PRO
- FAST
RECONIZED ALL MY HARDWARE STUFF
IT USE ROX (MY FAV FILE MANAGER)
- PACKAGE MANAGER IS REALLY UNFRIENDLY
A BETTER WIKI COULD HELPFUL.
A BETTER SELECTION OF THE START INSTALLED PROGRAMS (SOME OF THAT AREN'T WORKING)
I can speak to this point too...dogle wrote:It would also be very interesting to hear from our more-experienced newcomers if they feel that any other distros - for instance, Ubuntu - have offered them any advantage over Puppy in terms of newbie-friendliness.
Why don't you install XFCE4 on Puppy? You have a choice.g2k wrote:I can speak to this point too...dogle wrote:It would also be very interesting to hear from our more-experienced newcomers if they feel that any other distros - for instance, Ubuntu - have offered them any advantage over Puppy in terms of newbie-friendliness.
Linuxlite v1.0.6 is very good for first time linux users. Everything works out of the box except "aero-snap", and theres even a fix for that. The desktop environment is xfce4.
I installed dockbarx plugin for xfce and it just works. I have a semi translucent taskbar like windows7, icons pinned to my taskbar that glow when the program is in use, just like win7. I could have window previews like win7 but opted for a list instead. I even have my focused window solid with background windows 30-40% translucent. This makes for an incredibly effective/useful desktop.
Can you tell us step by step what you did and where the trouble happened. I have installed Puppy on many machines now as I'm sure others have. The solution may be something as simple as a bit of wording in one of the dialog boxes that has led you astray. If we can track down the problem, I am sure we can help you and the next guy too.serdal22 wrote:I have been using Linux OS for 13 years. I am still newbie.
I tried to install some (Many) Linux distros into my 11 months old computer these days, but I had problems with many of them, which I hadn't had those problems with their older versions. Basically installation or lack of some package problems.
Now I needed a more reliable, easy to install, fast, and USER FRIENDLY distro.
I decided to give Lupu a try. I have been very much impressed! The Calc, Writer, the colours and graphics are very beautiful and very well done.
This old problem seems like continues: "Close to impossible" hardship of HD installation. I tried three times to install the Lupu into my computer with no luck. This problem has got to be solved as soon as possible. The installation has to be automated once you click on "Install" icon and answering a few basic questions such as time, location, passwords etc . . .
I wish I knew a lot more and could have helped. This is a wonderful Linux distro, and please do not lose the newbies because of a small installation hardship.
Thank you all for your great inputs and precious helps.
Serdal
This thread had revealed that installation issues are the second biggest bugbear for newcomers to Puppy - this was evident pretty early on, and it is quite disturbing that the Puppy community still hasn't quite managed to plug this big hole in acceptability to newcomers.The solution may be something as simple as a bit of wording in one of the dialog boxes that has led you astray.
You could also do that this way.Being paranoid I have tried to remove all Wifi, Transmission, mail, remote access, chat and Shh telnet such programmes, as I fear these could be used to access the computer by clever people who shall always find a way to remain nameless.
+1.canyoureallysmellme from wrote:But it has not been without my sweat and tears to get the thing going. For the none-technical users, like me, a very simple disk with less on it would be good.
Just boot to CD only (pfix=ram) when doing online banking and such-like. Otherwise just boot as normal (load savefile), dont worry about security so much as if that gets breached the hacker only gets to see uninteresting stuff.But as I got bolder I have just explored how to remove pup packages and then remastered, in a fashion, my own Puppy. Being paranoid I have tried to remove all Wifi, Transmission, mail, remote access, chat and Shh telnet such programmes, as I fear these could be used to access the computer by clever people who shall always find a way to remain nameless.