petekins
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Post by petekins on Oct 23, 2011 8:39:14 GMT
Hi chaps and chapess's, Like Ratarse I've taken the plunge and ventured into Linux. My Dad's old PB lappy's HDD went abit tits-up, so I'm running Puppy Linux (v5.1.1 Lucid) from a live CD, with usb stick to save the lupusave file to. Puppy runs v well and I am enjoying the way it works, a minor prob cropped up which I hope one of you knowledgeable Linux chaps could help with. On the desktop is a Chat icon, clicking on this opens the default chat client-Attym. Well attym is crap so I found Xchat else where in the OS, which is ok. How do I reassign the chat icon to open xchat?? It's not that obvious. I was looking for somewhere to enter a "target" path but I guess I'm going to have to switch off my windows head!
cheers, Peter the Ratty Disciple
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Post by Ratae on Oct 23, 2011 10:40:59 GMT
I'll get back to you on this Pete....when I get on my Linux machine again! BTW.....I'm a Linux learner myself, so you may need a new teacher to follow!
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Post by Ratae on Oct 25, 2011 8:32:54 GMT
On the desktop is a Chat icon, clicking on this opens the default chat client-Attym. Well attym is crap so I found Xchat else where in the OS, which is ok. How do I reassign the chat icon to open xchat?? It's not that obvious. I was looking for somewhere to enter a "target" path but I guess I'm going to have to switch off my windows head! cheers, Peter the Ratty DiscipleOk Pete.....let's see if this helps. If you are saying that you want a shortcut on your desktop to open xchat.....then just go to where the program is stored ( probably 'Internet/ Applications') and then drag and drop the Icon on to the desktop. Remove the Icon for 'Chat' and rename the xchat icon to whatever you want! 'Cos I'm a quiet and shy sort of fella, I don't myself use chat programs. Much prefer to keep my opinions to myself!!! Anyway.....I believe that the icon below is a standard chat icon on Linux machines. Help yourself if you want it! Possibly I'm not understanding you're question correctly..... if so, let me know!
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petekins
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Post by petekins on Oct 25, 2011 21:51:00 GMT
Dave , thanks for the reply, good idea but it doesn't work (bugger, I knew that were goin' ta 'rappen)
The pesky program won't allow a move to create a short cut like in winXp. oh well back t' drawrin board.
Still trying to install to HDD, without success, followed lots of guides via google but it won't have it ! oh well it still runs pretty well from live CD.
What has happened to Ade? (laolitan) I think he's a bit of a wiz on Linux
pete.
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Post by petersmyth1 on Oct 25, 2011 22:30:56 GMT
The pesky program won't allow a move to create a short cut like in winXp. oh well back t' drawrin board. pete. Hi folks In Linux does right clicking an application's file name not give you a "send to" option with "create a desktop shortcut" one of the list of options? Need I say any more?
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Post by Ratae on Oct 25, 2011 22:37:51 GMT
Ok Pete....all Linux distros work differently, and it's only Ubuntu that I have a little knowledge of!
Found this tho'!
You can create a desktop shortcut in the Puppy Linux operating system.
Puppy is a lightweight minimal Linux distribution designed to run live on most computers. Puppy is much smaller than most Linux distributions and can be run from a CD, USB or hard drive. It is configurable, so you can change many system options, including creating desktop shortcuts.
Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
1/ Click the "Home" icon on the desktop to open its contents. This opens your file system and displays folders, files and executable applications.
2/ Click the "Show Hidden Files" button in the middle of the menu bar. Click "/.usr_more," then "/local/OOo-2.0" and open the "/program" directory. This shows the executable files of all installed applications.
3/ Look for the icon of the program for which you want to create a desktop shortcut and drag it to the desktop.
4/ Navigate to "/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps" in the "Home" folder and locate the icon for the program you dragged to the desktop. Right-click the desktop icon, select "File..." and "Set Icon." This opens a dialog box for setting up an icon.
5/ Drag the icon you located in Step 4 into the box called "Drop an Icon File Here." Click "OK" to set the icon
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Oct 26, 2011 13:32:39 GMT
Anyone tried ubuntu 11.10. Was thinking on trying it on another PC thats lying around, as its been superceeded.
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petekins
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Post by petekins on Oct 26, 2011 16:23:16 GMT
Thanks for that Dave, you got me on the right track. My version of Puppy must be different to the one described, as some of the folders don't appear as described, but it got me started......... After faffing about I found which directory the program file was in (Xchat) then edited the contents of the chat icon on the desk top, seemed to work but left a generic cogwheel icon on the desk top, managed to find some icons elsewhere on the OS dragged and dropped and.........as you would say ..........I'm now cooking on gas Thanks a lot mate Peter the Ratty Disciple, learning all the time!
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Post by Ratae on Oct 26, 2011 17:49:16 GMT
Nice one Pete.
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Post by Ratae on Oct 26, 2011 22:01:08 GMT
Anyone tried ubuntu 11.10. Was thinking on trying it on another PC thats lying around, as its been superceeded. I'm told that the new 'Unity' desktop is pretty crap. A lot of folks on the forums are switching back to the 'Gnome' desktop because they dislike 'Unity' so much. Not had a look myself 'cos my version of Ubuntu is the long term support one 10.04 (supported until 2013)
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Oct 27, 2011 14:15:50 GMT
Thanks might try that one then.
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petekins
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Post by petekins on Oct 28, 2011 9:06:01 GMT
Install to hd FINALLY done!!..........just hope the hd behaves itself. It actually runs faster/better from live cd, with usb stick for the save file.....wierd, maybe its the age of the machine, hd getting a bit slow. If anyone's interested here's good guide to installing Puppy Linux www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=29653Peter the Ratty disciple,learning more everyday!
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Post by Geoff on Aug 16, 2014 7:19:59 GMT
I fancy of giving this Linux a go but i don't want to install it on the HD just run it from a CD i have noticed that there different versions eg Umbutu and i'm not sure which one to use. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.
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Post by Ratae on Aug 16, 2014 8:24:16 GMT
I fancy of giving this Linux a go but i don't want to install it on the HD just run it from a CD i have noticed that there different versions eg Umbutu and i'm not sure which one to use. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Geoff, Ubuntu is ok, I used to use it myself (v10.4) but switched to Linux Mint. Mint is based on Ubuntu so it's similar. I like it a lot. You need a 'live' disc. I got mine from ... www.linuxmint.com/download.phpYou will notice that this distro comes with a choice of four different desktops (User Interfaces) I use the 'Mate' desktop, simply because I find it easy to follow and not too dissimilar to 'Windows' Pick the correct 'bit rate' version and don't pick the 'No codecs' version. Burn the iso to a disc (I use Cdburner XP) and when you run the disc, you will get the option to install it on your hdd or 'run from disc'
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Post by Geoff on Aug 16, 2014 9:22:32 GMT
Downloaded i will burn it when i can find some blank CDs
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