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No worries, once you release it, if its going to be good them some people will definitely slim it

Im hoping that the final debian wheezy iso's are slimmer than they are now, altho maybe thats not the real prob with bloat, i think that there will be more variety of official debian live ISO's and a decent netinstall one (usually less than 100mb) is the one that is missing from the line up at the present time.

If a netinstall wheezy does indeed come out then keeping things small wont be all that much of a problem.

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Release

Is Wheezy Pussy still being worked on

Yeh, I was wondering the same thing been checking this thread regularly but no action . Has Pussy died ? Is "Sickgut" still with us or has he taken his devoper skills elsewhere ?
Could anybody shed any light on the situation?

maybe he's dead.. bitten by a venomous spider

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imnsho ... What PussyLinux could have/should have been ...
FoxyRoxyLinux

Pure Debian Linux (squeeze) with the heart and spirit of a Puppy.

Have a peek (and poke around the forum) ... you may be surprised.

The real world (real life) has stalled things for a few months, although life is returning to normal.
I would really appreciate some help from anyone who really knows *nix

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In the last few days, I've had a peek at wheezy, and it totally smashes anything/everything to do with persistence and the ability to make a snapshot of the system in a totally RAM based system. Not only does the 3.x kernel resolve a lot of issues that the 2.x has/had it is obviously the way to move forward. However, it is also a whole new can of worms with regard to the startup sequence, cow, and all of the other things that made pussy what it was. I am not promising anything in the way of a fix or how to make wheezy like squeeze, but I've got some ideas and if you're really prepared to peek under the hood with me, then I'd ask you to have a peek at we've done with squeeze. We've got a little way to go with squeeze before looking to see how we get over to wheezy, but I'm sure it can be done.

Cheers, Brenton

" it is also a whole new can of worms with regard to the startup sequence, cow, and all of the other things that made pussy what it was. I am not promising anything in the way of a fix or how to make wheezy like squeeze, "

That could be one reason that he has not been so active.
the problem is too much one one person one need to be a team
so he has a break and get back when he figure it out or his illness
has gone more severe so he has to concentrate to feel well.

Give him a break

From today http://thepussycatforest.info/ is inactive for me. Does anybody else have the same problem?
I hope Sickgut will drop by soon to write he is OK.
I think I have most of the Squeezy Pussy Linux files and extra programs. I can upload them somewhere if someone needs them.

I can confirm that http://thepussycatforest.info/ has revert to domain name advertising.

If you could mirror the files that would be great. I will add a link on the wiki

darkcity wrote:I can confirm that http://thepussycatforest.info/ has revert to domain name advertising.

If you could mirror the files that would be great. I will add a link on the wiki

OK, I'll check what I have and I will post the download link.

Cheers

All files I have are uploaded here:
http://www.mydrive.ch/
username: guest@saintless
password: download
There are readme text for every iso file and soon I will add md5sum files also.
Any suggestions for mirror sites with permanent file storage are welcome.

Edit:29.04.2016 - I have e-mail from mydrive.ch my free account will have 100Mb storage limit in a month. I had to remove all files over 100Mb limit. Uploaded text file ISO-files-Moved-Here.txt with new storage location in dropbox in case someone visits mydrive.ch. This is the new download link:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zsovsb7i69sr ... 7Xi5a?dl=0

Edit2: Nice surprise - the torrent file from here is still active:
https://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_pussy
It contains server, base and extra iso version.

And direct download for all files:
https://ia801008.us.archive.org/25/item ... nux_pussy/

Nice one, added link to your post
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PussyLinux

Maybe ally has picked it up for archive.org too.

Downloading a copy now.

darkcity wrote:Maybe ally has picked it up for archive.org too.

Nice surprise - the torrent file from here is still active:
https://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_pussy
It contains server, base and extra iso version.
And direct download for all files:
https://ia801008.us.archive.org/25/item ... nux_pussy/

I`m curious... There`s a thread about making new a Community Edition based on Debian.
So I couldn`t help but think of Pussy.

# What is the current condition of Pussy?

1) What does it do now and what does it not do yet? ( Puppy`s boot types, SFS files, etc.)

2) How well does the app installing work? Do all apps work when installed?

3) Is there any level of making SFS files of apps?

4) I assume it`s completely built from a Debian distro.? ( No mix of Puppy files...)

# If Pussy`s far enough along, it could very well be what these folks are looking for.
.

Sickgut had hoped he would be able to slim down
the latest Debian but he failed getting the result he wanted
so most likely he is taking a big break due to the problems
seems difficult to solve.

So we are on our own and I am a total nobody so just sharing
how I perceive the status.

Hi nooby; Good to hear from you again. I`m sorry to hear about your condition.

As I say... Size just isn`t that important any more. ( Guys, ask your girl friends.! )
As long as its not 250+MB for the same apps Puppy has in 130+MB. Up to 200 MB is okay.
.

Hi, Sunburnt!
I can only answer your questions from my point of view regarding Squeezy version. Sickgut is the one who can give you more detailed information.

1) What does it do now and what does it not do yet? ( Puppy`s boot types, SFS files, etc).

It doesn't have full and frugall install script options like puppy. You need to copy the files and edit Grub to make frugal install. It needs a script to do this. Full install will need corrections in initrd with sure, but anyway there is a compromise between full and frugal install. I mean frugal install with 12 Mb squash (SFS) file and rest of the OS inside rw save file. If someone needs more information about this option I can explain it better.
it needs also better JWM graphic modifications. A matter of edited jwm file.

2) How well does the app installing work? Do all apps work when installed?
It uses apt-get and since it is pure debian based it works 100%. All apps work.


3) Is there any level of making SFS files of apps?
Same as in puppy.


4) I assume it`s completely built from a Debian distro.? ( No mix of Puppy files...)
Yes. Many puppy packages work on it after copying files in the right places. This might confuse dpkg database since there is no information about this apps there.


# If Pussy`s far enough along, it could very well be what these folks are looking for.
May be but I'm not sure about this. First intention of Sickgut was to get help from Puppy devs and make it puppy like. It didn't happen.

As long as its not 250+MB for the same apps Puppy has in 130+MB. Up to 200 MB is okay.
I can make 58 Mb squashfile as a base without Xorg ready to apt-get what they need. May be I can make it even smaller. + 2Mb vmlinuz and 10Mb initrd it will be 70Mb base for their project. It is very possible to make debian live with all regular puppy has with proper cleaning of installed files in 200 Mb.

Cheers, Toni

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