How to choose which Puppy boots by default?

[Tsla]

I'm new to puppy and also Linux world, my question is that every time I turn on the laptop it shows boot menu, then I choose a puppy, and then it starts loading files to ram and etc. afterwards it finally shows the desktop. I was wondering why it doesn't startup just like Linux mint? once turn on pc you directly go to the desktop. maybe I didn't install it properly?

[Wiz57]

What you are observing is the correct boot sequences, similar to the way DOS used to boot back in the day.
The boot messages are displayed on the screen as each step is performed.
What Mint, as well as newer versions of Windows and most other operating systems do, they splash an
image file on the screen while the actual boot sequences are not "echoed" to the screen...they are still
running those sequences, but the user sees the background image (ie wallpaper) of their desktop.
"All systems are operating within normal parameters" (Star Trek)
Wiz

[taersh]

every time I turn on the laptop it shows boot menu, then I choose a puppy, and then it starts

Sounds like you have multiple Puppies installed?

Assuming you have Grub4DOS installed as the boot loader there's some parameters on top of the file menu.lst.

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timeout 10
default 0

Timeout is the delayed time to start the Puppy of the default boot menu entry.

Please tell us what boot loader you are using and post the content of the boot menu file.

Thanks.

[bigpup]

If you are only booting one Puppy version.
That boot menu is set to show for about 10 seconds.
Then the default menu entry is automatically activated. (usually the normal boot of Puppy)

Why the delay?
So you have time to select one of the other boot options.

Usually the menu has some other options for booting Puppy.
If you ever have a issue booting the normal way.
One of these other options can and will help to use.

Also, you may not like to see what is happening as it boots.
But that information is helpful if you ever have boot problems.

Puppy is very much about you decide what is being done and it gives you information, not keep you in the dark.

Puppy Linux is Puppy Linux, not some other OS.
Puppy does things the Puppy way!

We are Puppy!
Resistance is futile!

[taersh]

Also, you may not like to see what is happening as it boots.
But that information is helpful if you ever have boot problems.

Hehe, have you ever seen the boot output of a Ubuntu or Mint Linux?
It's even impossible to follow the boot output of e.g. BionicDog.

Compared to these systems it's pretty easy to follow the outputs at the boot prompt in Puppy - and even to read plus understand it!