Johnson’s Computer Internet Help

If you are looking for a light weight, and fast Operating System for your older or slower computer which previously ran Windows 98 or XP, or Vista. Puppy Linux would be the perfect operating system for you since you can run Pupply Linux on most computers with 128MB of RAM or less. You can run Puppy Linux from a CD, or use a program like UnetBootIn to easily make a USB bootable version of Puppy Linux from the Puppy Linux ISO file. The ISO file is also about 100MB, so you can run PuppyLinux off of a older USB Flash Drive which is 128MB in size, or burn Puppy Linux to 650MB CD-R disc unlike other Linux distros which require a CD-R with 700MB of storage space. This also means you can burn PuppyLinux to those mini CDs with less storage space.

The best feature I like for Puppy Linux is everything like sound, video, internet, and programs work after Puppy Linux has loaded, and if you have a hard drive on your computer, you can save your Puppy Linux settings and files, so you don’t lose them after you power off or restart your computer like other CD based Linux Distros. You can also save your personalize Puppy settings to the same USB thumb drive or internal hard drive you have Puppy Linux installed on. The ave file name is called  pup_save.3fs which is used to store your settings, programs, and other Puppy related info. The file is made  right after you shut down Puppy, and it will update the settings and file after you shutdown the computer the next time. This means wherever you go, you have a copy of Puppy Linux, and Puppy Linux settings and third party software which you installed on it. It is like having a personal computer in your thumb drive which you can boot from on any computer which can start from a CD or USB Flash drive. You can also save new  files, or store your personal files on Puppy Linux bootable USB drive and access your saved files, add new files, or modify existing on Windows, Ubuntu, or Apple Mac (if you formatted your Puppy Linux flash  drive in FAT32 file format).

But, I notice if a network card driver does not work on Puppy, it can be hard to fix for beginners, and you are better off finding a new computer which works with Puppy Linux, or buying a new network card to install on your PC. This problem is very rare since Linux works on a lot of different Network card brands and models.

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Memory Fox is a plug-in which helps you reduce the Ram usage for Firefox in Windows, so you can run more programs when running Firefox. Memory Fox monitors Firefox memory, and when it notices Firefox using too much memory, it optimizes Firefox Memory usage for a smaller memory foot print on your system.  By using Memory Fox with Mozilla Firefox for Windows, Firefox will use less RAM when it is open. This can make Firefox more responsive, run faster, freeze less, and crash less. This also means you can run your computer longer without restarting, or run more programs a long side Firefox without Firefox slowing down other programs because Firefox is using too much RAM.

Memory Fox only works on Windows, and once you installed it, you need to activate Memory Fox from the toolbar button by clicking on the Memory Fox add-on button on your toolbar, and clicking the Green activate button to turn-on Memory Fox. You do not have to adjust any of the settings in Memory Fox in my experience since it works great after I activated it.

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