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mikeb · Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 11331

I think combining sfs to overcome the crappy needless limitations of puppies sfs handling is the daftest thing to come out of the puppy world. The rest is a 2 line job...unpack/pack. Also these 'wizards' leave no room to strip out the needless crud thats usually in there....a quick test before doing the job properly manually perhaps.

Was not impressed when there was the version 3 to 4 change which was not backwards compatible in order to appease the kernel gods either

yay rant over.

hotdog coaches

mike

ps ...no the daftest is using the devx files to supply tk/tcl or python or qt4 or...well really people what kind of minimalist distro is this??

pps and the kernel sources are 10 times the size needed to build drivers... is that a punishment for wanting to build yer own or something lol

nic007 · Posted: Thu 30 Jan 2014, 11:09 Post subject:

mikeb · Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 11331

Nah its crappy Very Happy

my smallest sfs/module is around 200k but all load in a blink of an eye and I only have to replace the 200k if there is an update. java and wine...even more reason to keep separate.

If the initrd was written well in the first place this discussion would not be happening...slax managed it 8-9 years ago...whats puppies excuse?
Lazy pup and lighthouse do it, I do it...frogs do it, dogs do it, everybody but barry does it...lets do it, lets have one application per sfs.

{mikeb does a tap dance}

Of course it won't happen...change is something to avoid unless its someone elses update.

mike.... who likes to let off steam ...

nic007 · Posted: Thu 30 Jan 2014, 11:41 Post subject:

mikeb · Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 11331

nah...I want a slim core for on a stick recovery times or maybe compiling or just to have less to upload...and don't want to declog old versions and remaster again every time one program changes.

Modular is fun to be, it stops you sinking when you are at sea.

Anyway whenever I remaster there is always one daft thing left undone..... doing the whole system at once means mire chance of dismal failure.

Notice how I turn frustration into rhyme.

michel

nic007 · Posted: Thu 30 Jan 2014, 11:56 Post subject:

mikeb · Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 11331

Thats doesn't sound much fun Very Happy

.... i like me machines doing the can can while juggling plates.

les miserables.

nic007 · Posted: Thu 30 Jan 2014, 12:20 Post subject:

mikeb · Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 11331

There's a world of eggs out there...

you do know the moral behind the saying!!??

I think tonight I would like to sleep in one continuous session

mike

fobq · Joined: 19 Aug 2013 Posts: 101 Location: Hungary

hi,
how is it that my browser's cache is limited to 30 MB, but the pup_rw/root/.cache folder continuously grows? Right now it is 67.2MB. What is that amount of data over the 30 MB?

Flash · Posted: Sun 23 Mar 2014, 20:31 Post subject:

How are you running Puppy (full install; frugal install; live CD with Save file; etc..)

fobq · Joined: 19 Aug 2013 Posts: 101 Location: Hungary

Puppy Precise 5.7.1 frugal install

Moat · Joined: 16 Jul 2013 Posts: 968 Location: Mid-mitten

Didn't want to allow this very useful, simple tidbit from SFR to get lost in the shuffle - IMO, it sucessfully addresses one of a frugal Puppy's biggest shortcomings (a growing savefile), for those having difficulty with certain directories "sticking" between reboots, after being moved. From this thread - http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=86187 -

slavvo67 · Joined: 12 Oct 2012 Posts: 1625 Location: The other Mr. 305

Is my save file smart enough to know it's getting full or does it just corrupt everytime? Judging by my results, I believe the latter. Nothing worse than having a bunch of yield triangles appear at startup!

I personally like to keep a large cache in case I need to scrape anything out later. Rolling Eyes