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clm1919

I tried installing Steam through apt, but it didn't work. I uninstalled it and tried again with the official Steam download, same thing. Even using Flatpak didn't help. Turns out GDebi was missing, weird since it worked fine on my Debian 12 Bookworm.

Btw thanks for answer, i think bookwormpup64 ...

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Just tossing my 2-cents in

SHORT VERSION: If you are using the most current and updated Bookworm64, have you tried installing it with the *.deb file from the official site?

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/client/installer/steam.deb ...

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I've used some old Edutainment DOS programs via DOSbox (babytype, Mario teaches typing, a few others) many which can be found on abandon-ware sites (legal limbo....unless you have the floppies in your closet of "not obsolete yet" stuff ;) )

GCompris has some BASIC typing modules: https://www ...

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There's a Linux-newbie question hidden in this hastily written post....

So i've had some success with a pair of my chromebookks running linux with a few kids I tutor by putting some old DOS edutainment games and TuxMath and To make drilling their math a little less boring.

So, i decided to up the ...

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mikewalsh Coo, rather. Yup, that takes me back more than a few years, for sure. There probably aren't too many who remember the days when AMD, Intel AND VIA all used the same sockets (and chipsets). All you had to do if you fancied a change was to simply swap the CPU. That was it; nowt else ...

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Has anyone had any success with using the A/E key (?) type wifi slot in a laptop for ANYTHING other than a wifi card?

I've seen some video's and read some websites - just curious if any has any experience with adding an M.2 storage device or one of those cards that give SATA slots or USB headers ...

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Haven't had much time to "play" with my linux-books lately. Have been using one as my non-work "daily-driver" but no time for projects.

But after putting in a few hours into this project I was motivated to "blog" about it :?

<edit>Maybe this should have gone in "hardware" but this is the thread ...

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maxthrottle

So for I have tried the following OSs:

BionicPUP 64-8.0
VoidPuppy 64 22.02
F96-CE_4
antiX 23.2
tinyCore
Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 4.10
Windows 89

The only ones that worked were tinyCore and Windows 89.

this is a CRAZY thought - (born from a failed project - RIP core2duo ...

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wizard
You can find more at w3schools (web) and great advice/help here on the forum too.

bookmarked! Thanks.

I'll add the new script later, I had to put clear the desk to set up my "other" laptop back up and see if i remembered how i got linux to boot on it to make a "toss your idea in the hat ...

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I had this issue earlier this year.

My screen-broken HP M$ windoz Laptop wouldn't boot from USB - and it couldn't run the Linux *.iso DVD's either (even Debian!!). The only USB options were to boot from an external CD drive or HDA. It wouldn't boot from thumb-drives no matter how you set the boot ...

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wizard

Success with method #1 +bookmark in Rox.

Question: I edited the script to point to the 8 gig partition on the internal drive.

If i wanted to do the same for the SD card should I

a) just copy the script, rename it, edit it for the SD card and put it in the /root/startup folder?

b) edit ...

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wizard bigpup mikewalsh

So i was going to shut everything down for the night, but on a lark i decided to play with BionicPuppy a bit (on the server). While looking at the sound options I found the "Sound Card Wizard" often mentioned in other forums threads (but I couldn't find in BookwormPup64_10 ...

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is there a way to turn off the "shade" ability for windows

Maybe, it's a function of the JWM window manager. Do know that right clicking the "minimize" button toggles shading, that might be what you're doing.

wizard

AH, i did NOT know that right clicking the minimize button ...

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wizard
late morning - a tiny bit under the weather...

Try Android Total Commander + LAN plug in.

stayed in bed listening to my media from my phone.... AWESOME!!

eventually needed to "grow up" and start the day (darn it)....skipped reading the news during coffee+oatmeal time - played with ...

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@wizard thanks for the YASSM explainer comment- I thought I understood the original post (after coffee and oatmeal) but I understand it MUCH better now

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wizard Loving this bite-sized tutorial!!! TYTY!

DO A BACKUP OF YOUR SAVE FILE/FOLDER
- Check

PUPMODE 13
- Will look it up and do it - I understand, but don't remember how ATM

Daily Reboot
- Check

Auto Connect Shares
- Honestly, for now, it's good practice for me to do it manually ...

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wizard

I had a cancellation - and since this tutorial has been so great...
(seriously it should be pinned somewhere - without my silly comments) bigpup

I decided to give the next step a try with the Acer 512 Spin I've been testing/using during work w/ Deb12/LXDE.

sadly no time to set up a nice ...

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@wizard
minor update - while setting up for work:

a) was able to access server using PCManFM file manager in Deb12/LXDE
b) was able to access server from Windows 10 Home work Laptop

yippee!

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wizard
bigpuppyfan

USB-to-ethernet adapter quirks:

Just and FYI for anyone else who might have this issue.

While the coffee was brewing I had a problem with the USB-to-ethernet adapter, nothing seemed to work

- then i remembered to unplug the USB keyboard and mouse from the integrated USB ...

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wizard

Success!!!....

... during Coffee and Oatmeal (and get depressed reading the news....) morning time.

question - leaving the DNS parameters blank, in theory, should mean the machine shouldn't be visible to anyone outside my "workgroup"? (hack protection?)

note: my Linux Chromebooks can't ...

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wizard

So I was writing out a long detailed post and I decided to "take notes" instead, as I felt it was getting too long... and I'm known to ramble...

Short version- I got it to work and could access the server from two other chromebooks running Bookworm.

just one clip from my rambling post ...

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bigpup - Thanks for the input!! ;)
-using my so called "smart tv" as a monitor for now (model has one full HDMI port)

-I put the battery back in for now, because i realized i needed they keyboard to hit esc+refresh to go into
developer mode (i forgot i hadn't done that on the donor machine) so i ...

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wizard That would be awesome, and sounds (relatively) simple....

I don't suppose it's as easy as making a workgroup and flagging a "shared folder?" ;) :lol:

In all seriousness I'd be happy to give this a try, if only as a learning experience. I've never installed any puppy but the Bookworm iso ...

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Short version, i promise (well, i tried....).

I bought four Acer R11 (C738T) Chromebooks at auction (as-is-no-returns). post #1

After diagnosing them and doing salvage/triage I cobbled together two fully function ones, one that is adequate and...welll...poor #4 is just a pile of parts. post #2 ...

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Much earlier in this thread I made a kinda-sorta-joke on wanting a "Grub for Dummies Book".

While i never found a decent Grub chapter in any ebook i could find through the NYC library system (and many the physical books at the library were older than some of MINE and no better)....

...long story ...

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I'm not well versed in what makes one of the "private" browser better than the other

but I've spend the past two months or so testing out WaterFox

They claim "Get privacy out of the box with Waterfox".

I'm using it because it seems slimmer and less resource hungry than Firefox, especially when ...

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So it's been a while. I've been using Linux for almost all non-work stuff for a few months now.

While barrier isn't a perfect KVM software package, it seems to work about 95% of the time and I now regularly run a PC laptop with two chromebooks for work.

For non work i run 2 or sometimes 3 ...

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Not that I think it is related but since converting from chromebook I have had one issue across all versions of linux tried. Running any browser, the CPU will go to 100% and the whole system will lock up. Some times it is right away and sometimes it will run for a while.

I believe that model ...

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Just double checking something against a similar issue I had on some models of chromebook - the touchpad would ALSO stop working under ChromeOS sometimes. Turns out the problem was hardware, not software.

Either replacing the touchpad cable OR just removing it and cleaning both ends of the cable ...

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@clm1919

Ventoy is a great tool and I use it often, not only for many Pups, but also for other Linux distros like MX and PrimeOS. Additionally, mine contains major system tools like Hiren BootCD, Rescuezilla and Memtest86.

Forum member @Clarity is our resident Ventoy champion and has done much ...

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