Main Puppy Linux Forum Down - Status

Originally Posted by puppyite It’s time to stop beating around the bush. John Murga Forum is permanently closed and is not coming back - ever. If you don’t believe what I say that’s fine by me.

In colloquial English it’s called a dirt nap.

Originally Posted by darkcity Don't know if anyone has seen these Puppy Linux Forum supplement and backup forum

You are in error, the forum you link to is named Puppy Linux Help.

I own Puppy Linux Forum.

And a wikka is not a forum.

puppyite, Is this an official forum? If this is not then it should be stated that it is not official so people do not get confused. If it is an official forum then something needs to be added to the main Puppy website to ease up any confusion people might have.

Originally Posted by Amdx2_x64 puppyite, Is this an official forum? If this is not then it should be stated that it is not official so people do not get confused. If it is an official forum then something needs to be added to the main Puppy website to ease up any confusion people might have.

From Barry Kauler's blog (founder of Puppy Linux)

http://www.bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02609
and
http://www.puppylinux.com/forums.htm

Originally Posted by Amdx2_x64 puppyite, Is this an official forum? If this is not then it should be stated that it is not official so people do not get confused. If it is an official forum then something needs to be added to the main Puppy website to ease up any confusion people might have.

My forum is as official as any currently open.

Originally Posted by James c From Barry Kauler's blog (founder of Puppy Linux)

Barry Kauler does not have dominion over any forum, nor does he dictate what forum shall be called “official”.

Originally Posted by puppyite Barry Kauler does have dominion over any forum, nor does he dictate what forum shall be called “official”.

Neither do you.

Originally Posted by James c Neither do you.

Stop baiting.

I have every right to call my forum whatever I please and if I please to call it official I am completely within my right to do so.

Notice: I, Barry Kauler, established the 'Puppy Linux Project' in January 2003, first website and product release 18-June-2003, and I have trademark claim to the name and typed drawing of 'Puppy Linux', 'PuppyOS' and 'Puppy' as it relates to "computer operating system software to facilitate computer use and operation", under Federal and International Common Law and Trademark Laws as appropriate.

http://puppylinux.com/faq.htm

Originally Posted by puppyite Stop baiting. I have every right to call my forum whatever I please and if I please to call it official I am completely within my right to do so.

Guess I'll just return to ignoring you. I apologize for getting caught up in your vendetta.
Apologies to the LQ staff as well for engaging in this silly stuff.

"Notice: I, Barry Kauler, established the 'Puppy Linux Project' in January 2003, first website and product release 18-June-2003, and I have trademark claim to the name and typed drawing of 'Puppy Linux', 'PuppyOS' and 'Puppy' as it relates to "computer operating system software to facilitate computer use and operation", under Federal and International Common Law and Trademark Laws as appropriate."

Originally Posted by darkcity http://puppylinux.com/faq.htm

You are baiting and derailing this thread.

Further, the quote from Barry Kauler is of no consequense to me as a forum is not an operating system.

i've never seen anything 'official' regarding puppy but plenty of endless babble

just a quick question unless it turns into a derail, in witch case i'll start another thread, does anyone know if puppy has been blacklisted at distrowatch?

seems unusual not to see a single comment there from users and i have seen 2 mentions of 'puppy' that were subsequently deleted

this is about all i've seen as far as official goes

Puppy has never been run as a "proper" project, it has always been ad-hoc. There is no CVS/SVN server, no bug-reporter. For the last couple of years, new puppies have been released every 6 - 8 weeks, a hectic pace, and some would say too hasty for proper bug catching prior to each release. Right up front I would like to state that none of this is likely to change. There is the appearance of chaos in many aspects of the project, but there is intelligence behind my choice to let everything run free. Developers come in and just let their heads go -- maximum creativity. I think that the end result speaks for itself. For me, Puppy is a fun project. If it stops being fun, I will move onto something else. I don't have the motivation for more formality

and then from this site, we have these comments

Who owns Puppy? We all do. Puppy is covered by the GPL/LGPL license.

@puppyite, this is my 3rd time now, do not contact me privately for anything, if i'm interested in any private conversations, i'll let you know

any further involvement or issues between you or me, will have to be dealt with openly, and it it's about your forum, there

Now that John Murga Forum is permanently closed it’s time to “dream another dream, this dream is over”.

big deal, there are plenty of other options now, including an abundance of kool aid

Originally Posted by James c Guess I'll just return to ignoring you. I apologize for getting caught up in your vendetta.

and you and your pals are angels from heaven, a forum laced with your type, with well known individuals to anyone that has been around..

luuuv to see that good ol' aitch is active there, that alone will do wonders for y'all lol

might ask him his views on a select group of folks that he and others have already spoken about, in good ol' off topic

used to be an easy google but bummer, the jm forum is down now *

it is also noted, that BK has pretty much endorsed that new site and puppy support forum,

you folks don't seem to have a clue about accountability, not to worry tho, many are eager to set the record straight

sounds like jm is still awol, cry me a river, whatever is going on, and if he ever shows up, there is NO excuse for not having a backup

but then again, it always all was puppyland, where tall tales abound, and chaos was promoted

* some of ya'll might be relieved that the jm forum is down and maybe even for good,

but keep in mind, that no one knows who else may now have access to all that was said there, and by whom