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lobster

In ye olde days of Puppy . Bashscript with extensive notes were being used by Barry with only a few other languages being supported.
It was one of the reasons Puppy is unique, efficient and small

If you are a Bashsript aficionado you might be interested in Bashcore. Hardcore.
It ain't for me BUT ...

lobster

Thanks everyone for your replies.

Basically it is reaching a riduculous level of data scraping and sharing to feed the
AI monster money bubble being created.

I use social media (mastodon) and decentralised software
services on private servers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse
For example ...

lobster

I upgraded to 6.6 using it now.

Took a while to download and install. Not sure why. Iblio seemed ultra slow.
The important thing for me was my PNY USB 3 multi card reader, (SD and Micro SD etc) worked.
- I upgraded to the latest Firefox
- The PrivacyBadger extention was still installed
- Changed ...

lobster

Starting on January 19, 2025 Facebook's internal policy makers decided that Linux is malware and labelled groups associated with Linux as being "cybersecurity threats". Any posts mentioning DistroWatch and multiple groups associated with Linux and Linux discussions have either been shut down or had ...

lobster

Zarfy did not work for me (two monitors) LG and AOC (Zarfy did not even load)
Running latest EasyOS did not help.

After an hour of reading documentation and trying the suggestions in documentation etc
Gave up and booted from my default Debian which recognized and was easy to configure

lobster

:thumbup:

Hi everyone, took me a couple of days to get into the forum (many thanks to moderator)

Using EasyOS 6.5.4.2 as my backup OS on two laptops and one desktop. One of the laptops had Manjaro
on it but is now booting into GRUB. Manjaro is too cutting edge for me. So Debian is my primary OS ...

lobster

Using EasyOS, :thumbup2: updated it yesterday with the built in updater, which worked well. Using it now on a laptop.

I have a new website https://mettaray.com and will add a link to EasyOS soon.

Still using GNU-Debian as my main OS and am now on
https://infosec.exchange/deck/@lobster part of ...

lobster

I think one visit every couple of years is plenty. :mrgreen:

I have been using and swearing at Apple ipad Pro and Iphone for their attempts to lock me into their methodology.

Been distrohopping...
Ubuntu, Debian and Manjaro mostly BUT practically never use Windows. My local library uses it, so ...

lobster

Lobster here with a new name (Lobstered) had to re-register ... :oops:

What happened? I can set a new password or change the email address for you if you want to return to Lobster . I can merge the new topics into Lobster as the author if needed.

Wouldn't be the same without Lobster ...

lobster

Lobster here,

Not posting from EasyOS but I have been installing it. First on a 4gb USB Key drive and this morning on a 8gb key drive. My Bionic Puppy was gradually deteriorating and I upgraded to what I hoped would be a home server but has ended up as a desktop running GNU-Debian long term ...

lobster

ah tried before - got in this time but forgot how to change my name ... I am bionic64 or something for now

lobster

OK updated to new code in first post in this thread.

Wondering if Puppy still has an IRC channel - the one I have on Freenode not working ...

lobster

Veilid Growl is up to 0.6

New links such as
https://infosec.town/ where you wll find me wandering around pretending I have a clue
https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ from the Electronic Frontier Foundation

lobster

:welcome: There I was (and this is a true story) pondering how to kill two fish with one stick :mrgreen:
... and therefore Puppy has a new test version of the very simple to understand GROWL security program.

You will notice
it is being renamed Veilid Growl - Veilid is the second fish
Have also ...

lobster

:thumbup:

Glad everyone is alive and finding their placement :mrgreen:

Since I drifted quietly back into the sea my news for those wondering, wandering and remembering:
-been nursing one family member who died towards the end of last year with dementia
-been using Puppy on one machine all the ...

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