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Just to help me understand better:
When Puppy Linux dual boots with another operating system, does it just use its own folder for its own applications and settings?
But can it use the full file system it is loaded on to access the full drive as well since it is on the same partition as the other operating system?
Thanks
if you keep your save in the puppyfolder than nothing else is needed.
you can access anything on the drive. what would you like puppy to access? do you wish to keep something outside the savefile and need to locate it conviently?
As I fully realize how this works, I'm appreciating it more and more. If I want to access the whole drive, I can. I could use something that may be shared as data storage.
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Puppys run as root=Adminstrator. They have access to everything on a computer. But only Puppy's Home partition (the one on which is folder is located) is automatically mounted. You have to mount other partitions, e.g. Left-Click that partition's desktop icon. Consequently, Puppys can read-from and write-to datafiles anywhere. In fact, if you mount a partition, you can Right-Click it, or any folder on it, and select "Search with pfind" > Select "Search Current Directory" and Puppy will search all its files. pfind will produce a list of all having your search criteria in its name (or using Advanced in its text --can take a long time 
. Clicking a datafile on that list will open it in Puppy's default application for that type of data.
I didn't know about pfind.
I like that it not only searches for files for names, but it looks like it can search for text in files as well. Advanced give a lot of selections. this is really powerful 
Was this developed here in Puppy? Can it be used outside in other Linux systems?
Thanks for letting me know about this.
Although it may have been based on something generally available I'm pretty sure its a 'Puppy exclusive'. Clicking "About" in the Menu shows Sigmund Berglund as its author; clicking "Credits" those who helped. I've never found anything as accomplished in any 'Major' Distro.
One of Puppy's strengths is that many of its early fans/developers were bash experts.
Transferable to other LinuxOS? Maybe. May depend on what dialect of bash was used.
BookwormPup64 included Synapse which serves as a file-search and application launcher. But it was created for the standard Linux construction --unity of RAM and Storage-- where all a user's data files are located in the User's Home folder on storage. Under Puppys its of little value. It won't read folders on storage even if symlinked into /root.
If you need a User-Friendly Application Launcher, see this thread, viewtopic.php?p=21513&sid=3841f3650d113 ... 188#p21513