Recent content by Ari32

It's been a while, but here is the status: After trying several full installs, I could not get it to work, so I went back to frugal. I updated my bios, which resolved some issues, and now I'm stuck at the last step. Currently I have the boot files on sda1, a fat32 partition with the boot flag...

Good to know about the sfs'. Already read the documentation though. So after a seemingly successful install, I can only boot from usb. All puppy files should be located on the hard drive; I believe the issue lies in the boot file. The menus only allow me to save boot files to the usb, not to the...

Ok so I've successfully booted fossapup from a usb, but installation is still difficult. I have some issues while installing where the instructions are vague -Theres a puppy and boot button. I thiiink I understand what they do, but not how to properly use them. -At no time am I prompted to...

Made the usb for Ubuntu mini, things were going smoothly, then things went south. I've just found that the laptop doesn't have an ethernet port, meaning I can't connect to Ubuntu servers for the install. Uh... not sure what to do from here. In the meantime, maybe I'll check fosspup?

@sp331yi Hey yeah, I can try that. My last question before I set this up this weekend: what can I expect? On the most minimal install, I assume libre will have a gui, but will anything else be there? Like, I'll press file>open in libre, will it have a file manager, or will I type the file...

When it says install under virtual machine, does it mean to layer minimalist ubuntu on top of windows/ubuntu? That sounds kinda hacky for a minimalist system, unless theres a VM that runs without an OS. ...or maybe a uefi compatibility package? Or maybe bios mode is good enough? I've no clue

Windows 10. Its just downgraded is all.

@sp331yi Yeah, messing with computer internals is never easy. I did read all three articles before coming here, but as someone who never used linux, hearing "puppy + uninstall apps" neither describes what the new OS will do nor gives any instructions on how to do so. I came here for...

I'm sorry but that's not really what I was looking for If I wasn't descriptive enough, I'm not looking to build something functional. I have another, usable laptop for day to day use. I was really just looking to gut this one down to... a typewriter. In any case, thank you for your time and replies

Uh... looking at the site, that looks nice, but I'm not certain that's what I'm looking for. That's a whole OS. Does it come with a stripped down version without all the programs?

Yup thats the one (but a bit older. No SSD or 8g ram) I'm going with libre office, but no web browser. Reaaally keeping it basic. It could open straight to libre, there'll literally be nothing else on it.

Hello, It's a Dell 11" with an Pentium n3700 cpu and 4g of ram. Its touch compatible and foldable (but I don't intend to use either feature) Also it was built running windows

Hello all, I have an awful little laptop that I'd like to convert into a typewriter for work. Basically, something that runs only a text editor like word, and usb support. I heard this could be done with (arch?) linux and libre office, but I've never touched linux before. Could anyone help me...