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@HarveyH :-

You might like to try this one; I built it just 2 days ago. This is

OpenOffice64

.....the current release (4.1.15).

Just download; make executable, and.....it should fire straight up.

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/rk2g0ozekyngq/AppImage

Mike.

Kind of a "moot" question in my case. I have a custom script that sequentially backs-up all 12 occupants of the kennels, one after the other, all at the same time. Upon completion, I get a "Success!" confirmation using gxmessage, telling me exactly how long the entire procedure took from start to ...

JusGellin :- Don't get discouraged. Most packages are a lot simpler to create yourself....but OpenOffice is NOT one I would pick for a 'first attempt'! I've been packaging stuff for Puppy for several years, and this particular one even cheeses ME off. It's a nice office suite.....but the ...

JusGellin :- Nope. The above will NOT work. Looks to me like mikeslr only "skimmed" the downloads page for OpenOffice and didn't examine it any more closely. He saw "DEB" listed, wrongly assumed it was a single item, and got stuck into writing his tutorial, above. Yes, the 'drop-down' selector for ...

Right, kiddiwinks. Update time.....

I've uploaded new portable builds for v4.1.15. 32- and 64-bit variants are both available, so.....navigate through and help yourselves.

Link is in post #1. Enjoy..!

Mike.

JusGellin :- Best place to put them? We recommend /mnt/home, usually.....alongside the base Puppy SFS, the save-file/folder, vmlinuz, the zdrv. This works best for anyone running their Puppy from a flash drive; still "outside" the 'save', yet on the same drive (which keeps the entire install ...

JusGellin :- You'll find that Mikeslr's 'Menu-entries.pet' is built to work the way the 'standard' install expects it, i.e., what you would end up with IF you installed all those tiny little .deb packages individually. The individual menu entries point to the specific launch scripts for each of ...

I have to agree with Wiz57 on this one. And I'll say again what I've already said on this subject; it's my honest opinion that AI is a "fad".....like so many other 'trends'. There's nowt special about it. It's created a buzz-word for all the tech-junkies out there to wet themselves over; I'll give ...

@mikeslr :-

From what I can see of it, Mike, Dragon is now a 'paid-only' solution. Looking on their site, there is NO 'free' option at all any longer. $700 a year? Jeezus. I think that's out-the-window...

T'other Mike.

clm1919 :- Heh. Graphic design has always been a big hobby of mine. I treated myself to a copy of Photoshop CS2, back in the day (20+ years ago). This was back when you COULD still buy it outright, as opposed to Adobe's current model of renting the ability to use it online via a monthly ...

fredx181 :- Hi, Fred. Mm......couldn't really say. I only tend to upload single items at a time (I don't think I've EVER uploaded anything containing lots of small files). Which, being the case, means I can neither confirm NOR deny. I wouldn't describe their upload/download speeds as blazing fast ...

geo_c :- Hm. Mm-hm.... I have built (and shared a 'portable' build of) XnView-MP, here, in the past:- https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=5719 However... It's an older build - 0.99.7 - as opposed to the current 1.7.2. Not only that, but the link in that thread is now dead. And the reason ...

Afternoon, gang. Haven't updated this in quite some time, mostly because I haven't used it for a long while. Following a query from geo_c about it earlier today, here's the upgraded 'portable' build:- XnViewMP 1.7.2 I've modified its 'LAUNCH' script with the 'XDG_protocol' stuff, so it now thinks ...

ozsouth :- Fair enough. Just curious, really. I see k6.1.92 is an LTS release; projected EOL - December 2026.......and chosen by the C.I.P as their current newest "Super Long Term Support" release, with a projected EOL of August 2033. Looks like this one will be a 'keeper'. Thanks a lot for your ...

Geek3579 :- Curious... Voice typing in Google Docs, yes? It seems to vary from one browser to another... Chrome - shows up, and works (as expected) Slimjet - shows up, and works (slight delay, though, but it does work) Iron - shows up, but is non-functional. Tweaking does nothing Opera - no sign of ...

Jasper :- Me, I just use John van Sickle's statically-compiled ffmpeg builds . I do appreciate, however, that not everyone wants enormous ffmpeg binaries containing everything PLUS the kitchen sink.....especially when all those dependencies already exist on the system. What? Duplication?? NEVER ...

ozsouth :- Thanks for the sources, Oz. It's appreciated, even though I may rarely - if ever - actually use it. One question, if I may? Why do you always produce 'headers' in addition to the sources? Does any compiling particularly request them? The way you did that wee XHC script is fine. USB is ...

ozsouth :- We're getting there, Dave. Little by little, we're advancing.....albeit "crab-wise" (by circuitous, roundabout routes), as opposed to a direct, full-frontal assault! Your k6.1.92 runs sweetly, AND using the 'makesuspxhc' in /root/Startup, it recovers just fine from suspend, too... https ...

@ozsouth :-

Okay. I'll have a try with this.....see what happens, like.

Does that k6.1.92 need an fdrv?

Mike.

Jasonbc :- Many of the original crew have fallen by the wayside over the years. I've been here myself since June 2014; I think I've seen your 'handle' on occasions when trawling the old Murga-Linux forum, though with JM's demise in early 2020 - and the subsequent grinding-to-a-halt of the old forum ...

Jamayka24 :- Heh. Unfortunately, this is one of the very few areas where there simply is no Linux "challenge"to the Windows dominance. "Dragon Naturally Speaking" has no Linux equivalent at all; it's stubbornly Windows-only, neither will it work under WINE..... mikeslr and I have both proved that ...

ozsouth :- Here you go, mate:- root# cat /proc/acpi/wakeup Device S-state Status Sysfs node PEG0 S4 *enabled pci:0000:00:01.0 PEGP S4 *disabled pci:0000:01:00.0 PEG1 S4 *disabled PEGP S4 *disabled PEG2 S4 *disabled PEGP S4 *disabled SIO1 S3 *disabled RP01 S4 *disabled PXSX S4 *disabled RP02 S4 ...

rockedge :- It's getting noticeably slower over the last couple of days for me, here in the UK, Erik.....though still responds as it should at odd times. 25-30 seconds is the order of the day ATM..... Damn bots are getting busy again! https://i.postimg.cc/cLBbSsp6/sad.gif Mike. https://i.postimg.cc ...

ozsouth :- Well, I'll go with your k5.19.11 kernel, Dave. That'll do me; it's somewhat newer than Fossa's original. I know it's been "superseded" according to your thread, but I snagged this one a while back & only ever tried it in jrb's Quirky64 'April'-lite. That WAS before I started generally ...

@ozsouth :-

No dice. Previously, it was leaving a single, orphaned inode.......with that modification, it's creating more than 30.

I'll stick with k5.4.53. The original Fossa's kernel and fdrv seem to be a perfect match for this hardware!

Mike.

ozsouth :- Hmm. Well, it's there .....but currently commented-out. The relevant section looks like this (this is in Xenialpup64, but I'm guessing this same file is pretty much standard across most Puppies). These are the last dozen or so lines of /etc/acpi/actions/suspend.sh:- # process before ...

ozsouth :- Nah; it's just the same. Try to "wake up" from suspend, and all I get is a blank screen. Drat! See, if I was like most folks - shut-down every night, power-on again the next morning - I'd never notice it. In that respect, it's fine.....and in operation, it runs A-OK. Hmm....I'm now ...

Evening, gang. 'Kayyy.... It's once again upgrade time. We're now at v 146752 - dated Jun 28th this year, so about 5 weeks old. No glaring changes to the GUI; none that are noticeable, anyway. What changes have been made are all 'under the hood' and 'in the background'. I made one interesting ...

ozsouth :- Cheers, Oz; appreciate the reply. I'll give this a try over the next couple of days, and let you know how I get on. I'm curious to see if this one will recover from overnight suspend. I do this a lot; I tried Erik's k6.9.1 - which worked very well (even in Tahrpup64!).....but attempting ...

ozsouth :- Dave, would this work with the original Fossapup64's fdrv? I say this because that fdrv does everything I want it to.......and from what I've always understood, fdrvs are kernel-agnostic? Mainly I'm thinking of that "awkward" wireless/Bluetooth 'combo' chip in this HP desktop. That's the ...