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Puppy Linux is a popular lightweight linux distribution that can be run entirely from ram

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Puppy Linux is a distribution that aims to boot from and run on a variety of devices, especially older hardware. It can be run eintirely in .

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How do I use antivirus software to scan a Windows machine using bootable Linux?

How can I install Avast or any other anti-virus program onto a USB bootable Puppy Linux? I need to scan Windows machines using it.
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How to install VLC on Puppy Linux?

Question I'm new to Linux, have just installed Puppy Linux and would like to install VLC. How do I install VLC? Can anyone provide a step by step guide? Versions Puppy Linux: LuPu 5.0.1 VLC: 1.0.5 Findings so far I checked the paket managers but…
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How to change the size of desktop/window fonts in Puppy Linux 4.1?

How to change the size of desktop/window fonts in Puppy Linux 4.1?
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Puppy Linux hangs at Recognizing Optical Devices

I have been trying from many days to bring back the life to my old Pentium 4 machine having 1GB of RAM. But first when I boots it stucks here ( shown in the image) Then I decided to to run the live-USB based Puppy Linux, it normally boots from the…
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Puppy Linux cannot boot

I have downloaded Puppy linux slacko-5.6-PAE.iso , then used Unetbootin to burn it on my usb , when i am try to boot i am getting this message puppy_slacko_5.6.0.sfs not found. Dropping out to initial-ramdisk I have this file in my usb but I don't…
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ADSL connection (BSNL dataone) with puppy Linux

I have an old PC which I want to use for internet browsing. I tried using Puppy Linux (version 4.3.1) for the same but have not been able to connect. I connect via PPPoE. My network card is RTL 8029b which is automatically detected by Puppy Linux.…
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How to make Puppy Linux save state automatically

I have Puppy Linux installed and booting from flash drive. If I pull the power instead of doing a normal shutdown I lose whatever hasn't been flushed from RAM. How do I make it so that any changes I make are saved automatically and won't get lost?
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Install libGL.so.1 on Puppy Linux

I need to install libGL.so.1 as shared library, but I'm confused about package to download. What should I look to download the right one, the graphic card vendor (I've got Nvidia)? Maybe I should install Mesa OpenGL?
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How do I share a virtualbox folder on a linux puppy guest?

I'm trying to find a smaller alternative to ubuntu for virtual machines, but I can't share data between my host system and puppy. When I try to install the guest addons it produces the following errors: This system is currently not set up to build…
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PCI system error (SERR) for reason b1 on cpu 0

I am trying to boot the SLAX OS using pen-drive but every time i boot it shows this error message "pci system error serr for reason b1 on cpu 0" and after this it says "Linux Kernel Dazed and Confused". I am trying to install it on HP Desktop which…
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How do I map Alt+Space in Linux with xmodmap?

I am trying to map Alt+Space to Escape in Puppy Linux. Specifically, this is for vim, but I could not get it to work there. So, I thought I better try to do it globally, but I have no idea what is the key code for Alt+Space.
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How do I resize a partition on an img file?

I have a puppy linux img that is 8gb but I need it to fit on a 6gb drive. How do I resize the ext2 partition on the img?
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How to change brightness on puppy linux?

I just installed puppy linux but the screen is literally burning my eyes. The Fn+Brightness key on my laptp doesn't work, I tried to go to setup and change the gamma but it just make the colors darker, the screen itself keeps being extremly bright…
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How can I install Puppy Linux on a VMware VM? (Does it really reach HOWTO complexity?)

I am trying to install an Ubuntu-compatible Puppy Linux VM, and am concerned that this looks like the most difficult VMware Linux installation I've seen yet. I've seen…
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Stuck on "Making the filesystem usable"

I have been using Puppy Linux with VirtualBox. I updated my Puppy to the new version and now it will not boot. It gives the message Making the filesystem usable and hangs at that point. Puppy Won't Boot in a VirtualBox
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