Which Pup for my ThinkPad X140e: Slacko, ScPup or Fossa?

[r96chase]

Hi again, it's me.

So...I'm thinking of changing my OS for my old ThinkPad X140e to Puppy as well, but I'm having a hard time deciding between Slacko, ScPup, and FossaPup. Basically, I want a list of pros and cons for each. What do you think?

[Eastler_Dart]

for good tips we need more Info about your machine and what you want to do with it.

How many Ram?
How many Swap is possible?
has it a 32 or 64bit CPU?

about your intentions:
What do you want to do with it?
Programms, Pictures, Videos?
or in short, do you plan to use it hard or light ?

please, try to explain a little more

[r96chase]

for good tips we need more Info about your machine and what you want to do with it.

How many Ram?
How many Swap is possible?
has it a 32 or 64bit CPU?

about your intentions:
What do you want to do with it?
Programms, Pictures, Videos?
or in short, do you plan to use it hard or light ?

please, try to explain a little more

It's a 64-bit machine. It currently has Kubuntu 20.14 LTS on it, I'm not sure how much RAM, but I do plan on mostly using it for programming and music making, just like the other OSes I've used in the past. For music making, I've used FL Studio in the past, but do plan on using trackers (especially SunVox). Maybe I would end up with a full install, but I kinda hope not since frugal on my RPi has been working out for me so far.

Note: I have two USB flash drives I plan on using. One of which I plan on making the main "system" and the other being storage and stuff.

[EDIT 2020-NOV-10 4:37am CST] I checked my system montior. It's about 4GB of RAM.

[bigpup]

Really, all 3 Puppy versions are going to work about the same way.

The differences are going to be what programs they come with, already installed.
It is more about which Puppy version you like and how you like the programs, it comes with.

Fossapup64 9.5, being the newest release, is probably going to have the newest versions of everything in it.
The programs you want to add and use, may need the newer versions of the support dependency files/programs.

[r96chase]

Really, all 3 Puppy versions are going to work about the same way.

The differences are going to be what programs they come with, already installed.
It is more about which Puppy version you like and how you like the programs, it comes with.

Fossapup64 9.5, being the newest release, is probably going to have the newest versions of everything in it.
The programs you want to add and use, may need the newer versions of the support dependency files/programs.

I see. I guess I choose Fossapup...if it really works like the other Pups. Thanks. I'll see what I can do.

[JASpup]

I'd go Fossa for Ubuntu compatibility. It makes a difference.

Good luck!

[r96chase]

I'd go Fossa for Ubuntu compatibility. It makes a difference.

Good luck!

Thanks.

[davids45]

G'day r96chase,

If you boot from the hard-drive, why not install all Puppies you'd like to try and see which you prefer. None will take much room and you need not delete any you initially don't like, just in case you change your mind about your initial preference.

If booting from a USB, again install each Puppy you're interested in trying to that USB, then boot the one you prefer after some testing. Or if you've plenty of unused USBs, put a different Puppy on each one and see how you go.

Store your data on the hard-drive in its own partition and where possible, any big programs and just call what you need from the hard-drive (mount this data partition then use symlinks for example), leaving just the read-only Puppy files on the USB. Data stored this way can be shared between all Puppies using the hard-drive.

GRUB or GRUB4DOS should handle whatever way you operate regarding booting.

David S.

[r96chase]

G'day r96chase,

If you boot from the hard-drive, why not install all Puppies you'd like to try and see which you prefer. None will take much room and you need not delete any you initially don't like, just in case you change your mind about your initial preference.

If booting from a USB, again install each Puppy you're interested in trying to that USB, then boot the one you prefer after some testing. Or if you've plenty of unused USBs, put a different Puppy on each one and see how you go.

Store your data on the hard-drive in its own partition and where possible, any big programs and just call what you need from the hard-drive (mount this data partition then use symlinks for example), leaving just the read-only Puppy files on the USB. Data stored this way can be shared between all Puppies using the hard-drive.

GRUB or GRUB4DOS should handle whatever way you operate regarding booting.

David S.

Thanks. I've been thinking of trying FossaPup, but I also wonder if there will be an Arch-based Pup sometime. Hmm...

[Wiz57]

I use ScPup32 with LXQt desktop most of the time, also with just LXDE. BUT, since you asked about
Arch...
viewtopic.php?p=7340#p7340

Wiz

[r96chase]

I use ScPup32 with LXQt desktop most of the time, also with just LXDE. BUT, since you asked about
Arch...
viewtopic.php?p=7340#p7340

Wiz

I might make another USB for ArchPup sometime. But since I'm such a hound for stability, I might try one of the ScPups instead. Again, not sure though. Thanks for showing me that ArchPup exists though.

[FatMan]

If booting from a USB, again install each Puppy you're interested in trying to that USB, then boot the one you prefer after some testing. Or if you've plenty of unused USBs, put a different Puppy on each one and see how you go

+1 on this I really couldn't agree more