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GTK is not being replaced in Linux—but it is evolving, and some trends may give the impression of a shift. Let’s break down what’s really happening:

Is GTK Being Replaced?

No, GTK is still a core toolkit, especially for:
GNOME desktop (which uses GTK 4)
Many Linux applications like Gedit ...

The sda4 it created without asking was 140gb, is that too big for grub4dos?
Size of partition should not matter.

What format is it?

That may be the issue.

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What would you use?

gtkdialog is an older utility used to create GTK-based GUI dialogs from shell scripts, but it's now deprecated and unmaintained. If you're looking for modern replacements that serve similar purposes (especially for scripting GUIs), here are several active and maintained ...

You are describing exactly what 99% of the Puppy specific programs are in a puppy version.

In the early days of Puppy development and somewhat still now.

Many of the programs in a Puppy version, are simple script files, designed to do one thing, and do it very well.

Need to do something else, use ...

Did you read this:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic. ... 76#p148476

Tried it in BookwormPup64 10.0.10 and it works.

Which I could move it around on the desktop, but it is not movable.

Not sure if the 2+2 rox button is working correctly.

First time clicked on it adds two more Rox windows.

Click on again and those two go away.

Click on again and nothing happens ...

@MochiMoppel

You may want to look at this script.
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=13934

Maybe you and nik120s can work together on something very very good for a Rox file manger display.

I too find this useful.

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-s)	read_geometry save ; exit ;;

If your computer's BIOS (or UEFI firmware) is listing USB boot devices that are no longer attached, it usually indicates that those devices were previously connected and recognized, and their boot entries were stored in non-volatile memory.

Why This Happens
Persistent Boot Entries: Some BIOS/UEFI ...

What about a pet package is no longer usable for 2025?

So far I have had no real issues installing pet packages into any of the latest puppy version.

Pet packages, just like any Linux software packages (deb, etc...) are dependent on being compiled to work in the specific Linux OS.

So even pet ...

Just to add.

Any laptop that has Windows 10 or 11 S version should be priced about the same as a ChromeBook.

I suggest changing the files name to roxrox just because it identifies it better for what it is.

Someone looking for it is going to think. Where is that roxrox file I want to use?

I changed the MARGINR=0 (# distance from right screen edge) to MARGINR=900

I like to have stuff open more in the ...

Wouldn't you want to keep the old save if you had added anything, changes, etc......?

Replace everything but the old save that is there from the older install?

I do not understand the question.

That was for dimkr about his procedure to upgrade an older version of Vanilla Dpup 11 with a ...

How to change kernel
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=317

If you get a kernel package from here:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewforum.php?f=65

Read the topic to see what Puppy it will work in.

Example:
BookwormPup64 needs a usrmerge kernel.

Wouldn't you want to keep the old save if you had added anything, changes, etc......?

Replace everything but the old save that is there from the older install?

For very new computers with the newest hardware all you can do is try a Puppy version and see how it works.

The newest version of BookwormPup64 10.0.10 seems to work well on the latest ChromeBooks.
It has updated everything that will not be in older versions of Puppy.
Plus much newer Linux kernel ...

I am finding the limitation of 2GB size of sda2 being a big issue; in fact the free remaining space of sda2 in the usb stick where to save changes currently is around 900MB, the other 1.1GB being used for the OS.

What I did was after the img was burned to the USB stick.

I used Gparted to ...

The big issue with multiple OS's on a single USB stick is getting the boot loader to have a good entry to boot Puppy.

The boot loaders that Puppy installs that are provided in a Puppy version try to find all that is on a drive and setup the correct entries for all.

But they do have to be run from ...

But it still only boots to this point.

And it's stuck like this?

What hardware do you have? What GPU is this and how old is it?

If it's an NVIDIA GPU, please try 11.0.233. I added lots of NVIDIA firmware.

Yes stuck at that point.

Sorry I should know better and give you some hardware ...

I'm new to puppy linux in general, and interested in using this for my young niece, on a 2011 Macbook Pro.

With this version a Vanilla dpup still being developed and trying out new stuff for Puppy Linux.
Nothing wrong with it, but it is going to have issues that need to be looked at an overcome ...

I too suggest BookwormPup64 10,0,10

It has apt and Synaptic package manager and gets software from Debian repositories.

So far it is staying updated with new releases every few months.

F96-CE_4 was an update to Fossapup64 and is still a very good Puppy version, but it is going to get harder to ...

All you want to know about Puppy Linux on a ChromeBook:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=431

If you look for a new ChromeBook.

Puppy Linux works very well on Chromebooks with the Intel X86, X86-64, or AMD64 processor.

Puppy Linux will not work on ARM Architecture processor based ...

dimkr wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 6:15 pm
bigpup wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 3:23 pm
Installed vanilladpup-11.0.232-ext4-2gb-uefi.img on a USB stick.

What tool did you use?

easydd v5

I tried a completely fresh new install.

This time woofwoof worked for the password.

But it still only boots to this point.
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Installed vanilladpup-11.0.232-ext4-2gb-uefi.img on a USB stick.

Boots to asking for password.

woofwoof does not work.

Just get error wrong password.

Are you asking about doing it on the exact same computer or using the cable on a different computer?

With phones now basically a tablet computer.

A puppy version made for ARM-based hardware would most likely work on it.

The first rule of designing, making anything.

If it never fails.

They will only buy it one time!

Rule 2.
How long should it be before it fails and not make people to never want to buy it again?

So is a Puppy version now able to read and write to the floppies?

moviedude

Please understand that posing about more than one issue in a topic turns the topic into a big mess of posts talking about different issues.

You got Bookwormpup32 installed and working.

Start a new topic about the browser issue.

A new topic about Vanilladpup and getting it to boot and ...

No posts by SeanR since April 24.

We are just talking to ourselfs

I selected Menu > Setup > Puppy Installer.
At this point I am stuck trying to satisfy the installer wanting the Frugal install files.

When you selected puppy button on the main page of the installer.

The first option is to tell it what to install as the source.

If you scroll down it gives ...

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