(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

In software testing terminology Alpha testing is done by the client in the presence of the tester or developers and the test environment is not open for the end user...

Beta version software is likely to be useful for internal demonstrations and previews to select customers, but unstable and not yet ready for release.

Cosmetics come last.....
Why are you testing Alpha and Beta releases on your users....
First it was 4.20, now Woof....
I would never spring a non final release upon an unsuspecting newbie...
I give them the tried and true...(Currently, for me, 4.12 and 3.01)
Better first impression, hmmm.."Looks cool" or "Rock solid"...
It only takes a minute to show them how easy it is to "customize" the looks....
I go with "Stable"....
But thats me....

Since this thread has gone totally off topic, as if there is much to discuss about wallpaper in an alpha release,.............

Like Sikpuppy, I'm running Windows 7RC, when I rarely boot it up.This will be a fairly costly OS when it is finally released, compared to Linux in general, and Puppy in particular, which is free.

Have Windows 7 installed on a P4 2.8 ghz w/2GB of ram .It's not real fast, but hardware support is a joke.I have a fairly new Nvidia card installed. but will it work in Windows 7..........NO.

Sikpuppy's wireless doesn't work either.The point is , it's still in development not the final product.It should get better.

Some however expect Puppy, built by volunteers and given away , to fit their definition of perfection even as an alpha release.

To anyone who doesn't know, as an OS begins in alpha and progresses thru beta and release candidate until it is officially released; there will be bugs, things simply won't work, looks will not be important, etc.; because it is a work in progress.

Alphas, betas and release candidates are for testing not intended for daily use or mission critical operations.

End of rant!

Yea, what he said.
LMAO.....Sorry...

@ No, the funny part, that actually is the topic........
LMAO again....3 pages...Its killing me....

James C wrote: Alphas, betas and release candidates are for testing not intended for daily use or mission critical operations.

So for mission critical operations, what is the official missionary position?

DaveS wrote:Damn my British sense of humour.
Off to blow my brains out (again). ps., I missed last time

"Use your head! That's that lump that sits three feet above your a$$~" Tom Hanks, in A League of Their Own.

sikpuppy wrote:

James C wrote: Alphas, betas and release candidates are for testing not intended for daily use or mission critical operations.

So for mission critical operations, what is the official missionary position?

In the pot, on the fire and surrounded by a few well chosen vegies, with some salt and pepper to taste!

Sings: Put another log on the fire... whup me up some bacon an some beans ...

***with surpirise it took so long***

So for mission critical operations, what is the official missionary position?

Er.. here we do it doggy style...

01micko wrote:Er.. here we do it doggy style...

Right - simply right - why haven't I thought of that before!

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I hope that makes things clear.

(Sorry, I have to keep my sanity.)

Now, seriously: Robert (ecomoney), please stop preaching to the developers. Just do what you excel in, which is helping newbies use Puppy Linux. We've had years of joy reading your stories and giving help when we can. Let's keep it that way, OK?

If you want people to use the Woof ' colourscheme' then you need to give it a nice colour scheme as the one that is being used the moment looks like the screen is broken.

I am a Linux newbe

Yes i did say that it makes the computer monitor look broken which it does, it needs colours that make it look bright and make people want to use it.

sophiebabi wrote:If you want people to use the Woof ' colourscheme' then you need to give it a nice colour scheme as the one that is being used the moment looks like the screen is broken.

I am a Linux newbe

Yes i did say that it makes the computer monitor look broken which it does, it needs colours that make it look bright and make people want to use it.

Try this one, sophibabi. http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php ... 1118428103

sophiebabi wrote:If you want people to use the Woof ' colourscheme' then you need to give it a nice colour scheme as the one that is being used the moment looks like the screen is broken.

I am a Linux newbe

Yes i did say that it makes the computer monitor look broken which it does, it needs colours that make it look bright and make people want to use it.

guess what, not everybody likes bright colors

i prefer the gray, and do not think it does not look 'broken'

we are not monkeys, amused by shiny objects

[are we not men?]

Sikpuppy that background looks so much better then the grey one which makes it look so dull and broken.

Bugman the grey bacground is too dull. If kids use it they need something that will standout and not something dull and boring.

How come it has not got facebook chat on it. You have to go on to meebo and use the chat on there and it keeps signing out and you have to keep signing back in but if it was actually on facebook it would not do that?

sophiebabi wrote:If kids use it they need something that will standout and not something dull and boring.

so glad that all children are exactly the same, liking exactly the same thing, and that they have a spokesperson in you

Yea all children may be the same but it is bright and out standing colours that they want to see not dull and boring colours like the grey that makes it look like there computer is broken.

Sophiebabi, you were given a testing version of Puppy Woof. The testing versions are not in the final form and not intended for daily use.

By the time it gets finished, a lot of things will be different and better.

James C: It might end up being better but will the wallpaper end up being better and brightly coloured and not boring and dull.

You need to try a finished version of Puppy, the latest 4.2.1 would be much better.

Remember, the one you are using now is not complete.And the wallpaper can be changed with a couple of clicks of a mouse,

yea you may be able to change it with a couple of clicks of the mouse as long as you know how to chnage it.

The new one also does not has the facebook chat on it, you have to go to meebo to talk but it signs you out alot and have to keep signing back in but it was actually on the facebook itself it would not do that and would'nt have to mess around with the meebo. when it has been finished will it have facbook chat on the actually website??

sophiebabi wrote:It might end up being better but will the wallpaper end up being better and brightly coloured and not boring and dull.

this is your value judgement

i am continually amazed at the evaluation of distros by wallpaper and theme, even at sites like distrowatch [ooh, so pretty]

i think puppy should ship with NO wallpaper at all

for the record, i have preferred gray since i can remember

[colors are dull and boring, in my value judgement]

EDIT - PUPPY SHOULD SHIP WITH WHATEVER COLOUR SCHEME BARRY PICKS

[change the damn thing yerself]