Itunes macos ventura11/25/2023 ![]() I have not found any better distros for Pentium III with 512MB RAM. I agree that I should learn to compile for Puppy Linux. "If you are unable or unwilling to update to a more recent, supported distro (there are plenty of lightweight distros out there that are newer and still supported), then you should either continue using the official binaries or compile Pale Moon yourself." I can try it anyway after backing up my system (one large file containing all changes and additions). We are warned not to update glibc system-wide because it could break something. I may also experiment with running Pale Moon in Lucid Puppy with glibc 2.17 in its own directory, with a script. Maybe the latest Seamonkey for linux has SSE support - they dropped it six versions ago for XP. Pale Moon and Seamonkey are the only browsers I have found which also support older hardware. ![]() But it does not support the older hardware as well (can't suspend to RAM, for instance). Tahr Puppy will actually run on my Pentium III (if I kill enough processes). Puppy Linux is one of very fewrecent linuxes that still supports older hardware. Perhaps you or someone could continue compiling at least an unofficial version with CentOS6, to be kind to users of older hardware, unless Pale Moon changes to the point where it needs a newer OS to compile with. Does a CentOS7 build work better in some way? I would greatly appreciate a build based on CentOS6. CentOS 7, which I use for building Pale Moon, is a later release and uses later versions of glibc, gtk, etc." CentOS 6 uses glibc 2.13, but apparently you can get away with 2.11.1, because it's close enough. Since I came on board relatively recently, I was told to start with CentOS 7 as the build platform, to avoid having to switch soon. The mainline linux Pale Moon is still being built on CentOS 6, but they will be switching to CentOS 7 soon. They do everything I want, a bit slowly at times but I consider it worth the tradeoff. I prefer to use older laptops (with less RAM) because of the non-glossy non-wide screens, with resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 (better for text). There are 40 pages of this discussion since July 2015. It works with Pale Moon just as well as does Tahr Puppy,( except on a Pentium III because of the requirement for glibc 2.17 in SSE version). Most recent version is (same as latest Pale Moon). I have the UNOFFICIAL Lucid Puppy 5.2.8.7, which has been actively maintained since 2013 as an update of the official 5.2.8.6. Unofficial derivatives (“puplets”) → are usually remasters (or remasters of remasters), made and maintained by Puppy Linux enthusiasts, usually targeted for specific purposes." Woof-built Puppy Linux distributions → developed to suit specific needs and appearances, also targeted for general purpose, and built using Puppy Linux system builder (called Woof-CE) with some additional or modified packages. Official Puppy Linux distributions → maintained by Puppy Linux team, usually targeted for general purpose, and generally built using Puppy Linux system builder (called Woof-CE). "There are generally three broad categories of Puppy Linux distributions: There are plenty of unofficial versions, including updates of older versions of Puppy.įrom the home page (which lists official Slacko and Tahr distributions): The home page only lists official versions. Only lists Tahrpup (6.0.5) and Slacko Puppy (6.3.2) versions for download. Lucid Puppy is not being maintained or updated, because the underlying Ubuntu Lucid Lynx version is no longer being maintained or updated. Lucid Puppy Linux (5.2.8.) is a downsized re-spin of Ubuntu Lucid Lynx. Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (The base for Tahr Pup) was released in April 2014, and is scheduled to be supported till April 2019 Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (the base for Precise Puppy) was first released in April 2012, and will hit end-of-life in April 2017 Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (the base for Lucid Puppy) was first released in April of 2010, and desktop version support hit end-of-life in May 2013. Puppy Versions until around 2010 used only Puppy packages. An AlphaOS that uses Arch Linux packages. There is also an official Slacko Puppy which uses Slackware packages. ![]() The above three versions are designed so they can use packages from Ubuntu versions as well as packages built specifically for Puppy. It is constructed from scratch on a much different system. Puppy linux is a port of other distros, including
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