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- Thu May 02, 2024 1:36 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: Is there an easy way to transfer files from PC A to PC B on the same network?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 177
Re: Is there an easy way to transfer files from PC A to PC B on the same network?
Chelsea80 :- Thanks for the clarification! If you've got a router, you're laughing. Just connect the XP machine to the router with another standard Ethernet cable - NOT a "crossover"; you won't need one of those - and bingo! there's your LAN. That will be your "local area network&quo...
- Thu May 02, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: Is there an easy way to transfer files from PC A to PC B on the same network?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 177
Re: Is there an easy way to transfer files from PC A to PC B on the same network?
Chelsea80 :- Um; o-kayyy..... NO network. Right..... Question:- How are you getting online, then? How do you access the forum??? You must have an internet connection of some sort, surely.....or are you doing this on a cellphone/mobile phone? Almost ALL online solutions assume you at least have an i...
- Thu May 02, 2024 9:57 am
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: Is there an easy way to transfer files from PC A to PC B on the same network?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 177
Re: Is there an easy way to transfer files from PC A to PC B on the same network?
Chelsea80 :- I'm assuming these are both on your LAN - local area network - yes? (Not the internet, but your "home" network). Can they both connect to your router? If so, I'd recommend one of two things:- - SimpleHTTPServer - Dukto For SimpleHTTPServer, you set it running on one machine, ...
- Thu May 02, 2024 5:31 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Area
- Topic: Lanxchange, a java file sharing app
- Replies: 1
- Views: 100
Re: Lanxchange, a java file sharing app
vektor_alian :- Mm. I came across this one myself! However, I decided against mentioning it in the end, since not everyone wants Java on their system. Wouldn't worry me, personally - I use Java apps quite a lot - but many consider Java to be a security risk.... (*shrug...*) I shall experiment. Mike...
- Wed May 01, 2024 10:11 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: Why does quickpet want to install Firefox after I already did?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 185
Re: Web browsers and quickpet
MikeLvG :- From one Mike to another.....greetings! Okay. Friendly-Fossa64, huh? Well, Wiz57 is quite right. Quickpet was one of PhilB's personal 'trademarks' for his Puppies.....a quick'n'easy way to access popular apps'n'programs from the dedicated repo put together for that particular Puppy. This...
- Wed May 01, 2024 3:19 pm
- Forum: Network
- Topic: LocalSend -- Share Files on Local Network
- Replies: 14
- Views: 585
Re: LocalSend -- Share Files on Local Network
Localsend-portable64 For anyone that's interested, here's a 'portable' build of Localsend:- https://www.mediafire.com/folder/158v430pokfvu/Localsend-portable The oldest it will work with is Bionicpup64; libayatana-appindicator came from Bionic's repos, and cross-checking with /ubuntu/pool reveals t...
- Wed May 01, 2024 11:02 am
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: installing Puppy linux as a first time user on Thinkpad L570
- Replies: 5
- Views: 222
Re: installing Puppy linux as a first time user on Thinkpad L570
Hello, dev . :welcome: to the "kennels"..! Thinkpads are probably the most versatile machines you can use, apparently. Never run one myself, but every Linux forum reference I've ever seen always has glowing recommendations for these machines. So; that shouldn't be an issue. Geeks everywher...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:47 pm
- Forum: Network
- Topic: LocalSend -- Share Files on Local Network
- Replies: 14
- Views: 585
Re: LocalSend -- Share Files on Local Network
Heh. Sorry, guys, but to me it looks very much like a solution looking for a non-existent problem. Dukto has been around for a LONG time. It works well for me. And being out-of-date and unmaintained isn't an issue when you only use it across a LAN..... I know I always say "Choice is a GOOD thin...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:50 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: What is 'usrmerge'?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 479
Re: What is 'usrmerge'
@fredx181 :-
^^^
Touché, mon ami; touché....
Mike.
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: What is 'usrmerge'?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 479
Re: What is 'usrmerge'
Chelsea80 :- The trouble is that tech is a very fast-moving landscape. As soon as new tech appears - whether hardware or software - there's a hard-core of individuals out there who immediately find ways to convert it / compromise it for malicious uses. So this is why it makes sense, really, to alwa...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:38 am
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: What is 'usrmerge'?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 479
Re: What is 'usrmerge'
Chelsea80 :- It boils down to one thing. Everybody else in the Linux eco-sphere has decided this is the way to go (once again, meekly following RedHat's decision). Because of this, in a few years time, you won't be able to download one piece of open-source software from anywhere that isn't written ...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:30 pm
- Forum: Forum Organization & Structure Council
- Topic: Slow access times....
- Replies: 58
- Views: 2439
Re: Slow access times....
Yes I agree that we are not singled out. Part of it is faulty program code in the Bots that seem to get hung up like the Knowledge AI Bot which only works with http: and will just begin to open thousands of page requests repeatedly without moving on to another target. Yah. And that's an issue that ...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:44 pm
- Forum: Forum Organization & Structure Council
- Topic: Slow access times....
- Replies: 58
- Views: 2439
Re: Slow access times....
Back to normal again, here. My thoughts on the matter are NOT that we were singled out on purpose, more that we were simply latched-onto purely at random.......just to see what would come of it. I don't really sense any malicious intent aimed specifically at this community; I just can't see a small,...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:35 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Google Drive good place to store software for downloading if it is marked share
- Replies: 11
- Views: 322
Re: Google Drive not good place to store software you want to offer for downloading
For info: Both download links from @PipzDex above work for me (without being logged in). Yes, they work fine for me, logged-in or not. Wiz57 :- Now I'm in a better mood (the sciatica is giving me hell this morning; makes me short-tempered, I'm afraid :lol: ), I doubt bigpup was having a go at me pe...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:07 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Google Drive good place to store software for downloading if it is marked share
- Replies: 11
- Views: 322
Re: Google Drive not good place to store software you want to offer for downloading
fredx181 :- Never had any problems accessing your stuff, Fred.....whether I'm logged-in or not. Might be a geographical thing, why bigpup is having issues. I really couldn't say. I do know he's not the first to mention it, which is partly why I started utilising the other two cloud a/cs more... (*s...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 10:26 am
- Forum: Forum Organization & Structure Council
- Topic: Slow access times....
- Replies: 58
- Views: 2439
Re: Slow access times....
Yup; have to agree. I've never seen it this bad before. And it's ONLY the Puppy Forum. Every other site is loading fine.....
Average of 45-60 seconds PER page.
Mike.
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 10:01 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Google Drive good place to store software for downloading if it is marked share
- Replies: 11
- Views: 322
Re: Google Drive not good place to store software you want to offer for downloading
bigpup :- (Deleted violated terms of this forum) I don't use the Google drive very much these days anyway. It's now mostly older stuff, that not many people want any longer. I MAY need to start deleting stuff in any case, because I haven't got a lot of free space left there now. (deleted) I've star...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:29 pm
- Forum: WINE 64 BIt
- Topic: Portable build of WINE 9.3 "staging" - AppImage-based...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 533
Re: Portable build of WINE 9.3 "staging" - AppImage-based...
vtpup :- Well, it's good to hear you're happy with it. Don't thank me, however; the real work here was done by mmtrt , who built the AppImage.......and ultimately, of course, the boys & girls at Wine HQ who have been some real 'busy beavers' this last couple of years. As always, I just try to p...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:12 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Area
- Topic: Yet another reason not to use Windoze
- Replies: 5
- Views: 378
Re: Yet another reason not to use Windoze
mouldy :- I don't know about "Big Brother knows best'. It's more a case of the 'ruling elite' of the Linux world have got this bee in their bonnet about needing to log-in to your own system - on your OWN MACHINE, too! - as being the ONLY way anyone should be allowed to run. It's more along the...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:50 pm
- Forum: WINE
- Topic: MikeWalsh’s WineAppImage Framework
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4530
Re: MikeWalsh’s WineAppImage Framework
Thanks Mike I've installed the 9.3 Wine portable, and really like it! Is it doing what you wanted it to do ? Most of my own Windoze apps are still 32-bit, though I do find the occasional one that insists a 64-bit is available, and to please install that instead. And then it quits on me..... At leas...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:04 am
- Forum: WINE
- Topic: MikeWalsh’s WineAppImage Framework
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4530
Re: MikeWalsh’s WineAppImage Framework
vtpup :- You would be better off using one of the current 9-series, Steve. I've put together a 'portable' version of WINE 9.3, and when the 'prefix' is created for these, they have the ability to handle both 32-bit AND 64-bit programs.....due to the inclusion of the SysWOW64 stuff. https://i.postim...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:25 pm
- Forum: Users
- Topic: No sound since yesterday (Alsa problem) <Solved>
- Replies: 8
- Views: 189
Re: No sound since yesterday (Alsa problem)
MPXY :- Well, since I'm the offending individual who put this one together(!), I suppose I ought to try and help troubleshoot your problem. Having said as much, however, all I did was to construct an easy-to-use GUI 'wrapper' around a core script that was long since developed by others that do actu...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:39 pm
- Forum: Users
- Topic: How to upgrade fossa64 to use GeForce GTX1060 Gaming video card?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 637
Re: How to upgrade fossa64 to use GeForce GTX1060 Gaming video card?
@peppyy :-
Well, at least you're getting somewhere now. Keep us posted, please; I'll be interested to see what the outcome of all this is!
Mike.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:17 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: Old computer won't boot after formatting hdd, installing Puppy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 294
Re: Not reading MBR
Old computer based on Intel core duo 2. Installed Ubuntu successfully but would fail to boot and drop out into grub. Using DVD live boot in puppy, I Reformatted disk with first 300m as boot with ext4 and the rest a partition with ___ and loaded puppy in the boot area.. Bios does not have option to ...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Adding NVME drive to old desktops
- Replies: 16
- Views: 598
Re: Adding NVME drive to old desktops
wizard :- Aye, I agree. Your test results even trump my primary SATA SSD, which regularly hits 500MB/s on read speeds. I wouldn't mind doing something like this with the Lat, but I doubt any of the other components would 'play nice'. And I don't know of anyone that makes such adapters for laptops.....
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:24 pm
- Forum: Browsers and Internet
- Topic: Midori Browser with Gecko
- Replies: 84
- Views: 26201
Re: Midori Browser with Gecko
With earlier versions 11.1 and 11.2 enabling DRM (setting up Widevine) worked, not with the newest version 11.3.2 . Only works if you had enabled DRM on older version already (and updated to 11.3.2) , so that it is installed in the profile folder, not when you start with v11.3.2 "fresh". ...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:22 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Adding NVME drive to old desktops
- Replies: 16
- Views: 598
Re: Adding NVME drive to old desktops
Does Puppy show desktop drive icons for the drive? Yes, for me it does ok on FossaPup and BookwormPup. (but names are a bit truncated because of the name length, I guess) What name on the icon is given for the drive? For me as "nvme0n1p1" "nvme0n1p2" etc.. (compared with sda1 sd...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:04 am
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Adding NVME drive to old desktops
- Replies: 16
- Views: 598
Re: Adding NVME drive to old desktops
wizard :- Added note that some bios will not recognize the adapter as a boot device wizard Now that's what I was wondering about. I had a similar issue, some years ago, before external USB 3.0 HDDs were fully recognised by adapters. I added a PCI-e to USB 3.0 adapter card into ye ancient Compaq des...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:54 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Area
- Topic: Why do XFCE/GNOME/KDE/... keep RAM idle?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 281
Re: Why do XFCE/GNOME/KDE/... keep RAM idle?
Clarity :- Um.....okay. You've lost me. Do me a favour, would you? When you say:- ...RAM was standardized in 2006... ....what do you mean by "standardized" in this context? I'm not much when it comes to software (and Linux in general), but hardware has always been one of my main interests...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:10 am
- Forum: Browsers and Internet
- Topic: Midori Browser Portable 64-bit
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1429
Re: Midori Browser Portable 64-bit
fredx181 :- Thanks for this, Fred. Now working again......and for a bonus, it also seems to download one hell of a lot faster than the old URL (which I suspected was the problem). The old URL was, um, kinda slowww..... I'd been downloading from the site and doing a manual upgrade for the last few r...