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MyWolfe-020

This is the start of a new login for MyWolfe. Much thanks to Pizzagood for making the script for this to work. When running the first time you will be asked to create a root login password. This is going to allow those who like to do a full install to be able to keep other people from running there system without their knowledge. I also feel that this is good for everyone else as well to be able to secure their system.

Added
Axel-1.0a
babl-0.1.2
babl_dev-a1.2
docbookx-5.00
ffconvert-1.0
gegl-0.1.2
libenchant-1c2a_1.4.2-33
libgrkspell-0_2.0.13
Pidgen-2.66
Pure_ftpd

Removed
foxlib
gogglesmm
xine-streamtuner

Gogglemm removed because Pmusic has matured into a fine program. Xine-streamtuner because is did not work fully.

Upgraded
Google-chrome-5.0.375.127
lamesmbxplorer-0.2.2b
Pmusic-1.3.0
Pprocess-2.11
precord-6.1.2
pcd-1.2

Let me know what you think. If there any problems report them here on my blog or at this link: issues my Google-code site but the later requires a Google account.

You can download MyWolfe-020 here

Comments (0) Added by Grumpyw August 23, 2010 (9:29PM)

Lucid Puppy 5.1 is Released

August 11, 2010 - Lucid Puppy 5.1 is released, featuring more applications in the repository and support for high-performance graphics. See the Forum announcement by playdayz.



Playdayz describes this release: Lucid Puppy 5.1 is a “full-featured compact distro.” It’s a Puppy, so it is fast, friendly, and fun, and it can also serve as one’s main Linux desktop. Quickpet and Puppy Package Manager allow easy installation of many of the best Linux programs, tested and configured for Lucid Puppy. It is just as easy to choose your favorite browser and your language.

Read more... Comments (0) Added by raffy August 11, 2010 (6:30PM)

Puppeee 1.0 for the eee is Released

August 7, 2010 - Puppeee, amazing distro for the eeePC, is released.



In the puppeee home page, Jemimah wrote: Puppeee is an ultralight, user-friendly Linux distribution for the EeePC

Puppeee should work on EeePCs with Intel GMA900, GMA950, and GMA3150 graphics cards. This is most 10 inch or smaller models. There is partial support for the 1101HA/1201HA with the GMA500 using Xvesa.

Jemimah has described Puppeee's development in the Forum: Puppeee comes with a custom ultralight preemptive kernel optimized specifically for Atom or Celeron processors - the result is fast boot time, high performance, and low power usage.

Download Puppeee and read the install instructions given in the same page. For feedback, visit the puppeee forum.

Read more... Comments (0) Added by raffy August 7, 2010 (6:00PM)

UbuntuStudio PuppyLinux Version

July 30, 2010 - Ubuntu Studio Puppy Edition - the creative power of Ubuntu Studio with the speed of Puppy Linux!

Download from here (user=puppy password=linux).

For feedback, visit the forum.

Comments (0) Added by raffy July 30, 2010 (8:20PM)

New NOP Puppy

July 19, 2010 - Quirky 1.20 NOP is here! See the Forum. Download quirkyNOP from here (user=puppy password=linux), 100 MB, md5sum = 0a5c83fa3331cc32ed895d1e047f740d



Gray describes the new NOP:

This is a 100Mb remaster of Quirky 1.2 in the tradition of previous NOPs.

Nearly Office Pups are so called because office apps have been removed ready for you to tack on an SFS file of your favourite office suite (recommend Open Office).

Replaced JWM/ROX with XFCE 4.6.2 / Thunar
Replaced SeaMonkey browser suite with Firefox 3.6.6 / Sylpheed
Removed Abiword, Gnumeric, Homebank, Ayytm, Geany
Added Transmission
Added Pwidgets 2.27
Removed Nvidia proprietary driver - if you have an Nv card you would probably want to add the full Nvidia driver anyway!

Note that this is not an upgrade for previous NOP - it will need a fresh savefile. .

Read more... Comments (11) Added by raffy July 20, 2010 (6:50AM)

MyWolfe 019

This release of MyWolfe has a few new items in it and I have moved back up to the Xorg-7.5 now that I have things working right. It also has Xserver-1.7.1 it is close to one of Barry Kauler's Quirky build.

Thanks to scOtman for the program jwm-wallpaper, but I had to edit some because of the wbar. Wbar is at the top of the screen and I like it. Some who tried MyWolfe-018 got to see my first attempt at wbar I have come to understand it more now.

Again thanks to jemimah for here pwireless2 I have put pwireless2-1.0 in and it is doing a great job. She also introduce me to gogglesmm and I still have it in most of my builds.

Because of scOtman I was able to build a few small scripts to allow a user to change the system sounds though the control panel found on the wbar.

There is one to change the startup sound, one for shutdown sound, and last but not least, one for reboot sound.

Rox is back to being the default file manager, to put is simply it just works it may not have all the features I may want but it works. But I did disable the pinboard so as to allow Jwm to control the background image.

You can see screen shot of MyWolfe-019 here. I am using the same images as MyWolfe-018 for nothing has changed in the gui part.

It still has Gimp-2.6.8 I know there out the 2.6.10 but I have not had the time to work with it and Barry does a better job of it than me.

It has Picasa to help you organize and do simple editing of your pictures and if you want you can create and upload to a online data base and never lose them.

As with all my last builds it has Google-chrome 5.0.375.99 stable I did not put in the development release for I was not sure if it was ready for prime time.

I also want to thank Barry Kauler for his fine work on the woof build system I have come to know it inside and out. What a learning experience.

Last note is if a pet will run in Quirky it should then run in MyWolfe for I have not change any of the libs.

You can download it here MyWolfe-019

Enjoy

Comments (6) Added by Grumpyw July 13, 2010 (8:13PM)

Fatdog64 500 is Released

July 2, 2010 - Kirk and Jamesbond released Fatdog64-500 final. The release has matching PETs and SFSs.



The kernel is version 2.6.34 and the window manager is Openbox /LXPanel. Fatdog has always included the latest Firefox, GIMP (image editor), and KINO (video editor). Its default wallpaper is the classic Seagull that was with Puppy since version 1. Fatdog is traditional in looks but bleeding-edge in content!

Kirk wrote: Xorg auto configures itself and the default keyboard is "US" and the default timezone is gmt -5. You can change these in the setup menu. The old xorgwizard is still there, renamed xorgwizard-old. If you want a detailed xorg.conf go to Menu - Setup - Xorg Video Wizard. Firefox (and Xine) runs as user spot, anything you download goes into the Downloads folder on the desktop. At the first shutdown, after making your save file, you'll be asked if you want to move the Downloads folder to the same place as your save file. Most will want to answer yes to that. Fatdog64-500 uses many scripts from Woof, but Fatdog64 is not built using Woof due to Fatdog being 64bit.

Download the ISO from ibiblio (click here to open the ISO folder). Additional packages like PETs are installed from the package manager, while SFS can be downloaded from here - to use SFS, copy to /mnt/home and reboot (this assumes that you are already using a save file). Read here about the SFS.

For more information and feedback, visit the Forum.

Comments (2) Added by raffy July 5, 2010 (10:00PM)

Quirky is Released - Barry's Testing Platform

June 5, 2010 - Quirky 1.20 is released. Get the qrky-120.iso from here and read Barry's announcement. Note: qret-120.iso is the retro version (using the kernel of version 4.3.1).

May 5, 2010 - Quirky 1.00 is released, a 106-MB test platform for cutting-edge features of Puppy Linux.

Q1.00 is a multimedia special that should be able to play most multimedia formats. It also supports 3G modems.

The Linux kernel version is 2.6.33.2 and the default window manager is Openbox with Fbpanel (JWM is also available).

The builder of Q1.00 is "Woof", Barry Kauler's scripts for building a Puppy Linux distro from another distro's binary packages. However, Q1.00 is "home-grown" as Barry used binaries that he himself built from T2.

With Q1.00 released, a home-grown Woof-let, other Puppy Linux devs can use its tested features to deliver new Woof-lets from mainstream distros, benefitting the user with a wide array of packages while keeping the OS compact.

See Barry's announcement and go to the download folders at ibiblio.org or nluug.nl. Get quirky-100.iso, 106 MB, md5sum = ed663f31c5ac2f4ae4819dcf3b8d2199

For feedback, visit the Forum.

Comments (1) Added by raffy June 5, 2010 (6:07PM)

New puplet from the Hungarian Puppy Linux Community: Suli-Puppy

Suli-puppy (means school-puppy in english) was created by Kros54 and Sancurka, hungarian forum members.

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This puplet is based on the browserlinuxCL11 puplet.
Built especially for educational purpose and surfing the web. There is also a localized, hungarian version.
This puplet is in use in some Hungarian schools and pre-schools.
Small, fast, easy to handle and boots quickly on old machines.
Suli Puppy proved to be the best choice for newbies and children.

It includes Wine 1.1.43. has ability to run well-known softwares and portable programs,
Spread - a freeware spreadsheet program,
Klavaro – typing tutorial,
Vlc media player,
Sebran educational software with 12 lesson for improving learning skills
and some originally builtin program.

More in hungarian here.

Get the Suli-Puppy here.

Downloads, pictures, more localized puplets and forum :
The Hungarian Puppy Linux Community page.

Comments (0) Added by skami June 4, 2010 (1:56PM)

New puplet Puppy Crypt 4.3 with OpenOffice, Skype, VLC and TrueCrypt

Puppy Crypt based on Puppy Linux 4.3 - 357 MB



MD5sum d204db7f51517ab20a8e392572235afe

Software:

• OpenOffice 3.1 (dictionary: EN, IT, ES, PO, DE, FR) - office suite with "Sun PDF Import Extension"
• Skype 2.0 - internet telephony
• Vlc 0.8.6 - media player with audio and video codecs
• TrueCrypt (volume mounted in "mnt", with Desktop link) - create a virtual encrypted disk
• GtkHash - create hash from files or text (MD5, SHA1, ...)
• Bcrypt GUI - a GUI tool to encrypt files
• Figaro's Password Manager
• SeaMonkey - browser web (home page at darkeditor.altervista.org: online notepad with encrypt, decrypt and hash tools)

Older versions at Puppy Crypt's home.

Comments (3) Added by rollobix May 30, 2010 (3:50PM)