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Article #602Re: Puppy
From: T.T.
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:27
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:27
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"Geoff Bailey" <bailgd@aol.com> wrote in message news:iha6mc$pnl$1@news.eternal-september.org... > From: "T.T." <tonyt92@bigpond.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 7:41 AM > Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux > Subject: Puppy > >> I am having another attempt at Linux. >> I have used Puppy to retrieve data from several local Windows computers >> whose HDDs have failed, and I am impressed. >> Over the years I have tried various flavours of Linux and never had >> complete success. I keep hoping to install a minimum Linux onto one or >> more old laptops; enough to browse, email, and do some word-processing. I >> now have a CD with two versions of Puppy (I think). > > No you don't. >> > It takes longer to boot than XP >> does and seems to hang with a frozen cursor. This is on a desktop. >> Is there somewhere I can read and perhaps download a simple set of >> instructions for installing Puppy? > > Yes. >>Can Puppy be loaded onto a laptop's HDD as the only operating system so as >>to boot quickly? > > Yes. >> Most sites that I have visited seem to demand much more day-to-day >> knowledge of Linux in order to understand them than I have. >> >> > > Obviously. > Thank you. I feel better now.
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