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SolusUmbra
Hi, I’m new to this system. My old computer was originally windows vista 32bit, switched to puppy 32bit and so I thought I would try the antix 64bit. The live part run clean, not as nice as the 32bit but sadly its getting alot harder to find support for 32 (which is why I tried 64).
I find the set up a lot cleaner and organized then puppy, but I’m finding myself with alot of questions;
On the live, there didn’t seem to be much software to install, does this change with a full install?
With puppy you had to have .pet programs, what does this one take?
Can you download and install programs from somewhere else? (couldn’t find wine on the list)
When I tried to find my printer, it said it couldn’t connect to cups.
And is there anything I need to know about doing a full install and getting rid of puppy?
And there are my starting questions.
Brian Masinick
A full install definitely makes a LOT of software available. You should be able to find most, if not all, that you may want with antiX.
Package format is with .deb packages by default. The “Package Installer” (synaptic for GUI packaging, apt for command packaging, will get you more than enough. Once you install, you should be able to see plenty.
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Brian MasinickAnonymous
It would be helpful to hear which puppy variant you’re comparing (LXPup? Slacko32? AtomicPup?)
and which live antiX edition (core? base? full?)On the live, there didn’t seem to be much software to install, does this change with a full install?
With puppy you had to have .pet programs, what does this one take?sounds like: during your live testdrive, you just didn’t know how/where to look.
antiX is a Debian derivative. Installable software is downloaded as *.deb packagefiles
(not identical to .pet packagefiles, but similar)
and, even during livesession, a catalog of30,000thousands of installable packages is available.To find and install packaged software, from within an antiX desktop session you can launch “synaptic” or “packageinstaller” (these provide a GUI)
From commandline — or even tty, no Xsession required, several additional package installation tools are available. (Let’s skip discussing those for now, until hearing whether you’re comfortable using, prefer using an xsession environment)
I forgot how to spell the puppy I was using, which is why I didn’t add it, but since it might be helpful I looked it up;
Puppy (tahrpup 6.0.5 32bit)
antiX Full 64bitAnother question I have is how often do you get updates? I’ve had tahrpup for a good year or so and its never updated.
Another question I have is how often do you get updates?
If you choose to follow “stable” repositories, expect to see a few each week.
If you choose to follow “testing”, generally (not now, amidst the debian9-}debian10 transistion freeze, though) you can expect to find many (sometimes dozens) updated items each week ~~ especially if you’ve installed a large number of applications.I’ve never heard of Xsession. Puppy was my first linux system ever and I always felt lost and confused.
I did look under the packageinstaller and there was only a couple handfuls of programs.
I’m glad its not .pet they are to hard to find.- This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by SolusUmbra.
Oh my gosh I’m trying the install and I have no idea what to put for keyboard layout…
I have no number keys on the side…not sure how to tell.
so I counted all the keys on my keyboard and I only have 86- This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by SolusUmbra.
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caprea
On the live, there didn’t seem to be much software to install, does this change with a full install?
Hi, SolusUmbra, the complete debian-software is available on antiX
https://wiki.debian.org/Software
You can install it through synaptic or packageinstaller or with terminalCan you download and install programs from somewhere else? (couldn’t find wine on the list)
Easiest way to install wine is
sudo apt-get install wine
For installing the 32-Bit-Wineprefix
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install wine32When I tried to find my printer, it said it couldn’t connect to cups.
Did you try this through controlcenter~~>hardware~~>Printer Setup ?
And is there anything I need to know about doing a full install and getting rid of puppy?
Just do a install on the entire hard disk
control center — hardware—- printer
Then its says to connect, connect to CUPS server (name) I leave it as localhost;
CUPS server Error
there was an error during the CUPS operation; failed to connect to server.There is also an option to start service but its grayed out and I can’t click on it.
Note printer is wireless.
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- This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by SolusUmbra.
caprea
Does
sudo service cups start
help ?- This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by caprea.
Sudo: unable to execute /usr/sbig/service; Input/output error
Restarted the computer and got it work, trying to find printer
Not sure what option to pick for keyboard layout, is it really important?- This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by SolusUmbra.
caprea
What’s the problem by chosing the layout ?
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Yes I’m still live, I don’t know what keyboard option to pick.
caprea
What’s the problem by chosing the layout ?
I counted my keys I only have 86, and my computer model isn’t listed I have a gateway.
After I got the service to start, and connect to the internet it found my printer right away. SOOOOO much better then puppy!!!!!
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