MR_BOGAN wrote:
TallyMan wrote:
MR_BOGAN wrote:
I run puppy linux from a flash drive, the os loads it self into the ram. Runs very fast because it doesn't write to a hard drive.
My computer is quite old now so it is great. You may need to learn a bit before working with it. Because it runs from a flash drive, there is no issue really with messing anything up on your computer.
That sounds really interesting. Just had a read up on its homepage:
http://puppylinux.org/main/Overview%20a ... tarted.htmThink I'll download it and give it a try.
yeah it is great. They have files called *.pup files to install new programs, but those make the OS bigger. They also have files called *.sfs, these install new programs, but are designed to load and unload so don't add to the OS. I have GIMP.sfs, BLENDER3d.sfs and a wine.sfs file. So when I want use those programs I just load them up. you can download a dev.sfs to do development.
I love how it is so small.
I'm trying to work out which puppy to download. It isn't obvious. Apparently the long term supported version is "precise puppy" but the download page is for "Slacko puppy". Following the download link gives a list of files:
devx_slacko_5.5.sfs 2013-Mar-04 06:40:29 103.6M application/octet-stream
devx_slacko_5.5.sfs.md5.txt 2013-Mar-04 06:40:29 0.1K text/plain
puppylogo96.png 2013-Mar-04 15:41:52 17K image/png
release-Slacko-5.5.htm 2013-Mar-04 16:43:02 49.2K text/html
slacko-5.5-4G.iso 2013-Mar-04 18:24:37 164.5M application/octet-stream
slacko-5.5-4G.iso.md5.txt 2013-Mar-05 08:10:56 0.1K text/plain
slacko-5.5-PAE.iso 2013-Mar-04 19:00:30 165.3M application/octet-stream
slacko-5.5-PAE.iso.md5.txt 2013-Mar-05 08:09:43 0.1K text/plain
slacko96.png
I gather I don't want the PAE version as it is requires more than 4 GB ram and I only have 1 GB.
Presumably I just need the file I've bolded and to cut it to CD? Will the computer boot from that CD?
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