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Today I installed DR. Racket

on my laptop running xenial puppy linux. I want to start reading learn how to program 2. I don’t remember how many years ago I was working on reading learn how to program 2 and then stopped reading it. Maybe 5 years ago.

I have tried to read learn how to program and learn how to program 2 sever times but, have never finished either book. I can’t remember how far I got into learn how to program 2.

I am going to start from the beginning with learn how to program 2. Hopefully I will finish it this time.

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I installed xvkbd in xenial puppy linux

My dell laptops keyboard does not work all the time so on my other laptop I installed xvkbd. Then I wondered how to I start it. So I typed xvkbd in a shell. And it started. And I typed some letters. I was all excited.

Then I realized that if my keyboard does not work on my dell computer that I can’t set the date and time and boot order for my laptop. So I could only boot into slacko 5.7. And I don’t have xvkbd installed on that operating system.

I need to set the time and date and boot order for the bios because the battery for the bios is dead and I don’t want to replace it.

Oh, well at least I know that puppy linux has a virtual keyboard I can sue.

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I learned how to look for packages with puppy package manager

I had no problem using the package manager with slack puppy 5.7. Though I could not figure out how to see the packages in xenial or fossa puppy.

I figured out how to solve the problem by clicking on a package in the pane to the right of the category list in the package manager which is the package pane. Then when I searched in the search field I saw a list of packages with the name I had looked up.

Also to get rid of the package I selected I clicked on the package in the package pane. So it was an easy fix.

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I tried simple screen recorder a little bit

I know how to use obs a little but, I also think it would be interesting to learn how to use simple screen recorder. Since I had never tried it before.

I also looked at the documentation and was surprised to learn that I can also stream on twitch with simple screen recorder. I did not know I could stream on twitch using it.

The video I recorded was not very long. So I hope to learn to use simple screen recorder better.

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I got caido working right

I was on my dell xps laptop and using fossapup 9.5. One problem I did have is that I could not download the ca.crt file because I had uninstalled palemoon. So I restarted my computer and booted up fossapup9.5 again.

Since I was not using a save file everything that came with puppy was installed. So when I tried to download the ca.crt file for the certificate it worked. Palemoon popped up to allow me to save the file to downloads folder.

Then I imported the certificate into firefox and set up the proxy in firefox. And I went to different websites and the http history showed the requests and responses. I thought it was so cool looking at the requests and responses.

I thought I would never get caido set up right. I am glad I was wrong.

I have no idea how I got zap or burp suite set up in slacko5.7. I suppose I figured it out somehow.

So now all I need to do is learn about ethical hacking. Since I want to learn about it. And I am sure there are a lot of other tools I will want to learn how to use.

At least I got caido set up right.

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I wanted to use krita in puppy linux

I knew that I could install krita with quick pup. However that is an older version of krita. And I wanted the newest version of krita which is 5.2.2.

So I was thinking about krita then I thought wait a minute didn’t I saw an appimage file on krita’s website. So I looked and there was an appimage for linux. I thought good.

So I downloaded it and made it executable and clicked on the file and it started up. I was using fossapup and on my dell xps laptop. I did not have enough time to try making anything in krita.

Not that I would now how to make anything. However at least I know I can use the latest version of krita in puppy linux. Neat.

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I want to learn linux bash

Maybe I have written about wanting to learn linux bash before on this blog but, I can’t remember.

I do know how to cd to change a directory but, that’s about the extent of my bash knowledge.

I don’t know what I would be able to do wlith bash if I knew it a lot better. So I suppose I will find out.

Also I have used windows powershell a little. All I know how to do with it is cd to a directory.

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I got another thumb drive

So now I have two thumb drives. One of the thumb drives has fussapup on it and the other thumb drive has xenial on it.

i like puppy linux and don’t want to another linux. I did try damn small linux years ago. i had dial up back then and could not get on the internet with it. And also I remember that I got at least one CD of ubuntu linux when it first came out and they were free.

I remember that I tried installing ubuntu on my desktop computer but, could not get it to install. I the it was a ubuntu live CD.

And recently I tried tiny linux. But, Puppy linux is the only linux I have used regularly.

So now I have 2 versions of puppy linux I can use.

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I learned how to run appimage files

I had know about appimage files for awhile. I first saw one for LMMS. When I saw it I am I thought how in the world do I run an appimage file. I am sure I thought it was hard and would require a lot of things to learn.

Well it turns out that running an appimage file is not as hard as I thought it was. I watched a video to learn how to run the file type. I learned that all I had to do was right click on the file and in the permissions on the right click menu I had to make the file executable.

So I tried the LMMS appimage file. Made it executable and then I looked for a run option in a right click menu but, could not find one so I opened a terminal and changed the path to the folder that LMMs was in. Then I ran the file by putting ./ in front of the name of the appimage file.

And it worked. I thought wow I could run an appimage file and its not even that hard. All I had to do was check a checkbox and run it at the terminal. I think I tried clicking on the file but, that did not work.

So now I know how to run appimage files.

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puppy linux

I am using fossapup puppy linux as I am writing this. Its the second day I have been using it. And I like it. One thing I like is that on the desktop to the right is a panel of information about the system and resources.

I can see how long I have been on my computer by looking at uptime or see cpu usage or memory usage.

I tried making a save file but, that made my computer go so slow that I booted to fossapup without a save file. All I really wanted to try never versions of puppy linux was for the updated browsers.

So I have tried 3 new versions of puppy linux. Fossapup, xenial, and bionic. I think they are all Ok.

With xenial pup I could make a pup save file and it would not slow down my computer like it slows down when I created a pupsave file for bionic or fossapup.

Two things I hope I do this year are learn bash and learn as much as I can about the programs that come installed on puppy linux.

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