Thanks a lot, musher0, the crap hiding behind the download button in that limelinx link chrashed my 'fox
(the one on this page, I did not try those in the link immediatly above)

tallboy

Thank you, bigpup, I'd forgotten that one! In my dpup-484/5, default is apparently that 'delete' is unticked. My main problem is that I usually have an open xterm, and the use of 'rm' is an old bad habit. There are of course the possibility to use options 'rm -i', or if removing a dir, 'rm -rvI'. -i...

Dewbie, yes, I'm going to burn them separately. I can see now that my writing was clumsy enough to be interpreted as if I should let him rum from a single MultiPup CD, and that was not my intention. greengeek and rcrsn51, I have tried for many years to remember to dump unwanted files in the trashbin...

Thank you all for your valuable input, your tips are noted. Any additionional posts are welcomed anytime, I'll follow this thread, and comment. 4 to six years old would be brand new to me. To me too, my main linuxbox was made sometime last century... :lol: How about "Puppy Linux - Designed for ...

Remember, you're attempting to run Puppy on a computer designed to run Windows. Haha, point taken! :lol: It has always come up as a theme in the forum: How to convert Windows/Mac users, is it really possible? So one question that pops up, is if any effort has been made to make an easy entry puppy, ...

Hi all. I think I have converted a Windows user, and convinced him that Puppylinux is a the distro to use. I have no idea yet as to what his hardware is, but I guess it is a 4-6 year old desktop machine, not a laptop. I will provide info as soon as I know more. I know that he is using Firefox. He ha...

Hi SilverPuppy. While it may be a sidetrack, and not belong in this discussion, there is an interesting, but seemingly not actively developed, distro named GoboLinux, that has an entirely different approach to solve the package management problem. An alternative distribution which redefines the file...

Hi, gcmartin. It actually seems you have all the files that belong in an .iso in your puppylivecdbuild, it could be that you just can use the command 'mkisofs'. Read the manual for mkisofs to see the options to the mkisofs command as used below. (man mkisofs in a terminal or a browser) I have been e...

Hi all! I write this in my dpup-484beta4, running from a live-CD, burnt multisession on my ancient, builtin Sony CD-RW CRX140E, rev. 1n, burn speed 4. I have experimented with burning multisessions and modifying sfs's, and - as discussed in another thread, adding applications to folders stored on th...

OK, thanks, I see what you mean now. No, the USB 3G modems usually come in the form of a USB memory-stick that you just plug in, and they do contain a SIM card, just as a cellphone does. The problem is that they also usually has a memory section built in, for storing contacts lists and so on, and th...

I am not sure about what you mean, can you please be more specific?

Tallboy

I also have a problem connecting in Lupu 5.2.8 and Wary 5.2.2, but of another kind. Those two puppyversions cannot mount the USB stick modem at all, it is invisible no matter what I do. The modem is a ZTE MF636. I wonder if any of you gurus know if there is a difference in handling of a 3G modem, if...

I believe IDEAS CANNOT BE PATENTED. Wink It's the specific method of applying an idea that is patented. e.g. a device or system. Not the idea itself. I totally agree! By allowing an idea to be patended without having a physical implementation of it, is just a way to block other smarter people from ...

Take a look at the funny stories here; google-scoops-up-ibm-patents.html . I quote from the article: One patent, called "Using Semantic Networks To Develop A Social Network," says it "identifies other users with common interests." These interests could be determined "by calc...

If x86 tablets where produced, even with a 7" screen BUT it also has a monitor port (alot of tablets have hdmi) and USB, then you dont have to worry about the small screen if you plug into a monitor, and you can use your normal mouse and keyboard with it. I agree, but if your only computer is ...

I had this post in the thread Please post your simple tricks you know but others don't , it may present a different approach to save documents and programs. I hate using the 'save to CD/DVD' function that you get as an option when quitting a session when using a live CD/DVD. It always drag along som...

What a gift to every drug pusher, MS providing a map to the market!

Tallboy

if an affordable x86 tablet with say a 8 - 10" screen is released then you could pretty much run normal puppy on it, maybe with whatever needs to be installed to use the touchscreen. I am actualy old enough to have used an old 'portable' Mac SE30 with it's built-in 9 inch b/w screen as my pers...

I have stolen this tip from elsewhere, I only have the name 'petur' to give credit for the tip. I have used it many times on my old linuxboxes with limited amounts of RAM, and it works flawlessly for me. [quote="petur"]Howto download ISO files directly to a CD/DVD/BLU-RAY It is possible to...

I hate using the 'save to CD/DVD' function that you get as an option when quitting a session when using a live CD/DVD. It always drag along some clutter that was not really intended to have around at next boot, and the extra files to be loaded, seriously slow down the whole booting process. There is...