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Another list of How to's∞ - Compiled by Flash on the forum

• Instruction on editing menus in puppy 2.14
• Forum Link∞ - should be /usr/share/applications, not /root/share/applications
• MenuXDG

• Most files can be exracted by double-clicking them in ROX
• Others you might need to do tar -xvf filename.tar.gz

• First try start/setup/Network-Ethernet Wizard
• HOW-TO connect to wifi
• with Ndisrwrapper manually

• Excellent Tutorial Videos∞ - A few are a bit dated but still worth it.
• IansQuickLearn
• LinuxBeginners

• Cups
• Printing
• PrintersNotWorking
• PrintersWorking
• GenericSharedPostscriptPrinterOnWindows

• Dual Boot off of a usb stick (with grub)∞ - Forum link
• Have multiple Puppy distro's on one cd∞ (forum)

• http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=2163∞

• First try the sound wizard
• http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=8816∞

• First try the Puppy Universal Installer (start-setup-Puppy Univeral Installer)
• Look here for more help. HowToSetupAndConfigurePuppy

Make a DotPup

Instructions on making a DotPup

Try gftp (it's included with all recent puppy's)
UsingFTP

Note: The default password for Puppy is blank.

Edit the file: /root/.xinitrc

At the very end of the file add this "Xlock" line just before the existing last statement:

Xlock will ask for a password the first time it runs and it should keep it for next time.
Run Xlock now to set the password before you boot again. There should be an icon for Xlock on the desktop.
Xlock will now run automatically on boot-up and lock the screen with a password