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Thanks Rockedge,

I was starting to have Puppy Linux withdrawal symptoms...needed my daily "fix" from the forum news. Always something of interest or practical value. More so than other forums which shall be un-named.

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I had trouble booting into MX-XFCE, and the following solution might work for other MX variants. At first, I could only boot into root user, using the other option login with ID/PASSWORD as root/roo t. The suggested user demo/demo login did not work. Running as root limited usage a bit, as certain ...

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I am very impressed with the weedogit script. EndeavourOS worked perfectly. What a fabulous extension to the Puppy Linux concept! The acid test for me was MX-Linux, as this is my preferred OS after Puppy Linux. So I installed Fossapup64 onto a clean 32GB USB 2.0 using STICKPUP, shrunk the FAT32 boot ...

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No I haven't even thought of that. Thanks. OK, I presume fdrv is firmware. Fossapup has an fdrv....also LXPupSC64 Any suggestions as to which puppy os fdrv would be the best candidate ?? Wait a minute, I just checked and my frugal install of Beta 4 has an fdrv listed. Will that be loaded at boot I ...

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I tried to run Quickpup Beta 4 about 3 weeks ago, and I like it a LOT. BUT, the wireless connectivity (eg via frisbee) does not work in that the OS does not see the WiFi, even after trying the suggested fix. All other puppies that I have tried work OOTB in this respect. Before I try Beta 5 is this ...

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Using Bionicpup64. I have issues with file search functions with PCMANFM which have been largely solved by using : Caja file manager or Fsearch. Both work well and fast (especially Fsearch) , but I tend to use Caja first as it is my default file manager. Caja runs rock steady but I find it a bit ...

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Just tried the PET with LXSCPup64. No it does not appear to work.

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In the past I used pupmtp, but my current Android device does not seem to connect with it, so I installed Filezilla on the Android phone and PureFTPd on any Puppy to move files off the phone - mostly photos.

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I agree with mike. I use the 3.3 version and it just works. And I like the menu items too! Just extract the WINE files outside the save folder load the 32 compatability sfs for the particular puppy ( if its 64 bit) run ldconfig in the terminal run the register script to start wine run wine.sh ...

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On my laptop I have used the puppy linux HDMI out to various TVs and so on. I always boot the OS with the HDMI cable DISCONNECTED or I get the same/similar problem as described. Then, once booted, I plug in the HDMI cable and use Zarfy to select the same resolution on the TV as on the normal ...

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For me it's a lot about the "frugal" install capabilities and the speed at which the system operates. I totally agree with rockedge. This last week I've built a Bionicpup64 on a USB-HDD with VirtualBox and QEMU as centrepieces. I can now take my virtual machines anywhere. Boots anywhere, runs fast ...

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I havent tried it but Utility --> Pupsavebackup will backup you pupsave folder which you can move (copy/paste) to another location, and then the bootloader might pick it up as an additional pupsave....maybe....

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I regularly have cause to send screen output to a TV via an HDMI cable. I prefer ZARFY multiple screens for the selection, which can be TV only or both TV and laptop. The trick is to make the TV signal the same resolution as the Desktop/laptop. Never had a problem on very different TV brands. ZARFY ...

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I think it needs to be made clear about how these tools operate. While Stickpup is a great tool, it is quite specific to making Puppy Linux FRUGAL installations with persistence by extracting the contents of the ISO. In addition it makes the USB bootable by installing GRUB. All of this in a single ...

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Good luck on all fronts Andrew.

Puppy Linux is such a great platform for all kinds of projects so its worth persisting if there are leads to go on.

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Thanks all for your comments. One of my hopes/challenges has always been to get shared folders working in Virtualbox, but now I realize thats an unlikely possibility. BTW, I have used VirtualBox a lot in recent times, and as Puppy Linux is very lightweight, virtual machines run very fast. A rarely ...

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I no longer use any desktops, only 2 (cheap) Single Board Computers such as the Beelink. I leave the HDD with Windows 10 untouched, as it usually has only a small drive capacity anyway. And who knows when I might need to use Windows 10 again ??? I then installed a second internal solid state drive ...

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Well for those who are running later puppies, the appimage version found here seems to load and run OK in LXPupSC64.

https://github.com/qTox/qTox-nightly-re ... ter-latest

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Thanks mikewalsh. I pretty much expected what you said, which is a pity, as LXSCPup64 provides a fine, fast and stable desktop which is otherwise perfect for daily use. Since my last post above I re-read a post by ozsouth ( https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=1341 ) which seemed to ...

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Hi mikewalsh, I am running the following Puppy OS on my laptop: Distro: LxPupSc64 19.09 Desktop Panel: lxpanel 0.10.0 Window Manager: Openbox 3.6.1 Desktop Start: xwin startlxde It seems that most portables I have tried do not seem to run ( eg the latest chrome ) and require other dependencies, some ...

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Hi CameloLabadie , Puppy Linux fits the bill! I have installed Bionicpup on a USB using Stickpup and use that to run Oracle VirtualBox (formerly Sun VB); the virtual disk files etc being saved on other HDD etc - an option VirtualBox easily accommodates. All Puppy does is save the VirtualBox ...

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Thanks Mike!

It seems to work fine in LXSC64 also.

Distro: LxPupSc64 19.09
Desktop Panel: lxpanel 0.10.0
Window Manager: Openbox 3.6.1
Desktop Start: xwin startlxde

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I have used EasyDD on several Linux OS and never had a problem. Great little script. I am not a GRUB2 expert at all, but I wonder how you installed GRUB2, and whether your installation has caused the issue. Have you tried installing the OS on a USB using EasyDD and booting that Usb on another ...

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I have struggled to get Janky_BT to work in Bionicpup64. Not tried Fossapup64. Bur the dpupbuster series by josejp2424 has Pulseaudio installed which seems to make things a lot easier. EasyOS by Barry K is also effective in connecting Bluetooth headphones, due to Barry's unique and clever approach ...

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I think Wizard's technique is a simple and effective solution. Clonezilla is great but I find the menus difficult to understand. However, if you want to use the terminal, you can write and compress the USB as a disk image backup: dd if=/dev/INPUT_DEVICE_(eg_sda) conv=sync,noerror bs=64K | gzip -c ...

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Hi Clarity, This looks interesting, thanks. I will try this. The idea of a cloned image ( which this seems to be ??) has been around for a while, but is rarely mentioned, and has a great deal of merit IMHO. I presume that one can burn the image to USB via RUFUS or Etcher in Windows, even. What is ...

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Im not sure what you are trying to do. More details wouldhelp.

Is there an existing Windows installation on your computer, or is it a blank or unformatted HDD?

What puupy OS and what install process are you attempting ?

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The setup was a USB cheapie external soundcard into which a two-plug (green-pink) headphone set was plugged. To get Puppy to recognize the USB I had to use an old trick detailed in coderwall.com/p/k1hyga/fixing-the-sound-in-puppy-linux, a site which doesnt seem to be active now. 1) Right click on ...

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I have been using the ZOOM in Bionic 64 for 18 months and it is rock solid. I think that I downloaded the .deb from the ZOOm site and clicked on it to install. This process needed to be repeated a couple of times as older versions of ZOOM would not run anymore. Getting audio in and out of a USB ...

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I would make a live CD ROM for at least Xenial and Bionic, and try both. CDROMs are pretty cheap and the download footprint is small. Both are excellent and reliable, with good how-to snippets on the old Puppy forum, especially. On one computer, due to ram limitations, I had to make a swapfile ...

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