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Somehow the link to the dpup-stretch has gotten lost. Dpup-Stretch's ISO and associated files can be found here, http://www.smokey01.com/radky/Woof/.

It was often recommended for computers as, with the proper setup, it could boot with as little as 68 Mbs of RAM, viewtopic.php?p=1320#p1320 while having OOTB the 'infra-structure' needed to run current Web-browsers.

Edit: Ah, I found the previous post viewtopic.php?p=256#p256 which provides a link to the ISO on archive.org.

greengeek wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 6:46 am Is there a 64bit version of Dpup Stretch?

mikewalsh wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:47 pm I've never come across a 64-bit release of DPup 'Stretch' [...] I may have overlooked it.

Is there a page that explains this pup or is it all inside baseball?

I can see what it looks like. 7.5 looks Xenial. Then

The best place to look for information is probably the development thread in the old forum, but it is a long thread.
https://oldforum.puppylinux.com/viewtop ... 4&t=112125
Dpup-Stretch is a brilliant 32bit Pup which probably deserves more recognition than it seems to get. It is a Mainline Woof-CE Puppy from the Xenial or Bionic era, but using Debian Stretch packages instead of Ubuntu packages. There will be some other differences within the build recipe. It is recent enough for almost everything to still work and compile. Other than that, I would suggest giving it a try and then posting any specific enquiries that pop up.

OscarTalks wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 1:39 pm

https://oldforum.puppylinux.com/viewtop ... 4&t=112125
...using Debian Stretch packages instead of Ubuntu packages.

I appreciate the recommendation.

Trying multiple pups boosts learning curve proficiency but kills productivity.

The Papirus Trash in the development thread looks Lx-series. Mainline Bionic is sort of a hybrid as such.

I'm most comfortable in JWM or XFCE, but otherwise it would be interesting to learn the advantage of a Debian base.

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OscarTalks:

Are there any newer Slimjets that still work for this.
I have tried a few but they never work past >>> slimjet-15.1.6.0-i686.pet

Agree that this Pup was the Ants Pants.
Chris.

I think the first thing to try should probably be the Slimjet Portable packages by Mike Walsh here:-
viewtopic.php?f=90&t=3684
Although I did upload Slimjet-31.0.2.0 as .pet and .sfs here:-
https://yadi.sk/d/fd8rBM0WoF9sB
These were tested in my Dpup Stretch remaster, though only briefly. They contain the essential tweaks and do run as root. Menu entry should be there or run from terminal with the command slimjet. It contains the upgraded ffmpeg for media playback. You will get the warning about running with the --no-sandbox flag on startup, but you can just click that off. Adding the --test-type argument seems to eliminate that, but I didn't add it as I am not sure of all the full effects and implications of doing so.

Thanks OscarTalks.

I only returned here to say I used >>> slimjet_lxsc_spot_30.0.5.0.sfs today for the first time
in DPup Stretch. It works fine although Gmail hates it...insecure...so no good for Ebay.
friggin' Googmuck, hope I spelt it right.

I use it in Cosmic Cuttlefish but I think peabee made it for >> LxPup - Puppy Linux + LXDE.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/lxpup/ ... /browsers/

slimjet_lxsc_spot_30.0.5.0.sfs

:::

Anyway mate thanks again...I will download both items.

Cheers to the Puppy creative team..

Chris.

Not happy ha! ha! both work mate.

" Although I did upload Slimjet-31.0.2.0 as .pet and .sfs here "

Slimjet pet even works in Cosmic.

"warning about running with the --no-sandbox flag on startup, but you can just click that off"
That's what I do...no probs.
And even better > It works fine and Gmail doesn't hate it...so works also for Ebay.

As usual thanks for your great work keeping Stretch alive.

Chris.

@cthisbear :-

[Slightly "off-topic", I know, but I think I'm allowed to these days..!]

If you want to try the 'portable' SlimJet, Chris, do be aware that both versions are running with the --no-sandbox option.

This was the very last browser I gave the 'portable' treatment to; as always, it was Flashpeak's insistence that the launch wrapper must be called "flashpeak-slimjet" that was throwing me out.....and as usual, I was overthinking it.

The 64-bit version presented slightly more of a challenge. I normally employ a pair of wrappers, one for older Pups where the built-in 'lib' directory is needed, the other for more recent Pups where the built-in system libs are newer, so would conflict. Each of these has a slightly different name. Most of the clones are quite happy with this, but Flashpeak say the wrapper must always have the specified name.....and you can't have two identically-named files in the same location, 'cos Linux doesn't allow that, does it?

So, the two wrappers are kept in a sub-directory, and at launch time, the appropriate one is copied out to the main directory & renamed just prior to firing Slimjet up. Slightly fiddly, but it does seem to work!

If anybody really wants Slimjet-portable64 with full sand-boxing enabled, it wouldn't be too hard to build a "run-as-spot" variant, along the same lines as the Google-Chrome one....

(If you have an existing profile you want to use, just drop it into the top level & re-name it to "PROFILE". Slimmie should pick it up and use it automatically; otherwise, just launch Slimjet, and a new one will be automatically created & sym-linked inside /slimjet at run-time.

You also have the ability to add a Menu entry from wherever your portable is located.....IF you want one)

(*shrug...*)

Mike.

mikewalsh:

Snort snort.
Happy as a pig in mud mate.

The beauty of Puppy versus Winslows.
The other day my wife whinged that Facebook notifications weren't working.
Hers is an old 2 gig ram Gigabyte board computer.
I had updated her to the latest Windows Slimjet by the way.

I used to use Palemoon a lot until I went to Slimjet over 5 years ago.
Of course Puppy booted up and her notifications worked OOTB in Stretch with Slimjet.

Cleaned her Win7 machine with Puppy and rebooted into windows and she finally had it work.
I did say to her this is all about MS...FaceCrap and the rest forcing new hardware on you,
witness the Win11 TPM 2.0 on Unsupported PCs...but people just can never get it.

Here are some ways to do that.,,nearly halfway down the page.

3 Ways to Install Windows 11 on Unsupported PC

https://gadgetstouse.com/blog/2021/07/0 ... d-devices/

Anyway again thanks to all the beavers here working for Puppy.

Cheers...Chris.

@cthisbear your wife, like the many other human partners we have, is merely exhibiting a 'normal' preference of one thing vs another...even if both do the same thing.

We see it all the time, even here on the forum, when one member for any intangible reason, may refuse to use something else to do the same thing...due to a 'preference'.

Just normal. My kids are the same humans.

Smile.

@cthisbear :-

Jeez. The crazy thing is, Chris, that despite putting all those hurdles in people's way for obtaining a "new" version of the Redmond monstrosity, you know as well as I do that millions of folks will do just that. Like you, I much prefer Pup to MyCrudSoft; so much simpler, and much, MUCH more fun to work with.....

Mike.