. But Puppys do have an issue which may be addressed programmatically. S...

mikeslr

You'll find the %U command in LibreOffice's Desktop's files Exec=Line. Not sure what it's supposed to do, but Puppys always stumble when it's present. [Maybe U means 'User' and Puppys run as Root]. Easy fix. Just edit the Exec= line to delete it. Edit: I see that you built the LibreOffice SFS using ...

mikeslr

ditto what IdfbAn wrote. But I'd add not JWM OOTB. A few use p-theming, but most use radky's enhancements. Both provide the User the choice of having more than one panel and whether or not to have desktop launchers. Bookworm uses rady's. It's on the Desktop submenu and it's use very intuitive. Altho...

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