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Thanks, all the more reason to become as proficient as I can with my existing BASH. It is as if I can bring it to other systems. Seems ideal.

Thanks Williwaw. That's good info. Unfortunately, at this point I am barely familiar with the shell I am using, but will hopefully get there eventually That is a great flexibility option as I learn more.

Thanks Rufwoof! great info. I think I am going to at this point try to familiarize myself with all of the commands within busybox. Seems like a good place to start.

Thank you for looking that up. Ive run into several commands that dont work on puppy, but i figured it was just because ive been told puppy is lighter and smaller, which is why i like it. For example, info and apropos dont work.

Thanks for the answer. I am beginning to get it. Should I use a different tutorial, and stick with the urxvt and the lxterminal already installed? If so, which of those is best for playing with?

I am also reading introduction to linux by Machtelt Garrels.

My tutorial is here:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=44123

It came up with a bunch of things. I found it able to run under the title mxrvt-full. Perhaps i am getting lost and should start with a more basic tutorial...

Im sure there is a way to get it to run from anywhere?

I have another stupid question. The tutorial asks me to get mrxvt. I have gotten in through the ppm. It says installed. However, when i type mrxvt into any of my terminals it says command not found...

Thanks. Now I understand. I am easily confused... Is there a quick guide anywhere to the differences? To someone at my level of understanding they appear the same, but I am sure some are better at some things than others. There must also be a reason why one was chosen as default...

Ive dug into it a big and see that my linux comes with lxterminal. Rxvt is installed per the package manager, but I never installed it. So do I have 2 different terminals installed?

That is exactly wha i have been doing. I type rxvt into the terminal and it opens a window with another terminal.

I never added another. That is mostly what is bewildering me. I have dpup stretch 7.5. Unless that comes with it’s own terminal and rxvt. Then it would make some sense.

I have a question about the tutorial I have been doing. It is probably a very stupid question, but here it is. Why does he have you type rxvt into the terminal? It seems to be the same to me except with inverted colors. Maybe slightly faster... what am I really doing when i do that? Thanks.

Thanks!

Thanks, will give ublock a shot!

I solved the install problem. Just did it again and it worked...

Is there a way to shortcut to the console through a keyboard command like ctrl alt t?

I did the frugal install and am having a bit of a problem. Now when I boot off hard disk (usb is ok) it just boots to setup like it is fresh and doesnt seem to find the save file? I wonder what i did wrong, and how i can fix this if its fixable...

Thanks Williwaw,

I have the reference card, but I didnt pay much attention to the link. It is fantastic and just what I need!

Thanks for the thorough answer. There is alot to chew on, but it all makes good sense.

S243a. Thank you. I found that in the package manager. Is there a button for a general system update, or is that it?

I will check out the midnight commander. I generally think I prefer working through the command line...

I got the dpup stretch and got it installed. Formating usb and using unetbootin were a good learning experience. I will see how it goes and post some more as i play with it a bit. Thanks guys.