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'What is Slacko'?
The latest release versions of Puppy are Wary and puppy526 = Puppy 528 Lucid available for newer hardware
Puppy 5.3 uses Puppy code and Slackware binaries
At the moment Slacko beta 2 is released. It uses some Slackware binaries and we call this an Spup, that means a Slackware (the 'S') compatible Pup
Slacko an spup with numbers dependent on kernel and version number
Slacko uses both Puppy scripts and programs using the Woof or woofy development system to create a Puppy
How does this fit in with other Puppy versions?
Wary is a conservative design for older hardware from Barry Kauler
Quirky is a testing Puppy for new ideas from Barry Kauler
Dpup (Puppy + Debian) was designated as Puppy 6
currently being revived by Dejan555 and Iguleder
puppy6 Saluki from Jemimah - Puppy rewrite (currently awaiting a kernel base))
is likely to move up to Puppy 7
Puppy 8 is likely to offer x66, ARM and 64 bit versions
and have support for tablet, phone, touch, cloud and Android features
Absolute noobs
- Educate yourself by using the IRC platform and wiki and reading the forum
- Do you know ISO's can be burnt to CD-RW or DVD-RW many times? So now you can boot and text reports to the forum
- Create logos, other artwork. No talent? Pah never stops us when we need logos . . .
- Sort through the various suggestion forum threads and sort out the various suggestions into a new thread and maintain the status in the first thread in concise terms (note - you may want to reply to it a couple of times to reserve the top 3 or so posts)
To Do
- Test current slacko beta with 'puppy = pfix=ram' at boot up. Run on different machines
- Develop wiki page (that is this one and the main page) UsingThisWiki register with raffy for access if planning to contribute to wiki
- Open dialogue with Slackware developers
- Develop Bacon and scripting skills
- Recompile heaps of stuff
- Fix guis for small screens
- Decide what icon layout is best. Maybe someone can hack something together for small screens?
- Translate... no need to reinvent the wheel here, many of shinobar's wary quickset programs will fit right in
- Test and suggest cloud links
