Linux For Teenagers.

[qldit]

Good Morning All, I came across this distro based on Puppy Linux that an interested adherent had made.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=15956

At first I thought it sounded like a bit of a joke, but after D/L and making a bootable CD with it and running it, I found it quite a good idea.

Of course I wouldn't admit that I crashed the rocket ship landing for an hour before I managed to land it, and it does need an ethernet direct connection to a modem to easily get it online although it does contain ndiswrapper.

Certainly a most interesting and colourful distro with a lot of stuff that would appeal to youngsters. (and the not so young that like to enjoy these things)
A really nice set of desktop backgroung images. (very happy kinds, not dismal)

So if anyone has a few spare hours and may have some teenagers this is a most interesting system for them to investigate. (be warned the arrows will quickly wear off your keyboard!!)

Certainly an original idea and a credit to the fellow who originated it.
It runs as a live distro from the CD but does require a fair bit of memory.

Cheers, qldit.

[fleamailman]

bandwidth exceeded on download link, any other link please, and yes games are what computing is all about and I bet there is no sound I have yet to find a distro with sound working on the dell dimension 9150

I downloaded the normal puppy linux the other day and I am slowly getting a whole range of them, I like kubuntu very much, but after xp any linux distro seems malware free.

[qldit]

Good Afternoon fleamailman, this particular distro is based on an earlier Puppy version that is not really up to the latest standard and is currently a "one off" as far as I know it is only available from that one D/L site.
You may need to choose another time.

It contains a lot of stuff that is quite interesting and useful for anyone with the mp3 accessories and that kind of stuff.

I managed to sustain 50 kbs/second D/L speed getting it, I have no idea where that site actually is.

Sorry I am no help.

Cheers, Lawrence.

[RAK]

Good Morning, qldit. I just downloaded Teenpup and will test-drive it later in the day. It took about 5 mins. using Flashgot ( using Leechget). Is it possible to upgrade a Pup variant to the latest distro, say 2.14? Or does the whole disk have to be remastered to the latest edition?

[qldit]

Good Evening RAK, I really don't know what actually is involved in doing that, the kernels are different as far as I know and there are a lot of other processes that I have no idea how to do.

I imagine if demand is present they will address that problem.

I always simply get the updated distros, this "teen" one is a "maverick".

If you need to use the wireless networking it does have "ndiswrapper" which will call for the WXP driver for that card and use that.
The ethernet connection is catered for in the networking wizard, and if a DSL modem is in line the 'Auto DHCP" usually picks it up. USB internet connections can be a problem.

It is a shame it wasn't the latest version of Puppy used but the core version 2.15 isn't far off being released either, so it is difficult for these freelance sub-systems to keep up.

That chap has put a lot of work into that teen pup! Nice Icons and good selection of programs.

I think the Puppy Linux 2.15 CE (community effort) test release was yesterday, but that is quite a large distro containing extra open office and other programs, based from the general wish-list.
(Version 2.14 with Seamonkey remains the current major core version.)

How are you at landing that damned space-craft!!! LOL!!

Cheers, Lawrence.