looking forward to pup 5 but I really like the stripped down versions and the building them back up to what I need (guess I could learn how to do it the other way, though). i tried 4.2 first and liked it (no real problems--open office, opera, etc. from PETget) but liked the stripped down version ide...

I couldn't get the .sfs file here to download but finally got an OpenOffiice (firepup & opera 10 .sfs') to download (/mnt/home) from the choicepup post. I added the _412 (since I'm running a full install of NOP 4.12) and mounted the programs (through ROX, open with...and the message saying they ...

I had trouble downloading the .sfs file here and tried a .deb file and then conversion with deb2pet utility but, that's a lot of converting so I gave that up and found a .sfs for choicepup. I'll let you know. Thanks for the help.

Thanks for the ideas. I'll give them a try.

Another noob ??? I have NOP 4.1.2, full install on an HP 531w (1.3 celeron, 256ram) and am having a great time except for I can't get OpenOffice to work. I tried the PETpackage manager and the deleted all that and tried again downloading directly from ibiblio...(cutdown 3, missing files, dict/thesau...

Problem solved. I downloaded the .deb file and then found a deb2pet package after searching here (I had tried the official puppy 4 .deb installer package but it didn't work) and all is well. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Most of the time I am able to find answers just by searching so thanks...

It's quite possible--I tried the .deb version first and got nowhere so I tried the portable .zip version and tried it like since that's what had worked for the other individual (like you pointed out). That didn't work either so I followed the advice from the post 'Install any program' which had me r...

Hello everyone, This forum has been a great help to me as a noob to linux. I've tried 3 versions of puppy so far and have really enjoyed them. I think you've converted me. At this time I am running the latest NOP derivative on an HP Pavilion 531w (1.3 celeron, 256M). I've tried Living Waters 2.17 an...