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mikewalsh wrote: Mon Sep 25, 2023 9:06 am

Thought we'd lost ya for good

Na Mike, I pop in from time to time to see how things are on the forum.

Once I get settled in I'll find more time to delve back into things, I need to brush up on my scripting as it was always a bit rough.

The bathroom next on the list.

Hi guys been awhile, in the process of building a small house on my sons property so haven't a lot of time to do much computer wise with everything packed in storage, have just recently moved in and unpacking stuff, still have things to finish so have to save money like crazy to complete the build ...

Suggest you try MikeWalsh's portable, https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=37559#p37559 . Don't update it.

To make Firefox not update, in the "firefox" directory make a folder called "distribution", inside of that a file called "policies.json", with this.

{
"policies ...

@mikewalsh

I'm using PhotoShop CS6 extended edition, running in wine-1.7.23, it all seems good, I haven't had a issue as of yet, though I have copied the system files from visualbasic6 into the system32 folder, that might be the reason it runs ok, yes um, "other" means.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't these originate as Photoshop "plug-ins"?

Mike. ;)


Hi Mike, been awhile, yea the Windows and Mac OS X versions contain both the Photoshop plugin and the standalone application.

I'm still using XTahr with the photo software adrive I built, it does what I need ...

It's been some time since I've done anything with Linux, all my old machines died so haven't really had anything dedicated to run Linux on, I've now resorted to to using VMWare on my new PC, works much better than VirtualBox.

I recently used Urbanlightscape to edit a image of my deceased cat Vince ...

@Geoffrey I just ran @fredx181's script from the oldforum and it built a working Firefox 99.0.1 with sound.

Replaced the Firefox I had which ran the CPU hot and sound wasn't working with the finished product. Sound works and CPU is nice and cool


Yea, the script works well, I'm still using ...

Try this script from the old forum, https://oldforum.puppylinux.com/viewtop ... 9#p1025219 it worked for me, downloads the latest Firefox.

Remove the .gz to run the file in a terminal

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Builds a Firefox that contains the files needed for sound.

darry19662018 wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:31 pm Thanks Geoffrey and Fred works in my old Dpup 5.08 squeeze remaster.

This thread will be short lived as Adobe Flash will cease as of December 31, 2020, https://www.adobe.com/products/flashpla ... life.html#

The latest working version from the old forum, due to my long absence was resurrected by fredx181, Thanks Fred, thanks also to sfs and all those that gave input that kept this script functioning

Pet by fredx181 update_flash-1.8-1.pet

Tested in Tahr 32bit today Thu Aug 13, 2020 :thumbup2 ...

Good source of SVG Emoji's https://getemoji.com

You can make a directory "/root/.themes" and place them there, the same goes for icons, "/root/.icons" and "/root/.fonts".


I read about it somewhere, but they recommended linking in .themes instead of putting the files there because otherwise there was a risk of the folder corrupting or ...

You can make a directory "/root/.themes" and place them there, the same goes for icons, "/root/.icons" and "/root/.fonts".

I use to place items there as it makes for a easy cleanup and testing.

This is from the Murga Forum, first Posted: Sat 30 Dec 2017, I thought I'd retrieve the conversation, as it's an obscure process that hasn't found a use in puppy as far as I know.

I really hope the Murga Forum can be saved.

I am so grateful to all those that have added to the vast amount of ...

WebQam is a QT web camera viewer compiled from source in Bionic64.

In the puppy package manager search for qt4-default and libqt4-sql-sqlite, qt4-default will pull the other required files, those will get it up and running.

web.archive.org has that posting.

https://web.archive.org/web/20180907071 ... 289#199289

Wake up Neo.

The Matrix has you, follow the white rabbit...

Links 386 CD was a great Golf simulation at its time.

Packaged with Dosbox and SDL library's in the applications working directory, Dosbox is modified to keep it's configuration in the working directory.

Should run in most pups, runs in Bionicpup64 with 32bit compatibility installed, ALT+ENTER ...

Works for me

Thanks guy's, that makes it so much easier.

I compiled get2desklet64-3.1 in Bionic64, Gtk2desklet is used to create desktop widgets.

gtk2desklet64-3.1.pet

Get source here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k1hn0un11p395k2/bLAs4kRz50/gtk2desklet

Animwall Desktop Widget overlays the desktop

animwall_desktop_widget-1.01.pet


https://dl ...

Pinball Fantasies

Pinball Fantasies is an abandoned action game, developed by Digital Illusions and released by 21st Century Entertainment in 1994.

Packaged with Dosbox and SDL library's in the applications working directory, Dosbox is modified to keep it's configuration in the working directory ...

Wonder of wonders, I got the confirmation e-mail through to the 'Spam' folder of my Gmail a/c.....


Ah! that's where it was, Hi Mike, I didn't even think to look there, messaged the admin that got me in, I hope to catch up with everyone, been a long 3 years with very little activity for me, life ...

Hi, I will be trying to retrieve some of my posted apps, I have added a couple so far, there a number of applications on my dropbox that I'll post at some point as they become relevant.

Hopefully some of the members can find their projects, I believe there are mirrors containing a vast majority of ...

Retrieved from murga-linux.com
First Posted: Thu 02 Jun 2011, 22:26

ZAXXON retro remake

http://dl.dropbox.com/s/ybm1k170xysloki/zaxxonrr.gif

I tried to install zaxxonrr from a pup file but didn't have much luck, so I've repackaged as a pet.
zaxxonrr-0.4.125.pet

Keys in the Game :-

Up ...

Retrieved from murga-linux.com

Tintii and Urbanlightscape image manipulation software, these are free for linux from http://www.indii.org/software/

Compiled Statically in Carolina tested with Wary, X-Slacko, Xprecise, should work in any modern Pup derivative.

tintii-2.9.0-i486-static.pet (1.6 ...