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JusGellin depending on which distro you are using, commands might be supplied by https://busybox.net/BusyBox.html if you are used to more functionality, maybe coming from a different linux, updating with apt might install a different package. did synaptic install GNU Core Utilities? https://stackov...

Hello, I came across Puppy recently and found it interesting. I would like to install it on my Thinkpad L570 which was made in 2017. It is an i5 with 8 GB of ram, so not too slow. I dont understand which Puppy linux distribution is best for me, or even what the advantage of one over the other is. I...

temporialy and permanent if you dont want to maintain a ~/bashrc.d dir or configs in /etc I have thought of the possibility of numbering. Not only the tasks (filenames) but also the file content lists. so something like fin4 or todoreplace7 for inside the file reading up a bit when I have a chance.

EDIT: I definitely don't know how to get that to work as a standalone script. not a standalone script, but I can add functions to a file and then source the file. for instance if put all your *add, *replace, and *print functions into todo.sh, then run source todo.sh at the prompt, it lets me run al...

Well the todoadd.sh , todoreplace.sh , and todoprint.sh , along with the corresponding finadd.sh , finreplace.sh , and finprint.sh are indeed bash functions. I have placed them in my /etc/bash/bashrc.d folder and that's all that is necessary to run them sorry , I missed that change in functionality...

@wanderer I found this online and it might be useful to know, I have not tried it myself :oops: numbat? clone? if I understand using github correctly, a clone would be for building your own version whereas forking would be better for a collobarative build? and somehere I can not find at the moment,...

Burunduk thanks 0 ~ $ whereis bash bash: /usr/local/bin/bash /usr/local/man/man1/bash.1.gz 0 ~ $ yes. I guess if I am going to use someone elses script, I should check if the specified interpeter is in my path :oops: (its a long story why bash is in /usr/local/bin) That command doesn't work with th...

Here are three scripts to view, replace, or add to the text contained in the ~/todo/do files EDIT: These scripts do not work if there are spaces in the filenames. But they do work with wildcards. (See bottom image) Backslash spaces don't seem to work when prompted for the filename however. Without ...

rockedge wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:38 pm

Where is the not obsolete version?

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Installing from an EasyOS img file does not use the same method as for installing other versions of Puppy which are iso files. https://easyos.org/install/how-to-write-easyos-to-a-flash-drive.html and if you want to duplicate an existing install with the methods posted by philh, dont forget to copy ...

The "default Woof-CE BookwormPups" (64-bit & 32-bit) are found at: https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE/actions/workflows/debian-bookworm.yml This is what radky enhances to produce his BookwormPup64 Built from "testing"? Incorporating many of the fixes dimkr brought...

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as prison
where all must choose a lane

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fredx181 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:04 pm

Not sure what you mean with 'between boots', it's supposed to be a portable application that doesn't rely on rebooting.

my error Fred,
@Gov, do other configuration changes to brave persist between browser exits and (re)launches?

Governor wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:35 am

I get the same result no matter how many times I have run the LAUNCH script. It is also the same result if Brave is running or not.
Just one of those 'quirks', I guess.

Do other configuration changes to brave persist between boots?

At first bootup, assumes hw clock is local time. Subsequent bootups, reads /etc/localtime symlink in the @qv folder and copies it, as well as what it points to, into the initrd. Then, it is hoped, the date will be set correctly. But maybe the code has a problem, if you are getting a day ahead. when...

https://waxzce.medium.com/use-bashrc-d-directory-instead-of-bloated-bashrc-50204d5389ff First, create a directory mkdir ~/.bashrc.d chmod 700 ~/.bashrc.d Then add this to your actual .bashrc or .bash_profile (on top) for file in ~/.bashrc.d/*.bashrc; do source “$file” done Then just split the file ...

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=5275 this tutorial reccomends 100mb. If you ever have an occasion to plug your ssd into a windows machine and need the fat partition for storage to share with windows, you might want bigger. you dont have to allocate all of the rest of the drive ext3, som...

fredx181 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:50 pm

Patience ! No need to rush IMO, radky will probably respond sooner or later and you really need his approval, I'd say.

yes, it's only a nomination thus far
Has @666philb ever mentioned why he visits less frequently?

Please note that i am a layman only. I have downloaded 2 grub. gz and unzipped. However, not found cfg file inside folder, in order to add boot stanza of QV. Please elaborate. the gz was supplied as an update to https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=337 if you are updating an earlier version...

I am using void and wish to know if https://voidlinux.org/packages/?arch=x86_64&q=MarkText is possibly the same? Yes it is :thumbup2: I use it on KLV-Airedale and KLV-Spectr . but the link shows, (at least for me anyways) No results found . and I have found not all editors render the same resul...

Why does anyone think we can only submit, only one specific Puppy version to DistrWatch. No reason 2, 3, 4, or more of the very good recent new versions could not be submitted. you would have to ask distrowatch about that. I was entertaining the idea that the distrowatch listing could point to a pa...

Calling now for some help with the changes in the text. Proposals highly appreciated. Get your name in the history books. At the bottom of https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/ following the section I need more info before deciding to try, there should be a new section titled Other community distri...

@rockedge

I realize that puppylinux.com redirects to https://puppylinux-woof-CE.github.io and woof-ce is specific to puppy................

but is there a way someone who clicks on puppylinux.com can also find out more about all the active projects in the puppy community ie, dogs klvs easys etc?

I've just tried to add my favorite book reader, FBReader to F96-CE v.4 from Puppy Package Manager. Boy, a really ugly ancient version and it crashes. Removed. I've actually only ever used the vastly better, old free Android .apk version 2.0.6 on my tablet. I really love that reader. So I'd like to ...

nnriyer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:58 am

Sir

Is it possible to load QV from btrfs partition through our old boot loader "refind".

It should be but, have you seen this?
viewtopic.php?p=104876#p104876

Manessa wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:00 pm

Hello again everyone. I am also learning the first steps in Linux. And the question is, what desktop environment or window manager does Puppy Linux use?

Hi, Manessa
which puppy are you using?

No matter what gets announced on distrowatch, puppylinux.com is the first search result for "puppy linux" and needs to be updated. I think this is way more important than representation on dw. agreed and that page also needs to feature the other kennelmates (dogs, klvs etc), rather than a...

Jeff, it sounds like your are trying to set up a UEFI type boot onto a machine that only needs a MBR boot. Are you trying to keep a Ubuntu install in another partition? More details on your disk layout would help. surely it is bigger than 2.5 G, maybe thats all the space you have available outside t...

Probably much more, but I think the question is: Who decides ? There's no authority present atm who can make some sort of "law" about what and what not. People are doing their own thing now. Btw, personally I think it's fine, lots of creativity , let's stop trying to define what is a &quo...

should be about: Built up as a bunch of separate SFS files, how it boots, loads complete OS into RAM, stores changes in a save file/folder, ......... (pupmodes), supports hardware old and new, uses the same core programs, installs as a frugal install, etc............. That to me is a Puppy version....