Klaus Zimmermann (NEW ACCOUNT)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jalefkowit</span></a></span> that slogan today would sound great for runs-on-RAM Linux distros like <a href="https://c.im/tags/PuppyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuppyLinux</span></a>!</p>
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Led By Fools<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> One option for those who don't want to start off by reformatting, is creating a bootable USB version of Puppy Linux. </p><p>Goto <a href="https://PuppyLinux.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">PuppyLinux.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. You grab an iso and burn it with something like Rufus on Windows to a USB, then boot it and you can either keep running it off USB stick or install it anywhere. </p><p>Works on any computer where you can tell the BIOS to boot from USB. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Puppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Puppy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PuppyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuppyLinux</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p>
Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲<p>Finally copied it all, saved to my own laptop and left with hers for her to copy.</p><p>I'm sure others would have an easier way to this, but I felt accomplished that I got it done.</p><p>6/6</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/z_lib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>z_lib</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/qa_computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qa_computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Windows98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows98</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PuppyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuppyLinux</span></a></p>
Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲<p>Couldn't find the hardware detection program so turned it off and on again. Hardware detected, searched for driver on that CD.</p><p>Not found.</p><p>Huh?</p><p>Oh.</p><p>Copied to hard drive and ran as executable and searched again.</p><p>Winner!</p><p>I ❤️ love love The Internet Archive!</p><p>Tried to copy and nothing would copy. Then realized I was trying to copy on wrong part of the USB drive.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/z_lib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>z_lib</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/qa_computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qa_computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Windows98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows98</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PuppyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuppyLinux</span></a></p><p>5/6</p>
Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲<p>Turned it off.</p><p>And remembered the Internet Archive <a href="https://archive.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Maybe they had older drivers?</p><p>Searched and used CTL-F to search for USB mentions in each old Windows98 page I used. Downloaded a few that might have it.</p><p>Found one that seemed promising.</p><p>Extracted it on my current laptop. Burned it to CD.</p><p>Copied from CD to Windows98.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/z_lib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>z_lib</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/qa_computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qa_computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Windows98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows98</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PuppyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuppyLinux</span></a></p><p>4/6</p>
Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲<p>And remembered the Internet Archive <a href="https://archive.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Maybe they had older drivers?</p><p>Searched and used CTL-F to search for USB mentions in each old Windows98 page I used. Downloaded a few that might have it.</p><p>Found one that seemed promising.</p><p>Extracted it on my current laptop. Burned it to CD.</p><p>Copied from CD to Windows98.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/z_lib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>z_lib</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/qa_computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qa_computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Windows98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows98</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PuppyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuppyLinux</span></a></p><p>5/?</p>
Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲<p>So I tried the wifi dongle to connect to wireless. Probably too old to connect to modern wifi. Got an ethernet cord out. No ethernet port to connect.</p><p>Turned it off and on again, hoping Puppy Linux would detect it.</p><p>Nope.</p><p>Turned it off and on again, hoping Windows98 would detect it.</p><p>Yes!</p><p>But no driver!</p><p>Oh, fiddlesticks.</p><p>Maybe I could get a USB 3.5 floppy to USB reader? Or take it to a computer repair place?</p><p>Turned it off.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/z_lib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>z_lib</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/qa_computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qa_computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Windows98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows98</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PuppyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuppyLinux</span></a></p><p>3/6</p>
Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲<p>So tried to copy to USB in the USB port in the back. No USB Flash drives could be read. And I don't have a floppy drive in my current desktop or laptop.</p><p>Then I found older USB Flash drives. I found one that was only 512mb and thought that maybe it could be read.</p><p>Couldn't be found in Puppy Linux. Windows98 didn't find it.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/z_lib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>z_lib</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/qa_computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qa_computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Windows98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows98</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PuppyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuppyLinux</span></a></p><p>2/6</p>
Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲<p>Long thread. 🧵 </p><p>Found old 3.5 floppy 💾 disk.. 20 unused, 3 of my wife's used. One of them with old family recipes on it.</p><p>Then found an old laptop, a Toshiba Satellite 320cdt I'd forgotten I'd had. Windows98 and a version of Puppy GNU/Linux on it.</p><p>Floppy drive worked.</p><p>Oh, this should be easy.</p><p>Tried to burn a copy of her floppies to a CD. Kept failing. Copied to the hard drive in both OSes.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/z_lib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>z_lib</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/qa_computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qa_computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Windows98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows98</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PuppyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuppyLinux</span></a></p><p>1/6</p>
uvok<p>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA</p><p>FUCK</p><p>Probably Fucked up my <a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/PuppyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuppyLinux</span></a> savefile.<br>I use the "flash" boot mode to have the "manual-save"<br>Now I don't have enough space left.</p><p>But resize will only happen on next reboot.</p><p>Tried to manually resize the savefile, but I can't close the cryptsetup device, because apparently /dev/loop7 is in use - but no idea from what!?</p><pre><code># losetup<br>/dev/loop7: [45828]:262155 /initrd/mnt/dev_save/puppydeb2/dpupbw64save_luks-pupnew_save.4fs<br># cryptsetup status savefile <br>/dev/mapper/savefile is active and is in use.<br><br></code></pre><p><a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/luks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luks</span></a></p>
01micko<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hd.206267.xyz/user/dimkr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dimkr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@cmccullough" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cmccullough</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ruario" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ruario</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@s3_gunzel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>s3_gunzel</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> </p><p>This wouldn't be possible with out the inspiration you guys have given me!</p><p>I started a slacker, became a pup and now I burn with BunsenLabs!</p><p>All you see in this video is my port of BunsenLabs (a pure X distro) to labwc/sfwbar while maintaining the look and feel. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/bunsenlabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bunsenlabs</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/debian13" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debian13</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a>-current <a href="https://aus.social/tags/puppylinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>puppylinux</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vivaldi</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xorg</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wayland</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/wlroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wlroots</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/SwC3Hpf4rr4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/SwC3Hpf4rr4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ross of Ottawa<p>I'm just now backing up <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAssistant</span></a> and running the updates in preparation for moving its host <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RPi</span></a> 4B power source.</p><p>It feels like one of those sliding puzzle things where I'm doing this so I can then move an old laptop now running w/ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PuppyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuppyLinux</span></a>, so I can then re-install my older RPi 1B which now boots from an old <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAS</span></a> harddrive, so I can re-install <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mosquitto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mosquitto</span></a>, so I can get my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MQTT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MQTT</span></a> msgs propagating again, so I can see <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> toots of door open/close events.</p>
Ross of Ottawa<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Test" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Test</span></a> toot - Masto post from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PuppyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuppyLinux</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fossapup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fossapup</span></a>) on old early2008 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Macbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macbook</span></a>.</p>
Ross of Ottawa<p>Solved the challenges of a Linux for my old (2008) mac by thinking smaller. My lack of DVD-R disks was solved by abandoning the Ubuntu distro I was trying for, and exploring distros that would fit onto a CD.</p><p>I had a very old box of those around and managed, after several tries, to burn one – <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PuppyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuppyLinux</span></a> – that would boot and install. Yay.</p>
Brad Linder<p>Puppy Linux S15Pup is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Slackware 15 with lightweight apps including a web browser, document and spreadsheet editors.<br> <a href="https://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-s15pup/release-S15Pup-22.12.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/</span><span class="invisible">puppy-s15pup/release-S15Pup-22.12.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PuppyLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuppyLinux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slackware</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OperatingSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OperatingSystems</span></a></p>
TheOuterLinux ✅<p>PsychOS486 for i486DX/i586/i686 computers with CD-ROM drives is now available at <a href="https://psychoslinux.gitlab.io/486/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">psychoslinux.gitlab.io/486/ind</span><span class="invisible">ex.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/i486dx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>i486dx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/i586" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>i586</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/i686" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>i686</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/32bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>32bit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/puppylinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>puppylinux</span></a></p>
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