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From: Art on 6 Aug 2010 09:39 On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:37:51 -0700, mike <spamme0(a)go.com> wrote: >IMHO the BEST feature of puppy is that you can save all the configuration >info it took to make your hardware, software, network, passwords >etc. back to the live >CDRW. You end up with a LIVE CD that WORKS for your hardware/software >configuration/desires without having to know anything about how to build >a linux distribution. > >The annoyance is that it uses, last time I tried, multisession cd format. >My old laptop wouldn't boot from a multisession CD, so I had to remaster >it to a new CDRW every time I changed something I wanted to save back to >the CDRW so it would boot. Annoying, but not a deal breaker. If nothing >ever gets saved to the hard drive, you reduce the chance of virus >corruption. However, Puppy lacks a decent security model. Consider that: 1. All users have full priviledges, including hackers. 2. It connects to the internet by default. 3. The firewall is disabled by default. 4. CUPS printing server service is enabled by default leaving port 631 open (both tcp and udp) and Puppy at the mercy of possible new exploits of CUPS by hackers unless you happen to be behind a hardware router-firewall. 5. Internal and external hard drives (all partitions) are mounted by default. So all hard drives are vulnerable to exploits of internet app vulnerabilities (browsers, email, news readers, etc.) The same insecure situation exists whether or not Puppy is run from live CD. Art
From: Art on 6 Aug 2010 10:16 On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:39:46 -0500, Art <null(a)zilch.com> wrote: >5. Internal and external hard drives (all partitions) are mounted by > default. Whoops. Not true. However, merely clicking on a drive will mount it with no questions asked. Art
From: What's in a Name? on 6 Aug 2010 06:39 On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:45:21 +0800, Martin Clark <mclark19(a)aapt.net.au> wrote: > "What's in a Name?" <maxwachtel(a)gmail.com> wrote in > news:op.vgnjald7ijkc1u(a)localhost: > >> Latest puppy beta Lupu-507 >> http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=55740 >> Boots directly to desktop using CD, USB or install to hard drive. >> Great to recover files from windows(ntfs drivers). So far so good. > > Yep. 501 (being cautious) running fine off a CD. First Linux I've tried > that actually works, finds internet connection etc. Just need to get a > CAD > application running under Wine ... Have you tried a frugal install? Version 5.0.8 is ready for your review. Direct Download- http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/lupu-508.iso -- Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
From: Martin Clark on 6 Aug 2010 23:01 "What's in a Name?" <maxwachtel(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:op.vg0ijclcijkc1u(a)localhost: > On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:45:21 +0800, Martin Clark <mclark19(a)aapt.net.au> > wrote: > >> "What's in a Name?" <maxwachtel(a)gmail.com> wrote in >> news:op.vgnjald7ijkc1u(a)localhost: >> >>> Latest puppy beta Lupu-507 >>> http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=55740 >>> Boots directly to desktop using CD, USB or install to hard drive. >>> Great to recover files from windows(ntfs drivers). So far so good. >> >> Yep. 501 (being cautious) running fine off a CD. First Linux I've tried >> that actually works, finds internet connection etc. Just need to get a >> CAD application running under Wine ... > > Have you tried a frugal install? > Version 5.0.8 is ready for your review. > Direct Download- > http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/lupu-508.iso No, I decided to avoid the betas. As far as I can see, there is no real low or reasonable-cost alternative to AutoCAD available for Linux, so I'll stick to dual booting. I have legit versions of AutoCAD (2000i) and IntelliCAD (2001) and neither come up "gold" in the WineHQ database :-(
From: Art on 8 Aug 2010 18:44
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:57:21 -0700, Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote: >I've been recommending and loading distos like Mint (& Ubuntu) to people >precisely for its admin & maintenance ease. I have Puppy working fine on four older PCs here. I discovered when doing a frugal install that Puppy creates a 200 meg swap file in C:\ if RAM is only 256 meg (as it is on two of my PCs). I'm very impressed with the fact that all my PCs work OK running Puppy. One of my 256 meg RAM PCs suffered from random freezes until I did a frugal install which created the swap file. Art |