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mikeslr

Alternatively, update the networking components. rerwin has provided much newer one since Fossapup64 was first published, viewtopic.php?p=2241#p2241.

mikeslr

As its been over 12 hours since your post and as yet no one has replied let me jump in with the advice that I think you are going about this the wrong way. Regarding your specific question, there may be internet stock trading software that theoretically will run under Bionicpup64; but you may not wa...

mikeslr

Discussion about using apt to remove packages, including those installed via synaptic, here: https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 78#p110378

mikeslr

For your objective the best Puppy may not actually be a Puppy. This Forum supports several species of operating systems. By definition a 'Puppy' is created using an application named 'Woof'. Woof makes use of binaries published by major distros such as debian, Ubuntu, and Slackware; however substitu...

mikeslr

Did you by any chance allow Lubuntu to encrypt its drives, or use an application --whose name I forgot-- that treats all partitions as one big partition?

mikeslr

Hello, Narvic, :welcome: back. As others have posted, it's getting hard to find applications for 32-bit OSes, especially Web-browsers. But old computers may not have sufficient RAM to (comfortably) run 64bit OSes and their sometimes slightly, sometimes significantly larger applications. As you proba...

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vtpup, "...So I made up a new Bookwormpup install on stick using Stickpup, created a savefile there , did a: Code: Select all dpkg --add-architecture i386 " The i386 architecture with necessary libraries are builtin to the 5.11 Wine AppImage that Mikewalsh's portable employs. Executing its...

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FWIW: I have a new (I think) 23" monitor, albeit not TV. In the past I've used xrandr to set resolution. But for this monitor I discovered that the module identified as "Screen resolution" offered more options, including one which did not have the display extend beyond the visible. Sc...

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Insanitor, "Frugalpup Installer is good for doing installs, but it's boot loader installer is not setup to go look for any other OS's except Puppy Linux and only makes entries for them." Grub2Config, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=3360 will search all connected drives (in...

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@pablo, let me also :welcome: you. As you've come to Puppy from (likely) a Major Distro, let me advise you that Puppys operate very different from those. And while Bookwormpup has incorporated a lot with which you are familiar, to get the most out of it I recommend that you take the time to read: Ho...

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trawglodyte, I don't use the backup program. With all my Puppys including Bookworm what I do is boot pfix=ram. [Copying a SaveFile or SaveFolder while it's in use will generate errors. The backup program is supposed to avoid this. But copying a SaveFile/Folder NOT in use always does]. Having booted ...

mikeslr

Hi wnewbury. :welcome: to the Forum. Lest you become discouraged and give up too soon, let me explain what's going on. There are two components to every personal computer: the hardware and the operating system. Hardware consists of the motherboard and peripherals such as keyboards, mice, monitors, s...

mikeslr

Thanks, trawglodyte.

Links from this Thread, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 64#p109164

mikeslr

ditto what flash wrote. And, of course, if there are many files to be copied you can use an external hard-drive as the destination rather than a USB-Key; although good flash drives (scandisk recommended; no-name and pny NOT recommended) up to 516 Gb (maybe more) can be obtained. If you're new to Pup...

mikeslr

Insanitor, "The other problem I've had is how to get this boot program to boot any other operating system installed." This? Which? Question should have its own thread. But try installing, then running grub2config, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=3360 allowing it to replace...

mikeslr

This is way above my paygrade. But hopefully it will generate some ideas among those who actually know what they are doing. Perhaps the simplest solution would be to install rerwin's new network_connect_update-20240114.pet from here, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=2241#p2241 into F...

mikeslr

As the above posts indicate, Puppys don't need their own partition --only their own folders-- and most Linux boot-loaders don't know how to handle Puppys. While installing grub2config may be the easiest way to obtain a boot-loader which recognizes Puppys, other Linuxes and Windows, not even that is ...

mikeslr

"What is WPA3? And some gotchas..." https://www.networkworld.com/article/966568/what-is-wpa3-wi-fi-security-protocol-strengthens-connections.html . Posted Nov 02, 2018. ..."WPA3 adoption may take years As for timing, widespread adoption of WPA3 won’t happen overnight. A few Wi-Fi devi...

mikeslr

Not clear from that table but if it's pfix=nocopy, NONE, of the puppy sfs files are copied to RAM as far as I know. BTW and as a matter of interest - You can actually set which puppy sfs files will be copied or not (if it's not pfix=nocopy) by editing the init in initrd.gz. I've tried that some tim...

mikeslr

Neither. With a desktop computer , you can have folders to hold Puppys on your hard-drive and create a dedicated USB-Stick to hold just a boot-loader and set bios to give 'Boot-from-USB' priority. Plug in the stick to boot Puppys; unplug the Stick to boot Windows/Major Distros. Grub2Config, https://...

mikeslr

The last Row on the Table needs clarification: "Installed applications | Save file/folder | y" If by "installed applications" what is meant is applications installed, indexed by restarting-x but not yet Saved then it uses RAM but it's location is not in the Save files/folder. If ...

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@gychang, When booted from a USB-Key, the default PupMode is 13. But when booted from a Hard-drive , the default PupMode is written as PupMode 12. In order to convert to PupMode 13 --so that Puppy Even Manager will offer the option to never automatically Save (or change the Save Interval) you have t...

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Just a couple of things to note. When running under PupMode 13, nothing is written to a SaveFile/Folder until you manually execute a Save such as by using the Save Icon on the desktop or Save at shutdown. But Puppy will recognize and use a pet you installed but have not yet Saved. Menu>Exit>Restart-...

mikeslr

Told you that I have the memory of a sieve.

But I usually make up for that by being able to search and find what already exists. Well, not this time.

mikeslr

Hi all, Kati has just joined us, a newbie to LInux in general, Puppy in particular. And he has one of the most problems commonly posted to the Beginner's Section: he can't establish a Wifi connection. https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=108661#p108661 The solution usually is that the Pu...

mikeslr

See this post about combining raster/bitmap and vector graphics, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 42#p108642

mikeslr

While I don't have T'Other Mike's portable, I can confirm that version 7.16 runs under Fossapup64. IIRC, all I did was download and extract the no-install package and created a menu pet linking to its binary. [As the current version requires glibc newer than Fossapup64 sports, easier to just use Mik...

mikeslr

@amethyst Wouldn't it be just as effective to just remove or rename the adrv_fossapup64_9.5.sfs? Thanks wizard True for most Puppys. But 666philb included many applications in the original fossapup64's adrv. Without it, Fossapup64 is 'barebones' and not very friendly. Your other suggestion --rename...

mikeslr

See this post, https://oldforum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=1023489&sid=fc3cdf650314d9e3d2d9c9d918862f39#p1023489 A Full Install would not be better for large Apps. Large Apps are most often packaged as SFSes --which a Full Install can't use-- requiring NO RAM when unloaded or AppImages or po...

mikeslr

According to this post, https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/Rufus-FREE.html, Rufus should run under Windows XP. You may need to use a version earlier than the latest. Per that post, "The most popular versions of the program are 3.9, 3.6 and 3.5." They can be found on Github and F...

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