@ DavidSpector:-
One word of advice. You won't notice any difference in speed during normal operation, whether you run from USB or whether you run from the hard drive. Puppy's operational speed is dictated by the clock speed of your RAM.....and it doesn't matter if loaded from USB
or from HDD,
that will not change.
What you
will notice is a difference in boot-up and shut-down times.....but that is all.
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Since I haven't run Windows for years, I'm not the best person to give advice on what you want to do next.....I can't replicate your steps, so as to give relevant advice!
Sailor's instructions appear very straight-forward; however, if you need any clarification, don't hesitate to ask.
You won't need to make any partition changes; you will, however, need to specify the partition you want Puppy installed to. The Puppy Universal Installer won't be able to perform its job unless you do.
What you're contemplating is, to the best of my knowledge, only possible with Puppy.....since it is the
only O/S, Linux
or otherwise, which is capable of running from a directory/folder, rather than requiring a partition all to itself, the way Windows (and
most 'mainstream' Linux distros) want.
Any problems, ask away. That's what we're here for! This isn't any harder than any other 'install'.....it's just different to what you're used to, that's all.
DavidSpector wrote:.....I would probably love returning to Emacs if you have it.....
Hah! The man's a glutton for punishment, too...
(You don't happen to have a penchant for Vim, too, by any chance?)
It's certainly available if you really
want it. I believe you would be able to get it through the Puppy Package Manager in Tahrpup (the PPM, for short).
Mike.