runtt21
Moderator
First , your save file has the settings for your computer ,hardware,video,internet connection,etc... They wont work for a different computer.
Second, this is where you use the "macpup 528 ram" option.It will still load fast but will set itself up to use the other computer. What I do in cases like this is I have a bootable flash drive( no need for CD). I also have a separate folder out side of any save file that has the extra apps saved.This way when I use a different computer i can make a new savefile for it and just install the stuff I need that I already have in my apps folder.This way I have a working system for all my computers,desktop,laptop & work.
runtt21
Moderator
That folder is something I made .You would need to make a folder like that for yourself on your flash drive. Open Rox and go to /mnt/home that folder is everything that is on your drive. Right click on a open space in rox and click new and then directory and your good to go.
I am very confused. I created a new folder, called it 'extra apps'. I then clicked on the 'home' folder. I saw my Thunderbird but I did not see all my applications.
It does have my macpupsave 3fs, a fskme.flg, and a folder that contains sfs.
Now, my question is, if I am at a friends house and I boot from ram, (which I already tried), there is no way that I can see my smplayer etc. What contains all my settings etc is seen as a gray box with numbers within the box, not programs.
How is that opened to reveal all my programs?
runtt21
Moderator
You have to keep the .pets of your apps and put them in the folder.It doesn't happen for you. All of your "stuff" is in the savefile. If you click on the savefile while running in ram it will mount the save file and you can access your stuff like pics/mp3/docs but you cant run any of your installed apps from there.But you need to click on the save file again to unmount it so you can shutdown clean.
For example , I like the opera browser.I still use it alot I have the .pet of the latest version of opera in my "parts" folder on the flash drive.When I boot in ram on a new computer,I use pmount to open the usb drive get the opera.pet from the "parts" folder copy it into /root and install it. When you install anything save the .pet and use it again later.
Very overwhelming to me and complicated. I do appreciate your quick response, thanks.
In Ubuntu it is obvious, you can see your programs, they are not compressed to a box icon.
When I use Quickpet, it installs stuff automatically and I don't have the foggiest idea where they end up. If I download from the web I can choose which folder to put it in.
runtt21
Moderator
When you use quickpet the .pets are in the /tmp folder. After you install, just copy them out of there.
You can directly download most of the apps from quickpet and the puppy package manager from here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pet_packages-lucid/
Just to let you know that "box icon" that is your save file contains all of the information macpup need to run on you home computer. All of your settings and driver info as well as you extra installed apps and personal stuff....
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