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| Thread ID: 108112 | 2010-03-14 08:43:00 | Puppy Linux | smurf (6545) | Press F1 |
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| 867160 | 2010-03-14 08:43:00 | I have just download this distro and am interested in giving it a go. So far it is a mind boggling change from Windows for me...and I am having trouble getting my head around the differences. I have Googled for information but whilst there are many references I am having trouble finding one that is well written and informative. Does anyone know of some good documentation that would give me a good point of reference for the various "How to.... s". Thanks | smurf (6545) | ||
| 867161 | 2010-03-14 08:50:00 | Check out the forum (www.murga-linux.com) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 867162 | 2010-03-14 08:51:00 | Thanks Speedy...will do. | smurf (6545) | ||
| 867163 | 2010-03-14 08:58:00 | No probs :) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 867164 | 2010-03-14 20:07:00 | Hi, yes at first it seems bizarre. If you havent used linux before I would start with mint or ubuntu. These will be more comfortable that using puppy straight away. Also wiki puppylinux.org Im guessing your trying to get firefox, or wondering how to save your data? Do you have any specific problems |
pkm (13527) | ||
| 867165 | 2010-03-14 22:51:00 | Thank you PKM. That appears to be a good reference. I will persevere with Puppy at this stage,and the page indicated should be useful. My query is pretty general as expressed in my post so this should be help. | smurf (6545) | ||
| 867166 | 2010-03-15 02:46:00 | Thank you PKM. That appears to be a good reference. I will persevere with Puppy at this stage,and the page indicated should be useful. My query is pretty general as expressed in my post so this should be help. Everything is different, its easy if programs installed happen to be the ones you want. Installing software from .pets isnt too bad since the package manager does the hard work for you. The forum has extra .pet packages to download like audacity etc. Dont forget that control+alt+ backspace resets the desktop environment if something gets stuck. Puppylinux then sends you to the commandline. Just type 'startx' to carry on. Which seems odd, coming from windows where all you can do is reboot or end the 'explorer' process. |
pkm (13527) | ||
| 867167 | 2010-03-15 04:06:00 | Thanks again PKM. It is funny, at the moment I can't locate the PET's download thing and there certainly isn't one on the desktop. ummm ?? Maybe in version 4.3.1 is is renamed......nothing obvious though :confused :confused: |
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| 867168 | 2010-03-15 04:20:00 | MENUE SETUP "Puppy Packet manager" although there should be a blue icon on desktop with PET on it | kjaada (253) | ||
| 867169 | 2010-03-15 06:39:00 | The desktop icon is called install on 4.31, it will display a window with options to install puppy, etc, the last one on there is puppy package manager. Or just do it the way kjaada suggests menu>setup>puppy package manager. puppylinux.org I use this page to track down other .pet packages as well as John Murgas' site that Speedy linked to. |
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