I have been using Ubuntu since Lucid (10-04), with Puppy-5.2.7 to rescue me, mostly with GRUB4DOS when I stuff up my boot process. My preferred setup is Ubuntu Server + xorg +LXDE, but I see bloat everywhere.
I have just started with LxPup-Bionic and I'm trying to understand how it is so small.
1. It only has a root user, which is OK by me,
2. It doesn't have "apt" or "dpkg", which probably saves a lot in /var/cache/apt/archives/ but I wonder how limiting that might turn out to be.
3. It uses squashfs
4. It doesn't seem to have a policy-kit (never really knew what that was all about)
5. It doesn't have "Customise Look and Feel" to switch to a modified theme, (I am so used to a bright YELLOW title bar on the Active Window, I can't manage without it. Black is terrible.)
6. LxPup has saved its .sfs files in my Ubuntu's root folder, so how do I ensure I can boot into Ubuntu?
I could go on, but it is probably time for someone who knows what they talking about to explain.
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LxPup-Bionic is small because it is a version of Puppy Linux built with the Woof-CE Puppy builder.
It is also small because it does not come with development tools (these are in a separate devx) and has small simple apps for such things as word processing, spreadsheets and web browsers.
Package management is based on .pets and the Puppy Package Manager (PPM) which has access to the Ubuntu repositories.
It has "Change appearance" to change look and feel.
This is not the best place for discussion - there is a LxPup thread on the Puppy Linux forum.
The forum has lots of help on dual booting Puppy Linux with other OS's.
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I have been using Ubuntu since Lucid (10-04), with Puppy-5.2.7 to rescue me, mostly with GRUB4DOS when I stuff up my boot process. My preferred setup is Ubuntu Server + xorg +LXDE, but I see bloat everywhere.
I have just started with LxPup-Bionic and I'm trying to understand how it is so small.
1. It only has a root user, which is OK by me,
2. It doesn't have "apt" or "dpkg", which probably saves a lot in /var/cache/apt/archives/ but I wonder how limiting that might turn out to be.
3. It uses squashfs
4. It doesn't seem to have a policy-kit (never really knew what that was all about)
5. It doesn't have "Customise Look and Feel" to switch to a modified theme, (I am so used to a bright YELLOW title bar on the Active Window, I can't manage without it. Black is terrible.)
6. LxPup has saved its .sfs files in my Ubuntu's root folder, so how do I ensure I can boot into Ubuntu?
I could go on, but it is probably time for someone who knows what they talking about to explain.
LxPup-Bionic is small because it is a version of Puppy Linux built with the Woof-CE Puppy builder.
It is also small because it does not come with development tools (these are in a separate devx) and has small simple apps for such things as word processing, spreadsheets and web browsers.
Package management is based on .pets and the Puppy Package Manager (PPM) which has access to the Ubuntu repositories.
It has "Change appearance" to change look and feel.
This is not the best place for discussion - there is a LxPup thread on the Puppy Linux forum.
The forum has lots of help on dual booting Puppy Linux with other OS's.