Thanks GuestToo and Barryk for the insight on how it works and how to override it if need be!
And that's why Puppy is the Greatest Linux!

Hello Everybody,
XFCE looks great on my Puppy except all the extra packages I've added Like Open Office, Real Player etc aren't include in the Xfce Menu and I can't access them for use.
How do I edit Puppy to include them in the Xfce Menu

Hello everyone, I downloaded a few extra packages and burnt a new ISO CD and now when ever I boot up all the Icons running down the left side of the screen move over to the righthand side. I move them back to where their meant to be and the next time I boot Puupy their back on the righthand side aga...

Hello Puppy, I been a Linux User for 10 months and its been interesting. First I want to start by listing the Linux Distro's I've tried. Mandrive, SuSe, Debian, Linspire, Xandros, Fedora, Ubuntu, Damn Small, Elive, Yoper, Slax, Slackware, Mepis Plus 10 or more I've forgotten the name of. My shelves ...

Hello rwilliams,
I don't know if this will help you but it might.
Go to www.dotpups.de and follow the link to extra pups on the lefthand side of the web page and in there you will find some modem drivers that might work.
At the worst you'll be able to add extra packages to your puppy.

Hello Everyone,
got my Printer working with the Dotpup "Cups-install-v0.2r1.pup".
Puppy is getting better day by day! Keep up the good work!!

Thanks Dougal,

Your the best

I love this forum, very helpful Go Puppy

Hello Everyone, me again. I have reinstalled all the Packages that require addition Dependences not listed in pupget. libsvg-2.50.2 - Gimp requires it Libphoto2.so.2 - Sane frontends and sane backends + Xsane require it. libgtkmm - 2.4.so.1 libgkmm - 2.4.so.1 libatkmm - 1.6.so.1 libpangomm - 1.4.so....

Hello Everyone, I have a Epson C45 USB Printer and when I run the Printer Wizard and select the Epson C44SX driver that had worked on other Distro's of Linux I've tried, all goes well until I am asked to select how the Printer is connected to the computer. There isn't a box in the wizard to select a...

Hello MU, That was quick reply! I'm using Puppy 2.1 as for some strange reason Puppy 2.11 will boot up live and installs but upon reboot crashes when loading up on my computer. ( 2.6 Ghz Celeron Processor 512Mb's of Ram ) Maybe the problem is that I have Windows and 3 other Linux versions (non puppy...

Hello Everyone, Puppy is the coolest!! Just one problem. When I install new Packages from Puppy's Pupget, some of the packages require other packages (dependencies) which aren't in the Puppy repository? Where do I go to download them. I require a few, but for now can anyone help me with the followin...

Hello Barryk, To me and most of the computer users I know believe internet access is the number one reason for using a computer. When my Niece's come to stay for a few days over the holidays, they want to use MSN, Yahoo etc for chatting to their friends. I made it a rule that if they wanted to chat ...

Hello Creators of Puppy, Puppy 2.1 is on my computer because it has LT Modem Support!! Now that Puppy 2.11 is out, I will be downloading and Updating my computer. I read in your release notes that you could still include Winmodem support. :D The way you worded the line it felt like you would drop su...

Hello GuestToo, Currently I have Windows and 4 Linux Distro's installed on 2 hard drives. I have Windows and Mepis Linux and swap on hda. I have Puppy 2.1, Elive and GNU LinEx on hdb and I boot them with the Mepis grub bootloader. As all of them detected the same Swap partition on hda originally set...

Hello raffy,
Shouldn't the tmp folder hold more than a few MB's of data. I haven't had this problem with any other Distro I've tried?
I will give your idea a go and see what happens.
Thanks

Any other Ideas I can try please responsed.

Hello Everyone, As I have only been a Puppy user for a few days now (Loving It!) I don't know if this is something I'm doing wrong or a Bug seeing Puppy 2.1 is new. I decided to add some extra packages to Puppy like different IceMaker themes, Games etc. All was going well until I got a "running...

Hello Everyone, Here's some info on my modem which might help someone. I brought an Optima Computer from Dick Smith Electronics at the end of 2003 with this Modem Card installed. So if you brought an Optima Computer from Dick Smith Electronics there's a good chance it has the same LT modem. Below ar...

Hello Everybody,
I read Distrowatch daily and downloaded Puppy 2.1 after reading it now had support for LT Winmodems.
Was online in about 40 seconds.
I think you are going to make alot of new friends with this addition.
Puppy is now proudly installed on my Hard Drive.
Again !! Well Done !!