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I recently used the appimage in Bookwormpup64_10.0.3, found here: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

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I have downloaded and successfully used lightzone-4.1.5_64.sfs from https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linux_Forum_Pets/lightzone-4.1.5_64.sfs in at least bionicpup, if not fossapup.

BUT, you also need to install an updated Java Run-time-environment sfs. You might try one from the parent site ...

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I use the following in a keybinding situation to run a script but it can work elsewhere (in the case below, the script is on the Desktop)
lxterminal --working-directory=/root/Desktop ./yourscript

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I use the nousbwait=5 where there is a slower drive, say I am booting from an older USB. "5" represents 5 seconds while the system waits for the drive to settle/register, (or something similar ??)
It is not necessary to use this delay unless the boot process cannot find the linux / kernel files, in ...

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To avoid the need to update-grub from the installed OS, create a text file called custom.cfg and put it in the same directory with the grub.cfg file , which should be in /boot/grub.

Add the required boot script to the text file just as it is, without any bash symbols, etc at the top.

So the file ...

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I use the UUID of the drive where the frugal Puppy OS is located. You can get this from the Partition--> Information menu in GParted.
For simplicity, I assign this to a variable in the Grub2 grub.conf file -
eg: MYUUID=1c48a2d8-bdbb-4cf5-a620-e43c95e51a05

Then I use the value of this variable in ...

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And you can convert all PNG files to one PDF at once with ImageMagick:
convert "*.{PNG}" -quality 50 FILEOUT.pdf # to remove original PNG file, add: && rm *.PNG

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Some suggestions might be found here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23214617/imagemagick-convert-image-to-pdf-with-a4-page-size-and-image-fit-to-page

I use Imagemagick all the time on Bookwormpup64-10.3. But one needs to run the following to install it: apt install graphicsmagick-imagemagick ...

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If you only want a simple list of files (output to text file), use the following in a terminal open in the desired directory: ls > file.txt
You can also output to a csv file which can be opened in Libreoffice etc.

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Another option for a cheap amp with more features is the E-Lektron EL5-FB Stereo HiFi Class D Digital Amplifier, which also features Radio Bluetooth USB SD Karaoke with Remote. I think it has a 20W output and includes an FM radio (of sorts). It cost about $A105.

Interestingly, the D class ...

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Hi newpet ,

I use a few Windows portable apps from the XP era, and I cant do without them, there being no equivalent Linux app that I am aware of.
( eg Mp3directcut, Faststone, Sumatra, and Irfanview, especially.)
The older wine portables can give problems rendering certain features, and need 32 ...

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@wizard is correct. Use xtightvncviewer. Excellent software.

There is sometimes an issue with the Pi config file: /root/.vnc/xstartup, especially if the windows manager used on the pi varies.
I use a pi running the stock debian as a vnc linked terminal and it runs OK, but I cant access the config ...

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I used VBox a lot some years ago, and it was a bit of a hassle to get all the things right.
The Virtual Box Guest additions must match the VirtualBox version. Once you select the Guest addition ISO, it should self install.

BTW, before doing that,however, I needed to configure the VirtualBox ...

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I have had issues transferring files from my Nokia X30 (Android) mobile to PuppyOS as pupMTP does not bring up the camera files for whatever reason.
So I now turn on pure FTP on my PuppyOS, and use FTPCafe as the client on the mobile via my home network.
Works a treat !

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Point of clarification...

Host machine runs PureFTP, which must be started from the Network Menu. Turn OFF host firewall. Use ifconfig in the terminal to get its IP, eg 192.168.1.xxxx

Guest/recipient machine runs gFTP. Turn OFF host firewall. Add the IP of the host, 21, root, & woofwoof.
The guest ...

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Try using Google Docs, running under Chrome.
Open up a new word document, and under Tools there is a Voice to Text option.
Click on the microphone to start. Its not perfect, and it keeps stopping and needs to be restarted, but it does work.
Mind, you have to have a working microphone, producing ...

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One issue I have had with older OS's on USB's not booting is that the OS USB bootloader is not EFI compliant, ie it is a legacy bootloader.
None of the more modern laptops etc I have used will "see" this older OS/USB as an option to boot from, which at the time was very annoying.
So I might suggest ...

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For simple tasks I use Faststone portable running under wine. Works a treat, especially with newer versions of Wine.

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I use the following script linked to a keystroke combination when things seem a bit slower. It have added lot of line returns to make it look more pretty and an auto close function. Many thanks to Joe for his original script.

#!/bin/sh

# simple tool for puppy linux to clean caches
# Joe Arose aka ...

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On the odd occasion I want to transfer photos off my android phone, I use FtpCafe as the host on the phone, and gFTP as the client on Puppy.

Havent used it for a while so I forget some of the operational details. There are other FTP programs out there on android which i tried, but FtpCafe was the ...

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I use this script which uses FFMPEG in Bookwormpup64. A lot easier to record sound when Pulseaudio is operational.

The trick is to get the correct sound monitor:

#!/bin/sh

BITR=160k # set bitrate for mp3
mytime="00:20:00" # set length of recording hh:mm:ss

echo " Recording time is " $mytime
echo ...

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@Geek3579 :-

The way I use the DWService-portable across the home LAN is slightly different. On every Puppy I control remotely, I have a small text file in root, where I note down the 'User' and 'Password' for the 'agent'. I also run Bill's 'SimplePythonHTTPServer'. This lets me browse the ...

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@Geek3579 :-

The way I use the DWService-portable across the home LAN is slightly different. On every Puppy I control remotely, I have a small text file in root, where I note down the 'User' and 'Password' for the 'agent'. I also run Bill's 'SimplePythonHTTPServer'. This lets me browse the remote ...

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I did check on the website and there was an icon, but it was shown as "unavailable."

I turned off the firewalls of host and client but that did not seem to help. Checked /etc/host.allow and /etc/host.deny, but they were OK.

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Returning to DWService.

Tried it out last night, using BookwormPup64 as host, and my mobile phone on 4G as the remote client.

I ran the install script as indicated and selected INSTALL. That did NOT automatically start the session, IMHO.
BUT, I had to run the install script again, then select RUN ...

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I was curious for those using Qemu, what host do you use?
Do any of you use Puppy Linux of some kind or do you use a standard Linux?

For the host, I'm using Pop!_OS Linux for one of my pc's and Alpine Linux for another.
I like the Alpine Linux for how small it is but it takes some building and ...

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I just tried Vivaldi on Bookwormpup64 with Pulse audio. Voice to text comes up, but does not produce text output.

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I am trying not to use the monopolists, LOL. A futile protest for sure but...
I would like some stand alone non cloud app.

I get that. I started looking for a stand alone package myself months ago now. There was a post on this a ways back for running Nerd Dictation, but I could only get it to ...

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I have recently done about 20,000 words using Google Docs as part of Google-Chrome. No installation required.

Open a word document in Google Docs and use Tools --> Voice typing ( or ctrl + shift + s ) to bring up then microphone icon, and click to start.
As other users have noted, It does tend to ...

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Looks good.

For more complex renaming tasks like renumbering etc I have tried MultiRename which is OOTB in Bookwormpup64 under the Filesystem menu.

Worth trying.

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