Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

On bootup Puppys looks for 'a flag' at (I believe) /var/local. Not finding it, first-run setup is run and such flag written. If you shut-down without creating a SaveFile/Folder or creating or modifying an adrv.sfs or ydrv.sfs, the flag is not preserved and won't be found on boot-up. Once you've cre...

I noticed that on attackpup that sourcing /etc/profile doesn't add "/usr/local/bin/" to the PATH variable. I'm not sure how this folder gets added to the path in puppy 4 but it is something to watch out for for anyone running puppy 4 in a chroot. Another thing that I noticed is that updat...

Hello Ken, Thanks for the report. In further testing I found that without the library installed, some DVD's would play but many would not. With the library installed, they all play (though I only have a small number of them here) and I think things are working as they should be, bearing in mind tha...

A smooth and easy update from my savefile-less ydrv and portable driven install of fossapup64-9.5-less-1 on the usual 2nd gen i5 Fujitsu S761 laptops. I hadn't switched to fossapup64-9.5-mid since my LXDE/PCManFM ydrv already had all the applications I wanted that were added in mid so the ydrv was ...

I successfully tried scrcpy. First time I didnt mind using that browser on phone. Big enough to read text and dont have to poke my finger at it or use that horrible screen keyboard. Makes typing texts much easier. I could actually play that little Spider solitaire game I downloaded on whim some tim...