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k1e3w5

I use LibreWolf appimage as my go-to browser, which comes out-of-the-box with most privacy/security features enabled, then I use a handful of security extensions/addons, and enable or disable a few features in about.config. LibreWolf appimage is an easy update, and always kept current. Just drop ...

k1e3w5

I'm still using an upgraded Racy and Bionic32 both with old kernels dating back to 2013. I haven't experienced any "ill effects" or security issues so far. Both my Puppy systems are read-only though (don't use a savefile/folder for changes) :lol: :lol: :lol:

So, with no savefile, do you have ...

k1e3w5

@k1e3w5 :-

You could perhaps try the AppImage-based Audacity-portable I built a while back. This is Audacity 3.1.2.....whether that's new enough for you or not I don't know, but if you're interested you can find the thread here:-

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=4773

Entirely up to ...

k1e3w5

I installed Audacity from the Puppy package manager. It has put a launch icon in the Multimedia menu but Audacity does not appear when I click on it. Any ideas?

In such cases, I'd suggest:

open a terminal and enter command:

audacity

see if that reveals missing dependency.

root# audacity ...

k1e3w5

Hi,

Relatively speaking (compared to windoze etc), how necessary is it really to keep Linux up to date for a typical home user?

I have a 6 year old Mint 18.3 linux on an old laptop and support stopped in 2021.

Is it really that much of an issue, considering the extra security that Linux already ...

k1e3w5

I installed Audacity from the Puppy package manager. It has put a launch icon in the Multimedia menu but Audacity does not appear when I click on it. Any ideas?

k1e3w5

OK, good to know, must be an old web page.

k1e3w5

On Fossa.

Can someone give me a test page to check if flash is installed correctly to play web pages on PaleMoon where flash is needed. I installed it using 'GetFlash' in the menus - the first version option didn't install but the second seemed to , but I'm still getting a flash needed message on ...

k1e3w5

I found 2 other CUPS files, are they relevant? And there is also /usr/bin/lpoptions ... but I don't know how to edit what is in there.

/usr/share/cups/cups-files.conf.default

#
# File/directory/user/group configuration file for the CUPS scheduler.
# See "man cups-files.conf" for a complete ...

k1e3w5

@k1e3w5 - regarding A4 - an old fix was to make a text file in /etc named papersize. All it contained was a4 (yes, lowercase a). There is also a printer config file in libreoffice's share subfolder. Maybe psprint.conf?

:thumbup: Brilliant .... I'm getting there. papersize text file didnt work ...

k1e3w5

frugal installed
Fossapup64 9.5 Linux 5.4.53
on an old Dell dimension 5150

Epson XP-245 working by wireless printing but CUPS is not storing my printer default changes from CUPS-PDF to the XP-245 and from letter paper size to to A4. So I have to change these every time I print. Any ideas?

On my ...

k1e3w5

Ok, thanks, Ill try those links instead. I would like to just see how it works on this 18 year old PC. Fossa is doing ok on it

k1e3w5

@k1e3w5 :-

If it's a different subject, please start a new thread for it. If, however, it's related to the original problem, we can continue with this thread.....but let me know please, and I'll edit the title for you.

Mike. ;)

Yes, sorry, I will start a new thread as I have got it actually ...

k1e3w5

mikewalsh

Thank you.

BUT

Interestingly in Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia, CUPS all works and saves it as A4 and as the Epson printer by default .... so the million years passes very quickly ;) but it does seem to be a different printer dialogue box. Screenshots below.

.... can someone remove the ...

k1e3w5

I just tried firefox 110 on this fossa but its always the same thing, two sets of pictures to put upright but the slider adjusters on the second set do not work.

k1e3w5

Great, I got it working by changing the driver for the XP-240 printer. But standard print quality is more like the slow speed of photo print.

I've installed LibreOffice and I just can't get it to store defaults for the printer, I keep having to change it from CUPS-PDF to the Epson printer, and ...

k1e3w5

i used chrome on windoze and android, 110.0. .... and palemoon on puppy ...

So can you get past the images that need to be turned the correct way up, because that is what is always a problem for me everywhere I try?

k1e3w5

It works on a wireless Dell laptop with Linux mint Sylvia (2017), cant remember if I had to do anything special to get that to work as it was a few years ago.

k1e3w5

Thanks, but Im going to need help via the forums if I install it, so I need to be able to post on the forums before I instal.

k1e3w5

Thanks, Ive just posted that now

k1e3w5

Hi

I just frugal installed
Fossapup64 9.5 Linux 5.4.53
on an old Dell dimension 5150

but having problems with CUPS installing an Epson Expression XP-245 that is connected to the router by wifi

It just spews out paper when I send a print job and prints nothing ..... printer works fine on Windoze ...

k1e3w5

Sorry, that response sounded wrong. But I have little Linux experience myself so it would be like the blind leading the blind. Getting into your printer settings could mess with your Windows printing and I do not wish to create new problems for you.

No problem :thumbup:

I'll experiment when I ...

k1e3w5

Jinx

Then do no try it. It doesn't sound like you know how to set your printer to a fixed ip address.

I used Puppy quite a lot about 15 years ago and found forum users very helpful, my experience so far is they are still very helpful. I'm no Linux expert, and don't pretend to be.

But ...

k1e3w5

Hi,

I want to try TinyCore but the forum registration validation blocks me out every time. I have tried on Fossa, Windoze and Android but all do the same ... there is a second row of validation pictures that I cant adjust to be upright as the sliders dont work, but they work for the first row ...

k1e3w5

Thanks, but I'm not enough of a Linux expert to know whether you mean type that in a terminal or insert it in a particular file somewhere? Please let me know thanks.

k1e3w5

Ok, so the firewall was the problem, I turned it off.

Printer shows up as installed ok now in CUPS, but all it does is pull the paper through without printing anything.

Restarted everything and still same problem.

It does the same if I send a test page from CUPS - it just spews paper out ...

k1e3w5

Yes, my mistake, no need to download the zip file.

I want to add an Epson Expression XP-245 that is connected to the router by wifi

In CUPS
Discovered Network Printers:
is just blank

Does Fossa have peasyPort as in CUPS instructions?

k1e3w5

Frugal installed
Fossapup64 9.5 Linux 5.4.53
on an old Dell dimension 5150

Hi I'm trying to install CUPS, so using setup - CUPS printer wizard, I have download and extracted the zip file to the folder - screenshot below.

What do I do now?

k1e3w5

Any idea when the next Ubuntu-based 64-bit Puppy is planned for ? I see that fossaPup64 is about two and a half years old since release .... In Windows this two and a half years would mean alot .... Does it mean much within the Linux field of play?

k1e3w5

Could I just switch the power off for an immediate shutdown? I wouldn't want to do this very often and usually want it left as now to save on shutdown.

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