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maggie No "stupid" to be handed out. I've done remasters for many years and always wanted mine to be exact duplicates of my custom setup including desktop background and icons. The standard remaster has always required manipulation to do that part and it took a lot of reading, help and tr...

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rockedge Glad you found it useful, as I said, just "notes to self" on what & how I got things to work. When you don't do any copying for a while it's easy to forget what worked, anyway it is for me. The different methods have success rates that depend on if and what kind of encryption...

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greengeek With dpup stretch 7.5rc5 I have used pdvdrsab to rip, shrink (try size 3900), author, and burn dvd's. One important factor that hasn't been mentioned is the output file must be written to a ext3 or 4 partition, may also work on ntfs. Using mplayer to rip a dvd can sometimes bypass encrypt...

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pfind is one of my most used applications, you may find it useful to have it as the first icon on the jwm taskbar right next to the menu button. To add it: - click menu>desktop>JWMDesk Manager>Launch. - Locate pfind in the Avaiable Application section, when you click it, it will appear in the Panel ...

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XFE file manager, available in the ppm, also has a search function built in Tools>Search files or the shortcut ctrl f.

I believe PCmanfm file manager also has a built in search, although I don't use it.

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Take a look at this post for possible solutions.

viewtopic.php?f=149&t=2997

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@mikewalsh
Mike, think there's any way to spoof the widevine version?

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Had same problem with FF84. Tried using a user-agent switcher, but that did not work. Netflix is working in Chrome portable 90.

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Find the article a bit humorous too. The 3-5 year timeline would be good if you want or need to keep up with the latest hardware technology. After 3 years the biggest things a typical laptop needs are: 1.inspection and physical cleaning of the cooling fan and heat sink (blow out with "canned ai...

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@Jafadmin

Took me a while, but got a TaoTronics Bluetooth Transmitter and Receiver 2-in-1 Wireless Adapter TT-BA07 from ebay and it does work well with my TV/puppy laptop/bluetooth speaker. Thanks for the tip.

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mikewalsh Was setting one up for my daughter, really a quick and painless, low hardware required, low maintenance way to get a shared drive on the network. When I couldn't find any easy instructions for mounting with puppy (or linux in general) I decided to do the "how to". Tried several ...

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Connecting to a USB hard drive that's attached to a network router Connecting to any storage media in linux is called "mounting". Many home routers have a USB port where a hard drive can be connected. This creates a simple network attached storage (NAS) device that can be shared by the ot...

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@Jafadmin
Thanks, my use is for mp4 movies, netflix, and TV so will give it try and let you know.

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Does your TaoTronics Portable Bluetooth Transmitter for TV have low enough latency to work with videos and not produce lip sync problems? I've tried several and all failed that test.

Thanks
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I've seen Firefox's annoying automatic update referenced several time in the forums. Older versions had a checkbox to disable it, but Mozilla, like many other software companies, has decided that they know what's best for their users. I personally find this offensive since my experience has been tha...

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I have installed puppy dpup stretch 7.5rc5 and fossapup64 9.5 on probably a dozen used laptops. HP, Lenovo, Compaq, and Dell, The oldest was a Dell D620 from 2006, installed fossapup64, runs very fast. In the US these are easy to find and not expensive. Here are some tips on buying: --Only consider ...

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I have no artistic ability and am no poet, but here are my thoughts. In the world of puppy linux, John Murga was a sheep dog. He unselfishly herded what I believe is one of the best and most helpful linux forums on the web. Over the years I've received help from forum members from all over the world...

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Turning off the compositor stops the overheating, but it also disables conky's transparent background. Turning the compositor on and choosing BackEnds>Xrender restores the transparent background AND stops the overheating.

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@666philb

That was it, stopped the compositor, removed from startup, no more overheating in screensaver standy.

mystery solved, thanks

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williams2 governors are set on powersave and locked at the lowest mhz allowed. Also, xset dpms appears to turn of the screens completely. Experimenting with xset s I found that running this command from a terminal dims the screen to black (in 10 sec), but doesn't turn it off and it does not overhea...

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@williams2

thanks for your reply. The xset dpms 0 0 5 overheats just like the default screensaver. Still a mystery and just on the two laptops listed above

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I've installed fossa64 9.5 on multiple laptops without any issues. Two of the laptops have overheated when the default screen saver initiates. Here are pertinent specs: -Puppy fossa64 9.5 frugal install -laptops have standard video chips, no nvidia or other enhanced video -cpu cooling fans are clean...

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@greengeek

Per foxpups message, disable hibernation. Also disable Windows Fast Boot, which is a partial hibernation (should be disabled anyway, as it is a source of trouble)

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The trick is to boot up without any internet connection, check this article:

https://www.howtogeek.com/442609/confir ... -creation/

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VLC 3.0.12 test.
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Watched full .mp4 movie, tested controls, etc. and listened to a playlist of .mp3 audio files. No issues, everything seems to be working correctly

thanks oscar

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@Grey
Hi grey, I tested your smplayer and it works. It requires that you have chrome or chromium (and maybe other chrome based) set as your default browser. The browser is actually what does the casting.

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Grey Thanks for those pieces of the puzzle, turns out it was a little more complicated, but got it working. After trying several programs/methods of casting to chromecast VLC was a clear winner for its ability to play and cast almost any format of video or audio, plus it will transcode on the fly i...

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installed: vlc-3.0.11-x86_64-fossa.pet vlc media player should be able to cast content to a chromecast device by using: Playback>Renderer and then choosing the device. When using in fossa, Renderer shows only Local and Scanning (Scanning is grayed out). Checking this on the web it seems that libmicr...

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s243a thanks for weighing in on this. The 95fix.sh along with the standard remaster filled my needs. I've created many "fix" scripts over the years for other puppies. Typically when I get ready to use a new puppy version I do all the customization, add pets, etc, then remaster. I don't ad...

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