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newspuppylinux.com is down
In case you have come here, hoping that I might know something; I don't really, except that it is being worked on.
The host suspended puppylinux.com without any notification or explanation. If that seems a bit rude, yes, it is. A decent host provider should give an explanation.
Anyway, Erik (rockedge on the forum) is the main guy who has setup and maintains puppylinux.com, and he has raised a support ticket.
I reckon, when Erik gets puppylinux.com up again, he will deserve a few donations (there is a donation button on the forum).
It is not just this latest incident; keeping it all going requires ongoing maintenance.
EDIT:
Erik has a reply to the ticket, quoting an email from Erik:
We have a serious problem of DDOS attack. I noticed this but
hoped it wasn't so. The host shut us down and I am fighting to
get
us back up
Information about DDOS:
https://www.imperva.com/learn/ddos/denial-of-service/
If you want to chat with others in the pup-family, there is this alternative forum:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/puppy-71/
Note: puppylinux.com is now up, but the forum is down. So I guess
it is the forum that is being attacked.
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Donation button removed
I had a PayPal donation button on the "contact me" page, however have taken it down:
Over the years, I have blown hot and cold over whether to have a
donation button. Did take it down for awhile, about a year ago I think.
I received an email asking if can send me a bank cheque, which reminded me about that donation button. I declined the offer.
I really don't need donations. It is really my pleasure to upload
blog reports about EasyOS, Puppy, DIY hiking gear, and all the rest that
have posted about. Ibiblio.org is still very kindly hosting downloads,
and I also went back to the Puppy Forum.
Regarding the forum, when I went it alone, there was a time overhead
maintaining it, fighting off spammers, handling people who are unable to
register, moderating. So just went back to a special section inside the
Puppy Forum for EasyOS:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewforum.php?f=63
...which is putting all the maintenance load onto 'rockedge' and his helpers.
So, if you do feel like donating something, rockedge will appreciate a little remuneration:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/donate
As far as EasyOS is concerned, I am moving into more of a "niche
product". I have been asked about the Buster-series, whether there will
be an update, and I replied yes -- however, rethinking that, now the
answer is no. Plan to stick with the Dunfell-series for the next few
years, and it will become increasingly the "odd man out".
Already odd, with a mix of new and old packages. For example, staying
with pango prior to 1.44, reverted to Xorg server 1.19.x. Staying with
alsa and gtk2 (though have gtk3 based apps when forced to) -- one
example, is keeping the gtk2-based gtkdialog.
Increasing going down that path of being a quirky little OS. Not going to struggle any more to cater to everyone's hardware.
The Puppy developers, on the other hand, are surging ahead,
supporting pulseaudio and Xwayland. And good on them, they are young
guys, full of enthusiasm. I still do have enthusiasm, lots in fact, but
only want to tailor EasyOS as a light-duty hobby OS as I transition more
into activities such as camping.
Hey, this was supposed to only be a post about dropping the donation button. Rambled on a bit.
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100,000 visitors to this blog front page
Just realised, since starting the blog counter on February 2, 2020, have exceeded 100,000:
That is only counting visits to the front page of the blog. Anyone
who has gone directly to a particular post will not affect the counter.
So overall visits to the blog will be considerably higher than 100,000.
100,000 per year is a modest visitor rate compared with some blogs
out there, but it is nice to know that there is a steady stream of
interested readers.
EDIT 2021-02-24:
Received an email from Rob, suggesting that many of those 100,000 hits will be from bots. Oh well.
Rob also sent this link, suggesting I might find it an interesting read:
I looked through it, PeerTube looks very interesting:
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Record of PayPal donations
I would like to thank those who have donated money to maintain my
websites and the project. From feedback, there is support for both
EasyOS and the solar water distiller projects. Of course, support in
other ways, such as testing EasyOS releases, is also much appreciated.
The table below shows donations since 2017, all in US$. The PayPal
donate button has not been "up" all of that time. For example, it was
removed early April and restored July 9, 2019.
| Name |
US$ |
Date |
| dogle |
250 |
Dec. 22, 2019 |
| William |
40 |
Dec. 6 |
| Franz |
40 |
Oct. 20 |
| Eddie |
103 |
Sep. 23 |
| Andrew |
20 |
Sep. 6 |
| Edward |
50 |
Sep. 1 |
| William |
50 |
Aug. 2 |
| Alfred |
20 |
Jul. 14 |
| George |
50 |
Jul. 10 |
| Bhaskar |
2.84 |
Mar. 3 |
| Alfons |
200 |
Jan. 31 |
| Leslie |
12 |
Jan. 30 |
| Michael |
20 |
Dec. 24, 2018 |
| Lawrence |
21 |
Dec. 20 |
| Clinton |
5 |
Dec. 17 |
| Adrian |
20 |
Nov. 17 |
| Matt |
5 |
Nov. 16 |
| Lawrence |
25 |
Sep. 20 |
| William |
20 |
Sep. 6 |
| Ben |
40 |
May 27 |
| Bernhard |
50 |
Dec. 2, 2017 |
Note regarding domain names. There are bkhome.org and easyos.org, plus 5 or 6 others, and also I still pay for puppylinux.org registration. The other main Puppy domain, puppylinux.com, is now owned by 01micko, and he pays for it's registration and hosting. puppylinux.org is no longer hosted separately and redirects to puppylinux.com.
Merry Christmas!
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Donate button restored
Back in April this year, I removed the donate button. Reason given was that I felt uncomfortable with receiving donations.
However, reflecting on that, I think that I was being overly
sensitive. If someone wants to support my projects with a monetary
donation, then that is OK, in fact, is helpful as I am currently pouring
cash into camping-related projects. And of course there is the cost of
maintaining the website and domain names.
Regarding the camping projects, a few more projects in the pipeline.
For the solar water distiller, currently planning prototype #3, buying
materials for it will start soon.
Here is the contact page, with restored donate button:
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Donate button removed
I put a PayPal "Donate" button onto my "Contact me" page in October 2017. Have now removed it.
If you really really really want to make a donation, you can still do so, using paypal, pay to STARTbkaulerATgmailDOTcomEND
I have never been comfortable with soliciting donations. In total,
since putting in the Donate button, I have received almost US$500, which
I appreciate. However, my "age pension" is sufficient to cover expenses
for the website and equipment (as well as food, housing, etc.!), so I
really do not need donations.
Here is the "Contact me" page:
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Retired from Puppy project, etc.
I receive a couple of emails per day from users of Puppy Linux or
a derivative. A lot of people don't know that I am retired from the
Puppy project, and ask me for help with XenialPup etc. Or, advise me
what should be done.
This has increased a bit recently, as a couple of people have mentioned being unable to register on the Puppy Forum.
Maybe I need to put some "rules of contact" on the Contact Me page (see above). Anyway, posting here for now...
I retired from leading the Puppy Linux project in 2013, now just dabbling in some experimental distros, Quirky and EasyOS.
Furthermore, Quirky and EasyOS are very much just hobbies. I'm not
really interested whether they become mainline or widely-adopted
distributions. So, I am not trying to develop them toward suitability
for a wide user-base. On the otherhand, if a wider user-base find them
useful, that's OK also.
My interest is in the technology, just to play around with ideas, and
have something usable for myself, and usable also for those involved in
providing feedback and testing.
For those with Puppy-specific questions, please ask at the Puppy Forum:
If unable to do so, like being unable to register, or it is down, there are two alternative Puppy forums:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/puppy-71/
Feedback about Quirky should be directed here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=106460
Feedback about EasyOS:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=109958
I don't mind receiving emails, as long as not too many. If the forums
are unsuitable for whatever reason, and the feedback is Quirky or
EasyOS related, or something else that you think would be of interest to
me, then yeah, no problem.
One thing though, don't try an involve me in some project. I receive
offers regularly, to become involved in something. Please don't. I am
retired, introspective, enjoying pottering around in the garden, don't
want to be involved in any project, no matter how great it is.
As an example, a chap contacted me yesterday, via the Contact Me
form, with a proposal to raise money for spreading Quirky/EasyOS to a
wide audience. I do appreciate the enthusiasm!
EDIT 20180928:
'David' sent me an email, informing of another place to go for Puppy Linux discussion:
https://www.reddit.com/r/puppylinux
Which reminded me, there is also something on Facebook...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/puppylinuxusers/
And if you really want to know about every Puppy-Linux-and-derivatives forum/blog/social-media site out there:
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppySites
...wow, thanks to you guys who maintain puppylinux.org!
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