Anyone who isn't 'brand spanking new' to Puppy Linux knows the problems caused by Puppy Installer. It offers two options: 'Full' and 'Frugal'. And for over a decade both reviewers of Puppy and 'newbies' have misunderstood what those 'terms of art' mean. Countless newbies have made choices against their better interests. Countless posts have been written to remedy that mistake. But, AFAIK, discussions have taken place on treads not directly confronting the problem. Such as on this thread beginning here and following: https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 934#p67934
Such posts and explanations get buried and nothing changes.
Tomorrow another newbie will do a 'Full Install' then post about his/her problem.
So, let's have it out. Read the above cited post and the replies that followed it on that thread. Then give us your '2 cent's' worth: Should the Terms 'Frugal' and 'Full' be changed?
If so, to what?
How can we effect that change?
There's nothing we can do about the Web-posts by reviewers which have already been published. There's nothing we can do about the thousands of ISOs 'in the Wild' which employ those terms. But eventually those posts will get buried and the ISOs of 'Old Puppies' will fall into disuse.
What can we do to avoid the problem in Puppies yet to be published?
Ultimately, unless I'm mistaken, some change to Woof will be required in order to change the content of future ISOs. But if we can reach a reasonable consensus they can be informed of it and figure out how to proceed. If they don't make changes we will know who to blame.