QuickPup64 25.01 RC1

[mistfire]

QuickPup64 23.01 BETA 1 released

Changes:
* Linux kernel 6.1.4-lxpup64
* XFCE Desktop 4.18
* With package update notification
* GTK+4 is now on main puppy SFS
* Improved package management
* Updated builtin packages
* Fixed samba user sharing
* More overhaul and bugfixes

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yl9b3b ... u_EKmhzdnR
MD5 Checksum: fe48f378c1f0475aed6884a5173631a4

[TerryH]

New release, thought I'd try again. Unfortunately, as per earlier releases this doesn't boot on my Asus laptop. It hangs at Configuring Hardware...

Are there any boot parameters that may help?

[Clarity]

Booted to desktop without issue in this VM

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qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 2G -smp 2 -device AC97 -cdrom quickpup64_23.01-beta-1.iso

QP v23.01 boots and runs speedily.
Thanks!

[mistfire]

New release, thought I'd try again. Unfortunately, as per earlier releases this doesn't boot on my Asus laptop. It hangs at Configuring Hardware...

Are there any boot parameters that may help?

I think kernel boot parameters regarding cpu cstate will fix this problem.

[TerryH]

New release, thought I'd try again. Unfortunately, as per earlier releases this doesn't boot on my Asus laptop. It hangs at Configuring Hardware...

Are there any boot parameters that may help?

I think kernel boot parameters regarding cpu cstate will fix this problem.

Thanks misfire, I'll be away for a few days, so I will try when I'm back home.

[mistfire]

@TerryH

You can try this boot parameter from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Ryzen

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processor.max_cstate=5

[pp4mnklinux]

Hello everybody:

I can't install this Puppy Derivative.

I tryed a lot of derivatives (so I thought I know how to install them using RUFUS) but this derivative it's impossible to start.

At the boot, I choose the only installing option, and then.... BOOT ERROR.

I am interested about it to substitute my xenial pup (I think this is the last version of puppy)

Let me know , please

Have a nice day. THANKS IN ADVANCE

[mistfire]

Hello everybody:

I can't install this Puppy Derivative.

I tryed a lot of derivatives (so I thought I know how to install them using RUFUS) but this derivative it's impossible to start.

At the boot, I choose the only installing option, and then.... BOOT ERROR.

I am interested about it to substitute my xenial pup (I think this is the last version of puppy)

Let me know , please

Have a nice day. THANKS IN ADVANCE

@pp4mnklinux
May I see the bootloader menu entry?
Thank you

[pp4mnklinux]

Hello, and thanks a lot for your answer (and help) but I'm so sorry, I can't show now what the boot said.- Now I'm out of my home for work and till I regret I cant take a look at it.

Thanks a lot and excuseme.- Have a nice day.

[mistfire]

QuickPup64 23.01 BETA 2 released

Changes:
* Linux kernel 6.1.8
* Improved initrd. Added ability to deal with usrmerge complied SFS modules. It rejects loading of SFS module if the module was using usrmerge layout while the main puppy SFS was using traditional layout
* Package management improvements
* More bugfixes

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RCrkzB ... Xpa80sDXi7
MD5 Checksum: 1f8d741ab94bdcd62f5652706406747f

[mistfire]

QuickPup64 23.01 BETA 3 released

Changes:
* Linux kernel 6.1.10-lxpup64
* Glibc 2.37
* Bugfix on slackware package updater

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DEIX7M ... pzPtmybcae
MD5 Checksum: 9761970367b29f54731f9c601f2faaa4

[Clarity]

Wow. This Beta 3 is great. No issues to report. Stable and VERY Responsive! Feels more like an RC than a Beta.

Booting its ISO file into Frugal operation directly from SG2D and QEMU as shown below:
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 2G -smp 2 -device AC97 -net nic -net user -rtc base=localtime -name "Quickpup64 v23.01-b3" -cdrom quickpup64_23.01-beta-3.iso

Some tested subsystems

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Thanks @mistfire for all that you present. Excellent work.

Maybe the next version will be "...v23.02-RC?"

P.S. As I'm sure you know, @wiak is one of the community's XFCE experts.

[mistfire]

QuickPup64 23.01 BETA 4 released

Changes:
* Linux kernel 6.2.3-lxpup64
* Improved NTFS mounting. It now respects Windows filename convention by default
* Improved CRON and Firewall management
* Improved package management
* More bugfixes

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eRbrsO ... T3rxKr77mL
MD5 Checksum: 24ec24ec39fbc83c4238e28e823fd0aa

[Clarity]

Boots without issues from the ISO file, directly. SAMBA allows transfers to/from my phone, TV. Thanks.
QEMU stanza for a virtual PC...outstanding performance:

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qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -vga std -m 2G -smp 2 -device AC97 -name "QPup64 vB4 via QEMU"  -cdrom quickpup64_23.01-beta-4.iso

[mistfire]

QuickPup64 23.01 RC 1 released

Changes:
* Linux kernel 6.3.7-lxpup64
* Some graphics glitches fixed
* Window compositor is now working properly.
* Compositor is now enabled by default.
* Python is now included on main puppy sfs.
* xfce4-screenshooter replaced gnome-screenshot
* file-roller replaced engrampa
* Package management improvements
* Recent package updates
* More bugfixes

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WFynmi ... uceMOHYH6a
MD5 Checksum: 812eeab8f91b08e64be74d15b899c569

[mistfire]

QuickPup64 23.01 RC 2 released

Changes:
* Input method fix
* Wayland ready
* More bugfixes

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WYDOLk ... 0EuCur1Iyr
MD5 Checksum: 295add2e006a00056593c2af6dc6b95f

[mistfire]

QuickPup64 23.01 RC 2 has been reuploaded due to input method bug.

[ljlj]

regards
can we have opera mini apk android
installed?

[ljlj]

regards
opera mini apk android

[mistfire]

regards
opera mini apk android

In order to do that you need to install android emulator

[ljlj]

please
can you do that
i do not know all in one file

[TerryH]

After being able to boot devuanpup with the kernel line parameter previously suggested by mistfire processor.max_cstate=5 in conjunction with nomodeset , I have tried again to boot quickpup. It still won't boot to desktop. Previously it failed on configuring hardware, now I get almost to it booting, failing to start X. So close now.

[mistfire]

QuickPup64 23.01 RC 3 released

Changes:
* Linux kernel 6.5.3-lxpup64
* Pipewire replaced PulseAudio
* sysvinit replaced busybox init
* Bluetooth multimedia controls (MPRIS) now working
* elogind fully works
* Added Helvum
* More bugfixes

Download:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EYmni- ... CQQLHP4u5S
MD5 Checksum: f9dbeb4626e654219579233312ed9fb1

[Clarity]

WOW! +1

[dancytron]

Downloaded to see how you had pipewire and run-as-spot set up.

Posting from it now. Everything looks great.

[TerryH]

After being able to boot devuanpup with the kernel line parameter previously suggested by mistfire processor.max_cstate=5 in conjunction with nomodeset , I have tried again to boot quickpup. It still won't boot to desktop. Previously it failed on configuring hardware, now I get almost to it booting, failing to start X. So close now.

Hi Terry. If you've got an intel box like me, this would make sense. You may already know this but just in case, Intel requires KMS so <nomodeset> will never work.

df

Thanks for the suggestion, but it's an AMD Ryzen.

[Clarity]

IN using QP v2301rc3, finally, I find this a fascinating upgrade.

Its ISO file now boots directly to desktop from QEMU, SG2D and most recently, this is one of only 2 WoofCE PUPs (or derivatives) that currenly boot directly from the Ventoy Menu without the need to preface the boot with SG2D.

The ONLY thing that I find as this distro matures is a need for exFAT ability so that the mounts can occur. This is required for file-management use with new USB sticks or new USB SSDs or USB storage which are used OOTB without formatting.

Thanks @mistfire for the details and improvement that continue to reach us with these distros.

[Geek3579]

Hi @TerryH ,

If this bit of info does not help you it might help others who have trouble booting QuickPup64 23.01 RC3.

In my case the ISO booted fine in a QEMU virtual machine. A frugal install booted fine in a 5 year old laptop.

But I had issues booting with a relatively new (2023) laptop - an HP + AMD / Radeon.
The puppy_quickpup64...sfs could not be found. Actually I was booting from an SD card, with the Puppy frugal folders in a ext4 SSD partition. This was solved by changing pmedia=usbflash in the GRUB2 code to : pmedia=satahd as I was booting from an SSD hard drive partition.

Following that the boot continued further until the video would not load (whatever the term is) and xorgwizard sent me around in circles getting nowhere. Finally I checked the README-extra_sfs text file in the ISO and consequently downloaded the updated firmware fdrv from http://www.fishprogs.software/puppy/firmware-sfs/ and swapped out the old fdrv.

Problem solved, although this meant that pupmode=12 was used, whereas I prefer pupmode=13 ). But at least I had a working frugal install.

[TerryH]

Hi @TerryH ,

If this bit of info does not help you it might help others who have trouble booting QuickPup64 23.01 RC3.

In my case the ISO booted fine in a QEMU virtual machine. A frugal install booted fine in a 5 year old laptop.

But I had issues booting with a relatively new (2023) laptop - an HP + AMD / Radeon.
The puppy_quickpup64...sfs could not be found. Actually I was booting from an SD card, with the Puppy frugal folders in a ext4 SSD partition. This was solved by changing pmedia=usbflash in the GRUB2 code to : pmedia=satahd as I was booting from an SSD hard drive partition.

Following that the boot continued further until the video would not load (whatever the term is) and xorgwizard sent me around in circles getting nowhere. Finally I checked the README-extra_sfs text file in the ISO and consequently downloaded the updated firmware fdrv from http://www.fishprogs.software/puppy/firmware-sfs/ and swapped out the old fdrv.

Problem solved, although this meant that pupmode=12 was used, whereas I prefer pupmode=13 ). But at least I had a working frugal install.

Thanks for the suggestion, I downloaded the latest firmware(both, worth having for other installs as well), unfortunately still won't boot to desktop.

[Geek3579]

The only other thing I try sometimes is to add/extend the wait time in the GRUB2 code: nousbwait=10
I always have nousbwait=5 for all Puppy OS, BTW.