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If dual booting with Windows. This does not apply. We have a specific installer program to use to do that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the basics of what needs to be done. Install the ot...

pet and sfs are different ways to package software. A pet package is a Puppy packaging method to provide software to install into the Puppy OS. Download the pet package. Left click on it to install it. Puppy uses a save file/folder that holds anything that is installed. An SFS package of a program. ...

This indicates something is wrong with that kernel SFS.

This is an issue you need to report on the F96CE_XFCE_FUSILLI forum section.

2GB of RAM is enough to operate with. As long as you only run one program at a time. I run Puppy Linux on computers with 2GB of RAM with no issues. But when I stop using a program I completely close it. Before starting another program. Never try to have more than one program running at any time. Thi...

What specific version of EasyOS???

Welcome to Linux software :roll: Never used a Linux software program, that did not have some little bug in it. Wine operation of software has never been 100% perfect. It is more about can it actually run the program. Never indicated what version of BookwormPup64 But you need to be using BookwormPup6...

I assume you are using BookwormPup64 10.0.6 Your image looks normal to me. Not really sure what you are talking about. The desktop tray is never going to be a high end graphics display. Maybe try to install and use a Nvidia specific driver not the nouveau one. This is how to do it in bookwormPup64 1...

Puppy versions are produced by someone that wants to produce one. It is up to that specific Puppy version developer what is in it for programs, features, general operation, etc..... So there is always going to be several versions to choose from. Each one slightly different from the others. No one co...

What specific Puppy version you talking about?

Give us the complete name of it's ISO.

There are several 32bit versions of Puppy Linux and it does make a difference how you can use them.

If you do not give details, on what you do, and what happens, when you do it, we can not help you.

So check for updates does nothing?

What Puppy version are you using?????

We always need that basic info!

Linux software is compiled for and packaged for specific Linux operating systems.

Should not need to reinstall emacs. I tried installing the sfs, Exactly what did you do? The devx.sfs is not installed but loaded (layered) into the file system. Did you do this? Download the devx.sfs to the location /mnt/home (best location for it) Navigate to that location in Rox file manager. Lef...

Was this install done by using the program Lick? You installed on a computer with Windows OS on it? The location is formatted ntfs and is Windows c drive? If all of this is yes. Was the ntfs partition first checked with the Windows program chkdsk? After that run Windows defrag program, to check and ...

I have used Gparted to do this on SD cards. Use it like you would on any drive. Just be sure the SD card is what you selected to work on. Make new partition table (type msdos). This totally deletes everything on it. Partition and format as you like. Note: On a very new computer with UEFI bios. To se...

If you have pfix=nocopy in the boot menu entry that is booting the Puppy version. That is suppose to keep all of Puppy from loading into RAM. Only what is needed to run the Puppy OS is loaded. Anything not needed is kept unloaded and is loaded into memory as you select to use it. Puppy is not the bi...

To make sure the USB is truly not needed anymore. After it fully boots to the working desktop. Look at the desktop drive icon for the USB stick and make sure it is not indicating it is mounted. It is not mounted? The drive icon for the location of the save should be indicating that it is mounted. Is...

Are you saying that Fossapup64 9.5 is a frugal install on a drive and you boot it from that install? The drive is locked and you cannot write to it? Are you sure the download drive is mounted? That should be all that is required to read and write to it. Mount the drive partition(s). Frugal installs,...

Usually for Puppy Linux. A bug fix is offered in the Puppy version specific topic. Or a newer version of the specific named Puppy version is posted. This newer version will have the updates. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

using synaptic, I installed emacs, but there appears to be a problem where it cannot compile some pieces of elisp Is this errors when you tried to install emacs? I will assume emacs downloaded and installed with no errors? If you are trying to compile, bookwormPup64 needs it's devx.sfs loaded. It h...

How much RAM is in this computer? The ability to be able to remove a USB drive you are booting from, depends on having enough RAM, to completely load the BookwormPup64 OS into, and still have enough RAM to do stuff. The boot process checks this and may not let all of the OS load into RAM. (default i...

Under Linux everything is a file including symbolic links. Fat32 can not handle symbolic links. If an application employs a symbolic link, transferring it to a Fat32 partition will break it. This is why a save file can work placed on a fat32 format location. A save file is a Linux file system insid...

If the fat32 format is already fragmented. Fat32 format's file system can fragment over time. Fragmentation is when a files data is not in a continuous location. Parts of it are in different locations, thus fragmented. Files could be corrupted, when placed on a fat32 formatted partition if fragmente...

the downside is that you can't unplug the flash drive you're live booting from That is a feature that some people want to have. Just read a post, of someone exactly wanting to be able to unplug the USB stick booting BookwormPup64 from. The save is on the internal drive. If they unplug it. Reporting...

There has been resent posts about removing the ability to remove a USB drive you are booting from. Still needing the drive plugged in to get stuff from. All of Puppy is no longer going to be completely loaded into memory. Not sure, but BookwormPup64 may now be using this new change to booting proces...

I chose to boot from /mnt/nvme0n1p4, but fossapup is loading a file from /mnt/nvme0n1p3. First time you booted this install on nvme0n1p4. Did you do a shutdown or reboot and make a save for it? When asked, made that drive the location to put the save on? If you are going to have Fossapup64 9.5 inst...

If the save file is stored on a partition formatted fat32. The max size a save file can be is 4GB. That is the max file size for fat32 format. You can keep from putting everything in the save file. Documents, videos, downloads, pictures, etc.... can be placed at locations outside of the save. /mnt/h...

:welcome: To Puppy Linux well it really depends on the other operating system you want to dual boot with. In general the method is to first install whatever the other operating system(OS) is. Then do a frugal install of Puppy Linux.(frugal is the name it is still the complete Puppy OS) Then you need...

I thought programs were supposed to vacate themselves from memory when they shut down? Should do that! Key word should! :roll: You say you are running in RAM mode, so Puppy has to use a save ramdisk to store anything that changes. The save ramdisk is only going to use more and more RAM. Unless you ...

Always give the specific Puppy version being used. People can read my signature which includes my OS specifics, right? Yes if that is the Puppy version you are using. A simple: see signature, makes sure we understand what Puppy version. But you would be surprised how many people make posts and the ...

the downside is that you can't unplug the flash drive you're live booting from

That is a feature that some people want to have.

My laptop was up and running for over 40 days, Most likely there is some program you have running, that has a memory leak, and even a swap file is not going to stop this. Even if you shutdown running a web browser. It could still be set to keep running something in the background. If you are not us...

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