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Posted: October 29, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: puppy linux, seamonkey 1 Comment »Today I decided to abandon the WordPress web interface and write my posts using a blogging client like the aforementioned Charm. I was able to install it and it worked perfectly, but I need a way to post links. I know Charm probably does that, but I haven’t figured out how.
So I decided to go with the WordPress Post by Email feature, and I’m now using Seamonkey as the mail client (Claws doesn’t support HTML).
Also, I have a Puppeee screenshot for you.
That’s Seamonkey in a custom configuration. Did I mention it absolutely rocks in full screen? 
Edit: I’ve figured out how I can create links in Charm: using HTML. 
So now I’m editing this post from Charm and NicoEdit. Fast and convenient.
Taking Puppeee out for a walk
Posted: October 28, 2010 Filed under: Eee PC, Puppy Linux | Tags: eee pc, puppeee, puppy linux, seamonkey Leave a comment »You might have heard about Puppy Linux, a really nice lightweight Linux distro for older PCs and netbooks. A couple of days ago I decided to leave the ProBook for a while, take the Eee PC (a 701) out of the closet and install the latest version of Puppeee on it.
Installing didn’t exactly go as planned (because of a leftover install of GRUB), but I managed to get a fully working system after two tries. The default browser is Chrome 5: old version, AdBlock is incompatible with it and it doesn’t even display pages properly on the Eee’s small screen, so I installed Seamonkey, NetSurf and trusty old links. I’m posting from Seamonkey right now, but I think I’ll switch to a blogging tool like Charm because WordPress’ web interface looks like it’s designed for 1920×1080 screens, not 800×480 ones. The fonts have to be reduced to something unreadable to be able to properly write a post.
All in all, I recommend Puppeee for netbooks and regular Puppy for everyone who has a relatively old PC that Ubuntu can’t properly run on. My only complaint about Puppy (actually, about most distros nowadays) is that it’s getting more and more bloated with every new version: the last one that would properly boot, run and be usable on my Gericom laptop (a 2000-ish Celeron) was 4.1.2. Also, I really hated the Pwidgets thing in 4.2.
