Alternate forum for puppy linux users go to main forum. This projects starting date stretches back to 2009. Rox desktop the rox desktop is a desktop based around roxfiler a powerful file manager. Roxfiler is a graphical spatial file manager for the x window system. Momanager create non english puppy planner project management gadminrsync remote backup pbackup backup and sync pmirror backup a directory pudd copy drivepartition resize personal storage file urxvt terminal emulator xconsole monitor console filesystem roxfiler file manager. Sickgut will replace the old picture when he has time i guess.
The testing branch of woofce is currently using a new fork of rox filer. This script will eventually fix all the problems on file association in rox filer. Recent puppy package manager and sfs load can now update the mimeinfo. The file manager is the program for accessing the filing system in the gui. The minimal daemons and lowresource jwmroxfiler desktop engines help with speed and easeofuse. To start, you would go to one of the websites hosting easy linux and download it. Love it or hate it, you cant argue with the lightness on the system of this combination. How to set puppy linux to doubleclick instead of single click. By the way, there are also a few forks concerning roxfiler in which the tool is still being slightly developed e. Everyone knows about gnome, kde, mate, xfce and lxde desktops, very few are aware of jwmrox. The entire system can be run from ram, allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system has started. Puppy linux is a lightweight linux distribution that focuses on ease of use.
It can be used on its own as a file manager, or can be used as part of rox desktop. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information youve provided to them or theyve collected from your use of their services. Aitch, the screnshot there is from previous version of pussy linux. The puppy linux project produces a lightweight distribution which includes many graphical utilities in a small download. Rox filer is the default file manager in many versions of puppy and forms part of the desktop environment. Support for copycut to clipboard and paste from clipboard has been added. The desktop shortcuts are contained in rootchoicesroxfilerpuppypin the menu is contained in root. Jwm is a window manager that also runs the tray, roxfiler is a file manager on steroids, that also manages the desktop icons and background. With about six months of fairly intensive development i am proud to announce the release of raspup 8. Puppy linux discussion forum view topic roxfiler modification. Virtual box is no longer in pussy linux and there is one new media icon for mounting usb, iso and cd and dvdrom.
Puppy linux uses rox as the default and jwm as the window manager, lots of. Fatdog64 is an open source, versatile and small distribution of linux based on the well known puppy linux operating system and designed from the ground up to provide users with an independent, fast and efficient multiuser distro suitable for lowend machines designed only for 64bit platforms. This will provide greater flexibility for rox filer on its file associations. This has been the standard for puppy and derivatives for the last ten years. Tooppy linux is a free multilingual distribution, a puppy linux based operating system working completely in ram, that can be shortly described as lightweight, reliable, stable, very fast and portable.
Having puppy, encrypted on a 128 gb usb stick, i could literally have a linux desktop at hand at all times, light and usable no matter the machine i use, i can fix peoples computers. It is the file manager provided by default in certain linux distributions such as puppy linux and dyne. The popular parts of roxthe file manager roxfiler and the. Quirky boots faster than puppy linux, in part because it is not encumbered with separate addon modules that puppy linux uses to load extra functionality. It is distributed as a single, dualisohybrid live cd iso image of approximately 250mb in. Roxfiler premises basic puppy navigation premises by rattlehead i thought it could be a good idea to write a few quickguides on some essential puppy programs. Puppy linuxcustomizing wikibooks, open books for an. Viewnior image viewer, inklite vector editor, and roxfiler file manager. Thunar and rox filer offer flexibility and features not found in other typical linux file managing systems. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. Depending on the distro, usually one or two default apps are preinstalled but these might not be the best options.
It is compatible with the binary packages of raspbian buster. Sottolineo che non sono guide complete, ma solo semplci appunti che possono essere di aiuto. Traditionally, puppy linux has used the combination of jwm and rox filer desktop. Puppy linux provides users with a lightweight, installable live cd which strives to be easy to use. Overall, puppy linux slacko proved to be a very fast and optimized linux operating system. Pussylinux discussion continues here puppy linux help. It is probably also used in one or the other puppy linux variant as. It is probably also used in one or the other puppy linux variant as standard file manager. Homepage components and howtos gui filemanagers file managers.
Xenialpup64 is built from a puppy builder system named woofce woofce at github, which can build a puppy linux distribution from the binary packages of any other distro. Since puppy uses rox it shouldnt be too hard to adapt it to work in any linux distribution. Puppy linux is a special edition of the puppy linux operating system that uses packages from the latest upstream ubuntu 12. It can also be start by clicking file or from the menu. However, it remains a solid product for linux users who want to easily manage. All the official puppies since version 2 are hosted at ibiblio ibiblio also hosts the puppy specific packages pet used to build puppies as well as squashfs files sfs with kernels, kernel sources, large applications and application frameworks.
Download unlike most other linux distributions, easy is not deployed as as image for a cd disk iso file. I have written a trash can program for puppy linux. Download puppy linux slacko a puppy linux flavor built on and compatible with the slackware linux distribution. It is designed as a small and fast distro that can run on older hardware with low resources.
This article is part of a special series of 24 days of linux desktops. Puppy linux discussion forum view topic bionicpup64 8. These are that latest official puppy linux distributions. Bionicpup 32 bit and 64 bit released puppy linux blog. It is a component taken from the rox desktop environment. You can easily change themes and wallpapers and there are several gtk themes, jwm themes, icon themes and wallpapers included. Download a pet package, click on it, and it will be installed. This has been used by puppy linux since around 2004, and is an extremely lightweight fast yet powerful desktop. The easiest way to install rox is by downloading the roxall package. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Jwm is a window manager, and rox is the roxfiler filemanager and desktop handler. I am still refining it for the next release of puppy which is 1.
Precise puppy is a puppy linux variant that is based on ubuntu 12. As the codename bionicpup suggests, this release is based on. Access rox by clicking a directory icon on desktop or choose file manager from the start menu. Download roxfilercolmod and place it in usrlocalappsroxfiler.
The distribution is suitable for old and semiold computers and allows users to install ubuntu applications. Linux users have numerous file managers as choices. To help reduce size and include more functionality over the previous binarypackagebased puppy 3. It is intended to be run in live mode rather than installing on the hard drive. This is an alphabetical list of pages you can read on this server. Cloud filer cloud filer is a graphical cloud file management tool and s3 client. Puppy specific version of rox filer in woofce testing branch posted by peebee august 28, 2018 reading time. Tooppy linux offers the jwm window manager, the rox file manager and 2pde, a complete set of applications to easily. I still use rox as desktop manager myself and am quite happy with it. Using the rox file program that comes with puppy linux to view, create, delete files and move between folder directories etc. Pussylinux discussion continues here 104 posts 12 voices started 8 years ago by saintless. Puppy linux uses rox as the default and jwm as the window manager, lots of puppy users use icewm instead of jwm but rox is the filer in puppy, check it out at.
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