Sylvander
11-17-2011, 05:29 PM
If you want to see her 2003-2004 PC go BLAZING FAST... :)
Make her a Puppy_Linux live CD [RW is good], and boot it in her PC.
A Puppy will typically work in all kinds of different hardware.
I copied my various peronal pupsave files to my son's desktop and laptop, and they [PuppyCD+pupsave] all worked in both.
There are lots of Puppy versions, each with their own "personality".
Which one to try first?
Hmmm...
Only read the following if interested. :)
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WARY Puppy:
1. The Wiki page. (http://puppylinux.org/main/Long-Term-Supported%20WaryPuppy.htm)
I got the below ISO file in 2, and the PET file in 3 from links in this Wiki.
2. And the ISO file to use to burn the CD...
wary-5.2.iso (http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/wary-5.2/wary-5.2.iso)
md5sum = cff4d991f6fffc336abe5c540cee565e wary-5.2.iso
3. And the service pack PET file used to apply the latest updates...
Install this later when comfortable uing Wary.
You open this when running the Puppy and it will install.
You open the file by either clicking on it with a web-browser, and choosing to open right there and then, or...
Download it either to a pre-existing folder, or make a handy folder and download to it, then...
Left-click on the file using ROX [file manager], and it will install.
service-pack-wary-5.2-5.2.1.pet (http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/wary-5.2/service-pack-wary-5.2-5.2.1.pet)
4. During the 1st session, the Puppy will be running totally in RAM.
At 1st shut-down you will be asked to make a pupsave file [named "warysave" in Wary].
You need to make this if you want to save changes made during sessions.
If you choose to NOT make one at 1st shut-down, you will be asked at each shut-down until one is made, found at bootup, and used.
You don't need to save to your [suspect?] internal HDD; you could save instead to a Flash Drive.
I normally make a 1GB pupsave, but it could be about 1/2 that if you like.
The size can easily be increased later when running in Wary.
Internal HDD's are faster than Flash Drives, so you might want to later move [or copy?] the pupsave file to your internal HDD when you are sure the HDD is OK [and remove the Flash Drive].
If a Puppy finds more than 1 suitable pupsave file as it loads [because you copied it?], it will list all the copies it finds and ask which copy you want to use [or NONE!]...
This is a nice feature, because you can have different pupsaves [for any given Puppy] for different purposes, or run without using a pupsave [basic Puppy as on the CD, with no changes applied = infection-free, etc, guarranteed to work if it normally does!]
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If the Puppy runs slow on your Mom's PC, then it is probably a hardware problem. :(
Bear in mind the internal HDD has been excluded [it could even be disconnected (if the Puppy is running slow) to make certain it's having no effect].
Make her a Puppy_Linux live CD [RW is good], and boot it in her PC.
A Puppy will typically work in all kinds of different hardware.
I copied my various peronal pupsave files to my son's desktop and laptop, and they [PuppyCD+pupsave] all worked in both.
There are lots of Puppy versions, each with their own "personality".
Which one to try first?
Hmmm...
Only read the following if interested. :)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WARY Puppy:
1. The Wiki page. (http://puppylinux.org/main/Long-Term-Supported%20WaryPuppy.htm)
I got the below ISO file in 2, and the PET file in 3 from links in this Wiki.
2. And the ISO file to use to burn the CD...
wary-5.2.iso (http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/wary-5.2/wary-5.2.iso)
md5sum = cff4d991f6fffc336abe5c540cee565e wary-5.2.iso
3. And the service pack PET file used to apply the latest updates...
Install this later when comfortable uing Wary.
You open this when running the Puppy and it will install.
You open the file by either clicking on it with a web-browser, and choosing to open right there and then, or...
Download it either to a pre-existing folder, or make a handy folder and download to it, then...
Left-click on the file using ROX [file manager], and it will install.
service-pack-wary-5.2-5.2.1.pet (http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/wary-5.2/service-pack-wary-5.2-5.2.1.pet)
4. During the 1st session, the Puppy will be running totally in RAM.
At 1st shut-down you will be asked to make a pupsave file [named "warysave" in Wary].
You need to make this if you want to save changes made during sessions.
If you choose to NOT make one at 1st shut-down, you will be asked at each shut-down until one is made, found at bootup, and used.
You don't need to save to your [suspect?] internal HDD; you could save instead to a Flash Drive.
I normally make a 1GB pupsave, but it could be about 1/2 that if you like.
The size can easily be increased later when running in Wary.
Internal HDD's are faster than Flash Drives, so you might want to later move [or copy?] the pupsave file to your internal HDD when you are sure the HDD is OK [and remove the Flash Drive].
If a Puppy finds more than 1 suitable pupsave file as it loads [because you copied it?], it will list all the copies it finds and ask which copy you want to use [or NONE!]...
This is a nice feature, because you can have different pupsaves [for any given Puppy] for different purposes, or run without using a pupsave [basic Puppy as on the CD, with no changes applied = infection-free, etc, guarranteed to work if it normally does!]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.
If the Puppy runs slow on your Mom's PC, then it is probably a hardware problem. :(
Bear in mind the internal HDD has been excluded [it could even be disconnected (if the Puppy is running slow) to make certain it's having no effect].