On 2009-06-13, Marti van Lin <ml2mst@xxxxxxxxx> claimed:
> On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:48:44 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Macpup - Puppy on steroids
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>> | Puppy is more than just a distro. It's a whole family of colorful
>> editions, | each catering its own special, unique motto. If the official
>> release cannot | satisfy your needs, one of the Puplets surely will. The
>> possibilities are | endless, limited only by your time and bandwidth. |
>> | Exploring the world of Linux live CD experience has never been more
>> fun. | Download your favorite Puppy and start playing. Macpup is
>> definitely one of | the finer breeds out there, but who knows what you
>> might find? `----
>>
>> http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/macpup.html
>
> Cool! I downloaded it and burned it on a CDR and left the CD open for
> additional sessions.
I haven't done it with Macpup, but with the original Puppy you could
use a multisession DVD/CD, boot from the writer and write the changes
back to the boot media. Once you did that enough that you had it the
way you want, you could swap out the media with a blank one and write
to that. Then you'd only need to write another session the rare times
you made changes: adding/removing software, updating things, saving
files or settings that you had a reason to change, etc.
I always hoped others would pick that idea up for those who wanted to
make usee of it (having sufficient RAM being a prerequisite). Too bad
they haven't.
> Booting the CD takes a couple of minutes, because the entire system is
> copied into RAM.
>
> This means that applications start with the speed of light. For example
> the full featured FireFox browser is started up within a few milliseconds.
>
> I tried MacPup on a 1.70 Ghz CPU with 384 MiB RAM and it's speed was
> overwhelming. Then I tried it on a 2.0 Ghz CPU and it's speed was /
> intimidating/
>
> For my fellow old farts: do you remember the speed of the Firmware BASIC
> interpreter being loaded on your favorite old school 8-bit machines?
>
> Loading applications on MacPup, comes very close to that ;-)
>
> Me thinks this distribution has quite some potential. Just imagine that
> it would be stored on a EEPROM in embedded devices...
>
> I would like to encourage everyone, who likes to play with alternative
> GNU/Linux distributions, to give it a shot. This is quite a speedy GNU/
> Linux experience ;-)
The ideas it's built upon certainly deserve a lot more attention than
they get. While others spend a lot of time on prettification and adding
more stuff, the whole Puppy line has maintained an eye on function.
The only gripe I have with them is their lack of attention to wireless.
But there have to be some tradeoffs, and limited wireless support was
one. I keep swearing I'll take a recent Puppy and fix it how I'd like
for my own use, and maybe even start distributing it. But every time I
have the time my wife realizes it and puts me to work using up my time.
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An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys.
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