Testing QV. "Quirky Void".

[PuppyHome]

Interested in a lightweight distro that is truly just that and behaves like Puppy Linux?

Then perhaps you'd like to take a look at Quirky Void. Here is the introduction by Barry Kauler himself. Mr. Kauler of course being the creator of Puppy Linux.

Granted this OS is still in it's experimental phase but it is very usable for daily browsing and general use. Maybe not as a daily driver (yet) because of it being experimental.

Some perks worth mentioning:
**Very easy to install. Just use ANY native Linux image writer to write to an USB drive (min 16GB, 32 GB and up recommended) or internal SSD. Also third party image writers should work. And the DD command install of course.
**'Frugal install'. The whole installation contained in 1 folder.
**Very low RAM usage and easy on the CPU.
**Blazing fast and super responsive
**For older and newer hardware

Just to name a few. I invite you to get a pen drive you have laying around and get QV a spin if you'd like to try something entirely different.
Testers are very welcome at this point as BK is looking in to developing this further in the future. There are already some Puppians testing QV. More are welcome to do so.
If you are looking for a minimalist yet complete lightweight distro which is fast, responsive and secure this might be right up your alley.

This is not an advertisement of any sorts but rather a shout-out from a very enthusiastic user who only just discovered QV this afternoon. Another masterpiece from BK.

 

[wiliam65jenny]

Hello,
That sounds like an incredibly cool project! For anyone who has been around the open-source community for a while, the name Barry Kauler carries a ton of weight. The man is essentially the godfather of ultra-lightweight, high-performance Linux distributions, so when he starts experimenting with something new, it’s always worth paying attention.
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[Magrid0]

I’ll give it a try on my potato laptop, thanks for mentioning it!
I guess it will be a lot lighter than lubuntu.

 

[PuppyHome]

I’ll give it a try on my potato laptop, thanks for mentioning it!
I guess it will be a lot lighter than lubuntu.

It is much lighter indeed.

Mind you: Not all functions may work correctly and installing new software may be not working as intended.
See this 'version' as a (mostly) working proof of concept.

Thank you for trying out!

 

[MikeWalsh]

Then perhaps you'd like to take a look at Quirky Void. Here is the introduction by Barry Kauler himself. Mr. Kauler of course being the creator of Puppy Linux.

@PuppyHome :-

Heh.

Might have summat to do with I'm STILL running jrb's "lite" spin on Barry's 11-yr old Quirky64 "April" 7.0.1. It just works, and continues to do so.....and after some serious re-working by yours truly, including glibc/kernel upgrades, along with ca-certs, dbus, SSL, etc, etc, it's as secure as any modern OS (especially given our Pup's unique run-time model).

The 'Quirkys' were amongst the first fruits of Barry's fertile imagination after stepping-down as "benevolent dictator" in late 2013 / early 2014, to pursue his own interests.

BK is nothing if not thorough..!

Disclaimer:-

I don't recommend anybody else to do what I've done, of course.....unless you've a solid grounding in how Puppy works, AND know exactly what you're doing. In other words...

...don't try this at home (unless you're as mad as a hatter!)

(shrug...)


Mike.

(EDIT:- I know, I know. I don't always look to run the very newest of everything all the time.....like you're SUPPOSED to. I'm a "retro-freak". 'Nuff said).

 

[PuppyHome]

"Funny" you mention Quirky". @MikeWalsh

Couple of weeks ago I was strolling around our Puppy archive to pick up some legacy pups for the kennel. There where a bunch of Q's still.

"Should I get one of these" where my thoughts. I think I'm going to eventually. Even it was just to see where Easy is coming from and QV for that matter.

Barry's stuff is brilliant!

 

[MikeWalsh]

@PuppyHome :-

I just LIKE older Puppies. I'm weird that way, I guess.

IF I want to run to run up-to-date applications in an older Pup, I'll do so from a chroot 'jail' running one of the newest Pups. It's secure like that, and it works well.

Of course, the beauty of using a Puppy for a chroot is that because they're so small, you don't need to bother with all the "stripping-back" needed to make a mainstream distro usable in that way.....given how large many of them are now becoming.

You simply use the Puppy as-is. Works great.....all thanks to the incomparable watchdog showing the way some years back.


Mike.

 

[PuppyHome]

IF I want to run to run up-to-date applications in an older Pup, I'll do so from a chroot 'jail' running one of the newest Pups. It's secure like that, and it works well.

THAT is a tip and a half! Never thought of that.

I just LIKE older Puppies. I'm weird that way, I guess.

Same here. Some way it just feel more 'genuine(?)'. Is that a way to describe it?I have a few running in my collection (and some just won't) on old hardware (12+ yo laptops) and somehow they all feel snappier and faster (yes) than later Pups.

Anyway, thanks for the pointers and giving me a weekend project to mess with and learn from. Have a good one, Mike.

 

[MikeWalsh]

@PuppyHome :-

If you're interested in the 'chroot jail' concept, follow the MediaFire link in my siggy and look for the 'Noblepup64 chroot 'jail' directory.

The tarball will provide a Noblepup64 'chroot' jail, all set-up & ready to go.....including 'link' scripts & usage examples. DO peruse the 'ReadMe' file; it gives instructions on using the provided scripts to link / unlink the 'chroot jail' to / from any Puppy. Further 'ReadMe's' give examples on how to set-up & get apps running from the 'chroot'.

Essentially, I've tried to automate 'chroot' usage within Puppy as far as I can. Which - hopefully! - makes this useful functionality more convenient for the average Puppian to take advantage of...

(By making use of peebee's somewhat experimental '64-bit in 32-bit' package, I've even managed to get up-to-date 64-bit browsers running in my 13-yr old 32-bit 'Slacko' 5.6.0.

DON'T ASK..! It took a shed-load of setting-up, and frankly, I think I was more surprised than anybody else when I fired-up Opera browser in Slacko 5.6.0 for the very first time. "Gobsmacked" is the expression that came to mind....)

Lololol!!!


Mike.

 

[PuppyHome]

If you're interested in the 'chroot jail' concept, follow the MediaFire link in my siggy and look for the 'Noblepup64 chroot 'jail' directory.

In fact I was just reading up on chroot on the other side but could not make much sense of it (fairly new concept to me). Thank you for the mediafire link, will surely visit, read and...well anything other which is necessary.
Great way to get through the weekend.

DON'T ASK..! It took a shed-load of setting-up, and frankly, I think I was more surprised than anybody else when I fired-up Opera browser in Slacko 5.6.0 for the very first time. "Gobsmacked" is the expression that came to mind....)

You DO know you're quite mad no??