Puppy Linux is a small, but full-featured Linux distribution. Puppy boots into a ramdisk and loads into RAM.
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An easier way to print from a live CD than Puppy?
After several failed attempts to burn an Ubuntu CD to live boot from (they wouldn't boot, maybe because my CD burning software wouldn't burn slower than 4X speed?), I've managed to get a boot disc ...
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Latest (or at least non-ancient) Chromium binary?
I've recently been migrating to Puppy Linux (last OS was Ubuntu,) and the only version of Chromium currently available is about as old as the one in the Ubuntu repositories.
I really suck at have not ...
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Slacko vs Precise vs Lucid Puppy Linux
On this site you will find the 3 flavors of Puppy Linux in the question. I am not looking for an exhaustive list, but just a few differences between the three. This way I can make an informed decision ...
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ndiswrapper wireless driver does not connect to detected Wifi network
I am running Slacko Puppy v5.3.1 and am trying to use my Wifi dongle with it.
I have a Windows .inf file for the driver for my USB dongle. I used the Puppy network wizard to load the driver using ...
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How to add Puppy Linux to grub menu installed by Ubuntu?
I've been using Puppy Linux off a USB flash drive drive for a while, but that was really wearing it out. I decided to do a full install to the hard drive, so I cleared out some space, created an ext4 ...
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Making Puppy Linux more “Unixy”?
I am playing around with Puppy Linux Wary 5.3 on an old machine (Pentium PII, 160 megs RAM, 6 gig HD). I did an install on the HD. I appreciate it's light footprint, the fact that it plays nice with ...
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How do you boot Puppy Linux Slacko into the command line?
How do you boot Puppy Linux Slacko (or Precise or Wary) into the command line? I wish to startx only if I need it. Unfortunately it does not seem to copy Slackware's traditional /etc/inittab runlevel ...
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Limit internet speed without tc
I'm using deb based linux for years and I never had problems limiting the internet speed using wondershaper. The problem is that on sisters PC I had to install puppy linux because it's a very old PC. ...
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Make USB modem work on Puppy Linux 5.28
I have an Alcatel Modem, when I plug it on my old dell c600 with Puppy Linux.
This is the log from my Puppy Linux 5.28 on my dell laptop:
tail -f /var/log/messages | grep usb
user.err kernel:usb ...
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When does the Puppy linux security model make sense?
I have just spent a few hours playing with Puppy linux, which has some very nice features, but there are some things about its approach to security (at least the default settings) that worry me:
It ...
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Install Puppy Linux or “Damn Small Linux” on Pogoplug (~NSLU2) possible
I am thinking about buying Pogoplug (50 $) which is in fact a NAS server similar to the famous nslu2. Like the nslu2, this device can be hacked to have a full fresh Linux server running. There are ...
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/lib/modules/2.6.37.6/build missing in linux puppy? what should I do?
I am new to linux as of yesterday. I'm using linux puppy to try to get the most out of a 10 year old, slow laptop. I installed it fine, no problems there, but as soon as I try to use my usb dongle's ...
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on puppy linux, how to manage power settings
I'm new to using Puppy Linux, and I'm not able to find a way to manage power settings. The laptop stops working everytime I close and re-open the lid so I want to disable that function from doing ...
