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by Dingo
Thu 09 Oct 2014, 23:01
Forum: Business
Topic: What database software can we use in Puppy?
Replies: 59
Views: 110377

I don't use databases myself, but two possible alternatives to portabase are: QT4 based symphytum , and GTK based muibase I built symphytum 1.2 with qt 4.7.3 static libs http://dokupuppylinux.info/stand_alone_packages:databases#symphytum_12 no dependencies needed, hopefully working in any puppy ver...
by Dingo
Sun 05 Oct 2014, 13:23
Forum: Business
Topic: What database software can we use in Puppy?
Replies: 59
Views: 110377

maybe portabase 2.1 made stand-alone (built with static qt 4.7.3 libs and then packaged as stand-alone application) can be worthy to be considered? http://dokupuppylinux.info/stand_alone_packages:databases tested in Puppy linux from 5.2.5 to 3.01 (theoretically it runs into any Linux environment), w...
by Dingo
Thu 25 Sep 2014, 14:24
Forum: Security
Topic: BASH exposure expressed as bigger than Heartbleed<SOLUTIONS>
Replies: 185
Views: 125284

I just patched the bash 4.3 sources against latest available patch ( but we need a further patch as far as I understand) and compiled for Puppy 3.01, but I'm not sure it is safe to replace the bash 3.00.16 built-in in Puppy 3.01 with bash 4
by Dingo
Sat 20 Sep 2014, 14:12
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: xterm, desktop problem [SOLVED]
Replies: 4
Views: 887

try to run fixmenus from terminal, many times it solves issues like this
by Dingo
Thu 18 Sep 2014, 11:06
Forum: Documents
Topic: Mendeley Desktop
Replies: 18
Views: 16796

Flash wrote:Where is this website? None of the links in this thread are any good. :(
only links pointing to puppylover.netsons domain expired (I replaced with actual domain editing posts) other links are working. netsons was my first free free subdomain I used then I passed to a top level domain more reliable
by Dingo
Wed 17 Sep 2014, 12:44
Forum: Graphics
Topic: mtpaint 3.49.12- April 2016
Replies: 374
Views: 320339

Dear wjaguar

mtpaint for jpeg-2000, supports libjasper and libopenjpeg both. I compiled in past with these two libs alternatively, But I noticed not any difference

what library do you recommend for jpeg-2000 support?
by Dingo
Sun 13 Jul 2014, 00:52
Forum: Graphics
Topic: mtpaint 3.49.12- April 2016
Replies: 374
Views: 320339

Re: Version 3.44.78

see also http://www.exactcode.com/site/open_source/exactimage/ I tried countless times to build exactimage companion in Puppy 3.01, 4.3.1. 5.2.5 but every time I ended with a binary that was apparently rightly build, but that was unable to process or open/read any image exactimage:successful built ...
by Dingo
Sat 12 Jul 2014, 22:25
Forum: Graphics
Topic: mtpaint 3.49.12- April 2016
Replies: 374
Views: 320339

Re: Version 3.44.78

Now with version 3.44.78, transition to V-code is effectively done. so, now has libmtpixel any chance to be improved? It was a powerful piece of command line application, despite its limitations, for same tasks I use libmtpixel daily since is able to perform manipulations that I cannot to do with i...
by Dingo
Fri 20 Jun 2014, 10:28
Forum: Documents
Topic: pdftk for fatdog 64 bit? (Solved)
Replies: 8
Views: 3362

Re: pdftk for fatdog 64 bit?

step wrote:Does anyone have pdftk compiled for fatdog 64 bit or can point me in the right direction? TIA
do you need a 64 bit version?

otherwise you can try if this build I made in Puppy 3.01
http://dokupuppylinux.info/programs:pdf ... #pdftk_202

is working on fatdog
by Dingo
Fri 09 May 2014, 21:40
Forum: Multimedia
Topic: Looking for an mp3 joiner
Replies: 4
Views: 1955

some time ago I compiled mp3wrap in puppy 3.01 http://filecloud.io/e0s31yb4 you can try if it works into later puppies even if you can use also a simple cat cat file1.mp3 file2.mp3 file 3.mp3 ... >joinedfile.mp3 it is recommended to use specific tool since cat does not works reliably about some inte...
by Dingo
Sat 22 Mar 2014, 12:35
Forum: Video
Topic: issues in replacing old 17'' LCD with 19'' LCD in puppy 3.01
Replies: 1
Views: 3326

issues in replacing old 17'' LCD with 19'' LCD in puppy 3.01

As long-term puppy 3.01 user I' seriously worried about monitor replacement cycle Why I'm using puppy 3.01? Simply because it works very fine on my HP D530C, everything works, included wireless (while with puppy 4.3.1 and higher I' can't get working my WG311v3 wireless adapter with WPA encryption - ...
by Dingo
Fri 03 Jan 2014, 14:17
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: Wine - run Windows programs in Linux
Replies: 450
Views: 594564

Dear Greendome (version2013) I noted a strange thing in these years with wine builds higher than 0.9.22 with wine 0.9.22 I was able to use this free software for text to speech vocal synthesis *Er Finestra* - http://www.ziddu.com/download/23510925/Er_Finestra.zip.html and to paste into text box up t...
by Dingo
Tue 26 Nov 2013, 19:19
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [solved] puppy 3.01 samsung s19A450bw not working with xorg
Replies: 0
Views: 829

[solved] puppy 3.01 samsung s19A450bw not working with xorg

update! solved ugrading xorg to 7.3 but still unhappy with colors (bad) and thin vertical white lines in flat colors Dear Puppian friends, I was constrained to change monitor few days ago previously I owned a beautiful HANNS-G HB171A that worked very fine with xorg this new monitor samsung s19A450b...
by Dingo
Sat 23 Nov 2013, 16:46
Forum: Business
Topic: Bankruptcy Association subscribers (no sports practice here)
Replies: 13
Views: 19752

it is an accounting program I built from sources (in other words, I compiled)with static qt 4.6.3 some time ago in Lucid Puppy 5.2.5

http://dokupuppylinux.info/programs:business

Image
by Dingo
Mon 18 Nov 2013, 19:04
Forum: Documents
Topic: pdf compressing software?
Replies: 4
Views: 4401

Re: epub

how do I recombine those back into a new compressed PDF with embedded text? with hopcr2pdf from exactimage utils - http://www.exactcode.com/site/open_source/exactimage/hocr2pdf/ in this case a possible workflow is: 1° - extract all scanned images from wrapping pdf with pdfimages pdfimages file.pdf ...
by Dingo
Mon 18 Nov 2013, 13:33
Forum: Documents
Topic: pdf compressing software?
Replies: 4
Views: 4401

Re: pdf compressing software?

I hava a couple of 300mb+ pdf files (scanned books, OCR'd) which I would like to shrink while maintaining text quality. I do not care much about the photos. What would be the best approach? so you have a pdf that is, really, a pdf wrapper around scanned images A right way to decrease filesize while...
by Dingo
Thu 07 Nov 2013, 12:49
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: fire on internet archive book scanning center!
Replies: 0
Views: 51

fire on internet archive book scanning center!

very sad news today; internet archive lost valuable equipment due to a fire last night

https://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/sca ... p-rebuild/

donate for rebuild scanning center!
by Dingo
Wed 09 Oct 2013, 12:12
Forum: Graphics
Topic: mtpaint 3.49.12- April 2016
Replies: 374
Views: 320339

but it would be very useful if there is any way to change the default color in palette when mtpaint starts (red) to white Preferences->Paths->Default palette no way to made this change in sources before compiling? It is hardcoded? and change the default canvas from black to white? Sorry for disturb...
by Dingo
Tue 08 Oct 2013, 19:41
Forum: Graphics
Topic: mtpaint 3.49.12- April 2016
Replies: 374
Views: 320339

I managed to bypass the issue converting the tiff in png and then converting the png to tiff g4 with graphicsmagick gm mogrify -format tiff -dither None -compress Group4 -threshold 185 *.png but it would be very useful if there is any way to change the default color in palette when mtpaint starts (r...