ChoicePup is the Swiss Army Knife of puppy derivatives. You have the power to choose your own browser, office suite, media player. Either at boot or on the fly it is ready to run the following packages, no configuration necessary, all dependencies met, everything with menu entries.
- NEW!
choicepup-4.1.2minV2-k2.6.25.16.iso. Uploaded 18july09
choicepup-4.1.2RminV2-k2.6.21.7.iso retro version. See notes on page 2 about retro frugal install
- 1) load and unload .sfs files by right clicking on them.
2) load an entire folder of .sfs's, all at the same time from the right click menu or seaside"s GUI on the Utility menu.
3) Keep track of which .sfs's are loaded in /root/my_links/loaded_sfs (on the desktop) so you can unload them easily when done with them (except with Barry's bootmanager)
4) Has improved fonts and local file performance with htmlviewer Netsurf
5) If you are using frugal or usb it will load .sfs's at boot with no pup_save! Just place your chosen .sfs files in /sfs_boot_files/ on the drive where your puppy files are and they will be loaded at boot with or without a pup_save
- ch-min-boost.sfs Contains most of the standard programs from ChoicePup
ch-min-cups-1.1.23V2.sfs A full featured, stand alone version of cups printing program.
ch-min-flash9.0.159.0.sfs A stable and apparently more secure form of flash player
ch-min-flash10-070208.sfs A stable flash player for Puppy.
ch-min-pnethood-0.65.sfs A network browser for shared drives.
ch-min-pplog-1.1.sfs A blog builder.
ch-min-samba-3.0.26.sfs Samba file server for your network built for ChoicePup-min
- choicepup-4.1.2min-smp-k2.6.25.16.isoAll the features of ChoicePup-min but with SMP enabled for dual core compters.
choicepup-4.1.2-k2.6.25.16-v3.iso
choicepup-4.1.2retro-k2.6.21.7-v3.iso See the post on page 2 about frugal install for the retro.
You can load the programs you want, trying out as many as you like, then unload them again. This way you can put together your perfect package or update at any time.
You can mount and use:
Also New!
ch-Opera10final-4585 Opera10 final version
ch-fotoxx8.1_ufraw0.15.sfs A Photo editor/viewer. Thanks muggins
ch-Opera10b3-4562.sfs Opera10 beta3 without Unite
ch-firefox-3.5.2.sfs
ch-Opera10-4529.sfs
ch-seamonkey-2.0b1.sfs
ch-gCAD3D-1.30.sfs CAD design program. Thanks muggins. Uploaded 8aug09
Etoys_412.sfs Another nice educational game from Sidders
ch-Opera10-4440.sfs Opera turbo with file sharing
kdeedufull_412 Educational games for kids, full version. Thanks Sidders
kdeedu_412 Educational games for kids, lite version. Thanks Sidders
ch-Mplayer1rc2.sfs An excellent audio and video player. Thanks MU
ch-firefox-3.0.10.sfs The latest firefox. Thanks Wolf Pup
ch-klavaro-1.1.9.sfs A serious typing tutor. Thanks muggins
ch-pwidgets-2.0.8.sfs The latest Pwidgets, easier to use. Thanks Zigbert, Trio and 01micko
ch-vlc_nogui-0.8.6.sfs A very lightweight media player for video and audio. Thanks technosaurus
ch-SoundRecEd_1.4.sfs A very lightweight Sound recorder and editor. See SoundRecEd: OpenGL-based sound editor + recorder for details. Thanks muggins
ch-abi2.6.4+gnum1.8.2.sfs word processor and spreadsheet. Thanks gray
ch-AdobeReader-8.0.sfs pdf reader. Thanks ttuuxxx
ch-alsa-streamtuner-2.sfs - online radio - Thanks ttuuxxx
ch-audacity-1.3.6.sfs audio recorder-editor. Thanks ttuuxxx
ch-Dillo2.sfs small browser. Thanks MU
ch-firefox-2.0.0.20-ecofox.sfs - browser. Thanks ecomoney
ch-firefox-3.0.3.sfs browser.
ch-FoxitReader1.0.sfs pdf reader. Thanks ttuuxxx
ch-frostwire-4.17.0-jre.sfs - peer to peer downloads. Needs java (ch-jre1.6.0_11.sfs). Thanks Wolf Pup
ch-games.sfs
ch-geany-0.16.sfs texteditor. Thanks Dougal
ch-gimphoto-1.4.3.sfs graphic editor. Thanks big bass
ch-GoogleEarth-4.3.sfs needs xorg chosen at boot or from setup menu. Thanks MU
ch-gxine-0.5.9.sfs mediaplayer
ch-jre1.6.0_11.sfs java. Thanks ttuuxxx
ch-mtpaint-3.30.sfs graphics creator. Thanks Dougal
ch-OpenOffice-3.0.sfs - ch-jre optional (needed by sbase). Thanks JB4x4
ch-opera-10.sfs browser. Thanks tazoc
ch-pwidgets-2.0.3-1.sfs desktop tools. Needs ch-min-boost.sfs to run with ChoicePup-minimal. Thanks zigbert
ch-seamonkey-1.1.14-no_mailnews_.sfs browser. Thanks ttuuxxx
ch-sunbird-0.9.sfs - mozilla full featured calendar - Thanks gposil
ch-virtualbox-2.1.2.sfs used to load other operating systems. Thanks sasaqqdan
ch-vlc-0.8.6.sfs mediaplayer. Thanks ttuuxxx
ch-winelite-1.1.19-i486.sfs runs some windows programs. Thanks technosaurus
ch-xine-ui-0.99.5.sfs mediaplayer
ch-fbreader-0.10.7-i486.sfs - ebook reader (will read zipped files). Thanks ttuuxxx
ch-FirePup-0.04.3.sfs fast lightweight firefox. Thanks ttuuxxx
ch-K-Office-1.6.3.sfs Office suite (good graphics programs). Thanks ttuuxxx
bashguide_reckrhodes.sfs Handy guide to bash scripting. Thanks reckrhodes
ch-thunderbird-2.0.0.21.sfs
ch-tesseract-2.01-OCR-en.sfs - an english version of tesseract OCR software - Thanks disciple
ch-Classic_Invaders-i486.sfs Classic game - Thanks muggins
The .sfs packages prepared for Choicepup are tweaked to work with the Desktop buttons. They will activate whichever packages you have decided to load. Priority is given to the first package loaded, i.e. the write button will activate Abiword if that was the first word processor loaded but OpenOfficeWriter will still be available on the Document Menu if you have it loaded too.
How do you load these packages? There are two methods:
1. Find the packages with RoxFiler (file icon on the desktop). They can be anywhere but your best bet is to place them in /mnt/home (where your pup_save file will go) or what will become /mnt/home as this will be necessary for method 2.
Right click on one of the ch-.sfs packages and choose install_with_load_sfs . This will install the package and make it usable. Using this method you may also uninstall the package when you are finished by choosing uninstall_with_unload_sfs. (Thanks to jcoder24 and gyro for load_sfs and unload_sfs)
Entries for the programs in the package will be automatically installed on the Menu in the appropriate category.
2. Use BootManager on the Systems menu. This requires that you have run puppy once, restarted and saved a pup_save file. Wherever you saved will become your /mnt/home and will be mounted and useable when you have restarted. It will be the drive with the yellow dot at the bottom left corner of the desktop. (Thanks to Leon for the improved initrd.gz which makes loading so many .sfs files possible)
Place the ch-.sfs packages on the /mnt/home drive. Don't place them in folders! You can go to Menu-System-Bootmanager and select which of these files to load at next bootup or you can just reboot and Bootmanager will pop up automatically and ask which ones you would like to load. (Don't forget to remove the checkmark from "ignore above user selection")
Using method2 you cannot unload them except by opening BootManager, deselecting them and then rebooting.
You may use these methods to load any other .sfs files built for Puppy but not all of these will run without extra additions (dependencies). All the ch-.sfs files have been setup to run with ChoicePup.
Thanks to Barry Kauler and all the developers at the PuppyLinux Forum for this wonderful OS.
Have Fun, Let me know what you think.
Note: ChoicePup is built with Xorg7.0 which I have found works or works better on more computers than Xorg7.3