Hi 8Geee,
'lina-lite, 'lina-1,2 remain valuable Pups precisely because their glibs haven't been upgraded. The later glibs used by lina-1.3 and Vanguard are larger. Using them either requires more RAM, a faster CPU, or both; or results in, at best, a less responsive system. For the general user (those not running as a server/client) the only significant downside {if it can be called that) of lina-lite and 'lina-1.2 is their inability to run current google-chrome and clones.
If a system can provide adequate performance running Carolina 1.3 or Vanguard, why not run 1.3 or Vanguard?
One of the great advances made by the entire family of Saluki/Carolina was its modular design.
I've been exploring "kernel switching". Because of the modular design most recent Pups employ, switching kernels is now easy. See thread on which this post appears,
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 129#852129. The post provides a work-around for the fact that the Frankenpup PPM points to the wrong repository. This isn't a problem in the Carolinas as they all use the same repositories.
In tahrpup, kernel switching is as easy as downloading a tar.gz, unpacking it and substituting the vmliuz and zdrv_tahr_xxx.sfs (where xxx = the version number) for those which came in the ISO. A change in the aforementioned number may be necessary. Since all versions use the same Repo, the problem I discussed doesn't occur.
So I wondered if substituting Carolina-1.3's vmlinuz and zdrv for those which came with 'lina-lite or Carolina-1.2 might not have a similar result?
Perhaps not. What you want to end up with is
(a) glibs to support 'lina-lite/Carolina-1.2's applications -- which are still part of the system as they are in adrv_lina_1.2.sfs or puppy-lina_1.2.sfs; and
(b) newer glibs to support the server/client software you want.
I suspect Carolina (Vanguard)-1.3 has both sets of glibs, as it still support older Carolina applications. Or maybe the older applications run fine using the newer glibs.
I don't know if, in constructing the linas, the glibs were included in vmlinuz or puppy_xxx.sfs. If the former, switching kernels should work. Finding out shouldn't take more than a half hour.
But if not, here's the thread and pets for adding the newer glibs to 'lina-lite/Carolina-1.2's repertoire,
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=96316
mikesLr