Having toddled with CUPS on servers, yes it can be intimidating. In Ubuntu Gutsy Desktop, it is a different story. To add our department's network printer, I...
System -> Admin -> Printing -> "New Printer" -> HP Laserjet 4000p -> Forward -> Forward -> Forward -> Name the Printer -> Apply.
Interestingly enough, Linux had autodetected the network printer and all I had to do was select it.
On windows, same computer/printer/network, start -> settings -> Printers -> Add Printer -> Local Printer -> I will create a new port -> Standard tcp/ip port -> 192.168.0.101 -> Next -> Next -> Select the HP Laserjet 6 driver -> name the printer -> turn off sharing -> finish.
Not every printer is supported, you can check your printer in the foomatic database before switching, or try it from the livecd.
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Following this procedure
Boot from CD -> Install Ubuntu -> Enable restricted drivers -> Install ubuntu-restricted-extras and flash-nonfree -> Install Adblock Plus in Firefox.
An Ipod works under Rhythmbox, and they can play dvd's with menus, mp4's, and mp3's. Lest we forget, Windows doesn't support mp4s, ipods, or dvds out of the box either.
The kindle (RUNS LINUX) and doesn't require a pc to run. If you plug it into a linux system, it should mount up like any other removable media device. What was your complaint with it?
-Ellie
> And did they fix the ACPI bugs, leaving at least Dell notebook users with without suspend?
Hi. Suspend and Hibernate both work on my dell d820 in Hardy and Gutsy. No fiddling required.
> Oh, and WiFi support for mainstream cards, without screwing around? No, wait, that's not fair, > 'cause the haredware manufacturers are such &$*hats as to want be paid for their SDKs...
On my dell d820 with a broadcom wireless nic, I plugged in my ethernet cable, clicked "restricted drivers" on the taskbar, checked the box next to "Broadcom wireless nic" and clicked apply. The comparable process in windows is to download the ethernet driver and wireless drivers on another box, burn them to a cd, and install them on the laptop. This worked in Gutsy too.
>And it's ready to do battle with Windows for the hearts and minds of desktop users, just leave the notebooks out of it... > Mine too. I'm too busy to test Heron. Lemme know when they fix these notebook issues, k? You've just been told they are fixed. Please wait until the final Heron release before upgrading though, it's unfair to get a beta product and then gripe about it.. betas are to give the developers a chance to fix those annoyances before the masses start finding them.
Ubuntu has had, and will continue to have, issues on some hardware. Windows has had, and will continue to have, issues on some hardware. Being completely honest though, getting a Ubuntu box "ready to go" is several hours faster than a windows box. That has been the case for over a year now.
Boot from CD -> Install Windows -> find and enter 25 digit key -> Install video, sound, chipset, wireless, LAN, and printer drivers -> Activate Windows -> Install Office -> Find and enter 25 digit key -> Activate office -> Install Antivirus, Anti-spyware, and firewall -> windows updates -> Install Adobe Reader -> Install flash -> Install Firefox -> Install adblock plus.
Boot from CD -> Install Ubuntu -> Enable restricted drivers -> Install ubuntu-restricted-extras and flash-nonfree -> Install Adblock Plus in Firefox.
The argument is not "is linux ready?" IMHO, the argument is "how do we tell the people the emperor has no clothes?"
2? Just 2? We are actively nation building in 12 countries right now. Nation building is done by peacekeepers and peacekeeping is done by soldiers. Soldiers on the ground in another country with guns, getting shot at = ?...
I switched because of snow, more specifically feeling around in the snow to find a hammer I dropped while changing a leaking wheel seal behind a weigh station. My hands were so cold I couldn't feel it when I picked it up. Nothing I have experienced in IT has been worse than that. Running cable through a blown-insulation attic on the hottest day of the summer is a very distant second.
The first bug I fixed and saw released was a Typo in the Evolution-Exchange-Addressbook module. I learned how to use bugzilla, the basics of CVS, how the patch approval process works in GNOME-land, and worked for the first time with an internationalized application. (gettext &.po files et al.) On top of all that, I actually got to make the software universe a tiny* bit better. Yes, that is a lot to go through to fix a typo in a dialog box, but it is completely relevant to the type of grunt work a n00b programmer is going to get.
For anyone that says that isn't real programming, you are kind of right. Eventually, somebody has to pick the low hanging fruit. Let it be the n00bs like me.:D
-ellie
* and I mean really really tiny bit, like one over infinity tiny.
I was a truck mechanic, so no jabs against them. What I meant was be straight on your resume. If you are looking for an entry level job, don't try to BS it. List what you you've done (that is relevant), what you know you can do, and what you want to do. Anything more is too much.
On an unrelated note, the number of ".. but wait, you are a girl.." I heard was roughly the same in IT and truck repair. LOL
Head on over to bugs.gnome.org and start by fixing the easy ones, then work from there. Once you are comfy, take a look at OpenOffice or Mozilla's bug tracker and see what kind of help they need. You'll be saving the world AND be able to put this on your resume.
"Contributing developer to the open source GNOME desktop, OpenOffice, and Mozilla Firefox."
It looks really nice on a resume... though you might want to leave the part about working as a truck mechanic off there.
-ellie
To anyone hoping to enjoy a nice quiet hibernation, this has been tried and does not appear to work in larger mammals. It as been tested in sheep and (I think) canines.
-Ellie
Disclaimer: I am a Option 2 member of the Cryonics Institute, and have a vested interest in hibernation and suspension technologies.
It will be under more pressure than that.
1500MSW = ~150 ATM x 14.2 PSI/ATM = 2130PSI.
This means that the device will operate at a pressure equivalent to the inside of an almost full LP steel* scuba tank.
* Not all tanks are created equally. Generally speaking, LP Steel tanks fill to 2400 PSI, Aluminum to 3000, HP steel 4500, and some nifty carbon fiber tanks from the deep cave project go to 6000 psi.
-ellie
I similarly have a great deal of respect for the Mir crews, and no-one has yet explained to me why we couldn't catch it and drag it over the ISS. Even if that took the entirety of a shuttle mission, it would have provided ooodles of scavengable resources. The solar panels alone would have been worth the trip. The last number I read for Earth to orbit (ETO) was $14,000/ounce. With tons of usable bits floating around, didn't that deserve some cost benefit analysis?
, by anonymizing themselves, women don't become gender-neutral, they become male. [...] This just bolsters the perception that there aren't many geek women around
Well said, and precisely the reason I changed nicks. How is it possible to address the problem if we hide behind genderless identities?
-ellie
... Changing stereotypes, one poorly worded post at a time.
Please accept my apologies for my abominable grammar. The original post was "This has to be one of the most creative and new ideas to come out of Redmond in a long time.". This was intended to point out the distinct lack of originality in recent MS products. Then, with my finger hovering above the submit button, I acknowledged the limitations of my knowledge about Microsoft's thousands of products and went back to slip in "that I have seen." Again ready to submit, it occurred to me that one does not change the direction of an organization that size overnight. Thus I added the side project comment.
The final component, the tinfoil hat, was a nod to the general attitude of/. commenters.
I will attempt to proofread more closely in the future, and Zorba's observation that gender should not be a factor in the allocation of moderation is correct.
This is the most interesting and !new! ideas I've seen out of Redmond in a long time. Sadly, that means it's probably an engineer's side project that got mentioned in a meeting and swiped....Or it was designed to keep track of the linux wackos*, and they changed it to watch politics to make it newsworthy.
-ellie
* (Myself included.)
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None of us are going to be living? Speak for yourself. I just penciled it in the date on my calendar! (I'm signed up for Cryonics.)
-ellie
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I would not say that it has an unknown value, the value is known as the ratio of a circle's diameter and circumference. Just because our system of representing numbers is flawed in that it cannot accurately define numeric sequences that approach infinity doesn't mean it is unknown... That is like saying 1/3 is unknown just because you can't print enough 3's after the decimal place to be accurate.
I've done a couple of reports on David Hahn, the guy you are talking about. Harper's had IMHO, the best article about him. It's a good read. http://www.harpers.org/archive/1998/11/0059750
Skipping a few steps, you could turn your radium paint into a neutron gun if you so desired. (Lead box with a shutter and aluminum (Or beryllium, like Mr. Boy scout*) You could also build a Farnsworth-Hirsch reactor http://www.fusor.net for a little more money and it would look a lot cooler on your workbench. Both are effective neutron sources.
What made his experience so remarkable was the persistence in acquiring materials. Whereas we would pop onto eBay and order some uranium ore, he spent days looking for radioactive rocks. When that failed he contacted a supplier on the opposite side of the world. The world is a lot smaller place now that it was in the early 90's.
Yes, that is what "absolute zero" means. "Near absolute zero" means the temperature at which the ambient energy within the molecules is less than what would be required to force the logical gates into a non-random state. The paper will certainly elaborate on their exact methodology, but I will hazard an uneducated guess. It probably means operating in a partial vacuum or inert atmosphere and the plate was probably immersed or plumbed in Liquid Helium (boiling point 3.2-4.2 Kelvin depending on the isotope.
In the grand scheme of nanotechnology, this is a fairly remarkable step up from IBM's "Wright Brothers'" moment when they spelled their name with an STEM. It is a functioning computer at >100nm. Cool.
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Having toddled with CUPS on servers, yes it can be intimidating. In Ubuntu Gutsy Desktop, it is a different story. To add our department's network printer, I ...
System -> Admin -> Printing -> "New Printer" -> HP Laserjet 4000p -> Forward -> Forward -> Forward -> Name the Printer -> Apply.
Interestingly enough, Linux had autodetected the network printer and all I had to do was select it.
On windows, same computer/printer/network, start -> settings -> Printers -> Add Printer -> Local Printer -> I will create a new port -> Standard tcp/ip port -> 192.168.0.101 -> Next -> Next -> Select the HP Laserjet 6 driver -> name the printer -> turn off sharing -> finish.
Not every printer is supported, you can check your printer in the foomatic database before switching, or try it from the livecd.
-ellie
Hi! Following this procedure Boot from CD -> Install Ubuntu -> Enable restricted drivers -> Install ubuntu-restricted-extras and flash-nonfree -> Install Adblock Plus in Firefox. An Ipod works under Rhythmbox, and they can play dvd's with menus, mp4's, and mp3's. Lest we forget, Windows doesn't support mp4s, ipods, or dvds out of the box either. The kindle (RUNS LINUX) and doesn't require a pc to run. If you plug it into a linux system, it should mount up like any other removable media device. What was your complaint with it? -Ellie
> And did they fix the ACPI bugs, leaving at least Dell notebook users with without suspend?
Hi. Suspend and Hibernate both work on my dell d820 in Hardy and Gutsy. No fiddling required.
> Oh, and WiFi support for mainstream cards, without screwing around? No, wait, that's not fair,
> 'cause the haredware manufacturers are such &$*hats as to want be paid for their SDKs...
On my dell d820 with a broadcom wireless nic, I plugged in my ethernet cable, clicked "restricted drivers" on the taskbar, checked the box next to "Broadcom wireless nic" and clicked apply. The comparable process in windows is to download the ethernet driver and wireless drivers on another box, burn them to a cd, and install them on the laptop. This worked in Gutsy too.
>And it's ready to do battle with Windows for the hearts and minds of desktop users, just leave the notebooks out of it...
> Mine too. I'm too busy to test Heron. Lemme know when they fix these notebook issues, k?
You've just been told they are fixed. Please wait until the final Heron release before upgrading though, it's unfair to get a beta product and then gripe about it.. betas are to give the developers a chance to fix those annoyances before the masses start finding them.
Ubuntu has had, and will continue to have, issues on some hardware. Windows has had, and will continue to have, issues on some hardware. Being completely honest though, getting a Ubuntu box "ready to go" is several hours faster than a windows box. That has been the case for over a year now.
Boot from CD -> Install Windows -> find and enter 25 digit key -> Install video, sound, chipset, wireless, LAN, and printer drivers -> Activate Windows -> Install Office -> Find and enter 25 digit key -> Activate office -> Install Antivirus, Anti-spyware, and firewall -> windows updates -> Install Adobe Reader -> Install flash -> Install Firefox -> Install adblock plus.
Boot from CD -> Install Ubuntu -> Enable restricted drivers -> Install ubuntu-restricted-extras and flash-nonfree -> Install Adblock Plus in Firefox.
The argument is not "is linux ready?" IMHO, the argument is "how do we tell the people the emperor has no clothes?"
-ellie
2? Just 2? We are actively nation building in 12 countries right now. Nation building is done by peacekeepers and peacekeeping is done by soldiers. Soldiers on the ground in another country with guns, getting shot at = ? ...
-ellie
> How and why did you make the switch?
I switched because of snow, more specifically feeling around in the snow to find a hammer I dropped while changing a leaking wheel seal behind a weigh station. My hands were so cold I couldn't feel it when I picked it up. Nothing I have experienced in IT has been worse than that. Running cable through a blown-insulation attic on the hottest day of the summer is a very distant second.
-ellie.
The first bug I fixed and saw released was a Typo in the Evolution-Exchange-Addressbook module. I learned how to use bugzilla, the basics of CVS, how the patch approval process works in GNOME-land, and worked for the first time with an internationalized application. (gettext & .po files et al.) On top of all that, I actually got to make the software universe a tiny* bit better. Yes, that is a lot to go through to fix a typo in a dialog box, but it is completely relevant to the type of grunt work a n00b programmer is going to get.
For anyone that says that isn't real programming, you are kind of right. Eventually, somebody has to pick the low hanging fruit. Let it be the n00bs like me. :D
-ellie
* and I mean really really tiny bit, like one over infinity tiny.
I was a truck mechanic, so no jabs against them. What I meant was be straight on your resume. If you are looking for an entry level job, don't try to BS it. List what you you've done (that is relevant), what you know you can do, and what you want to do. Anything more is too much.
.." I heard was roughly the same in IT and truck repair. LOL
On an unrelated note, the number of ".. but wait, you are a girl
-Ellie
Head on over to bugs.gnome.org and start by fixing the easy ones, then work from there. Once you are comfy, take a look at OpenOffice or Mozilla's bug tracker and see what kind of help they need. You'll be saving the world AND be able to put this on your resume. "Contributing developer to the open source GNOME desktop, OpenOffice, and Mozilla Firefox." It looks really nice on a resume... though you might want to leave the part about working as a truck mechanic off there. -ellie
Can we give one of those to the clumsy guy that dropped and broke the priceless Edison wax cylinder recording on ZDnet tv?
-ellie
To anyone hoping to enjoy a nice quiet hibernation, this has been tried and does not appear to work in larger mammals. It as been tested in sheep and (I think) canines. -Ellie Disclaimer: I am a Option 2 member of the Cryonics Institute, and have a vested interest in hibernation and suspension technologies.
It will be under more pressure than that. 1500MSW = ~150 ATM x 14.2 PSI/ATM = 2130PSI. This means that the device will operate at a pressure equivalent to the inside of an almost full LP steel* scuba tank. * Not all tanks are created equally. Generally speaking, LP Steel tanks fill to 2400 PSI, Aluminum to 3000, HP steel 4500, and some nifty carbon fiber tanks from the deep cave project go to 6000 psi. -ellie
I similarly have a great deal of respect for the Mir crews, and no-one has yet explained to me why we couldn't catch it and drag it over the ISS. Even if that took the entirety of a shuttle mission, it would have provided ooodles of scavengable resources. The solar panels alone would have been worth the trip. The last number I read for Earth to orbit (ETO) was $14,000/ounce. With tons of usable bits floating around, didn't that deserve some cost benefit analysis?
-ellie
Well said, and precisely the reason I changed nicks. How is it possible to address the problem if we hide behind genderless identities?
-ellie
Please accept my apologies for my abominable grammar. The original post was "This has to be one of the most creative and new ideas to come out of Redmond in a long time.". This was intended to point out the distinct lack of originality in recent MS products. Then, with my finger hovering above the submit button, I acknowledged the limitations of my knowledge about Microsoft's thousands of products and went back to slip in "that I have seen." Again ready to submit, it occurred to me that one does not change the direction of an organization that size overnight. Thus I added the side project comment.
The final component, the tinfoil hat, was a nod to the general attitude of /. commenters.
I will attempt to proofread more closely in the future, and Zorba's observation that gender should not be a factor in the allocation of moderation is correct.
-ellieThis is the most interesting and !new! ideas I've seen out of Redmond in a long time. Sadly, that means it's probably an engineer's side project that got mentioned in a meeting and swiped....Or it was designed to keep track of the linux wackos*, and they changed it to watch politics to make it newsworthy.
-ellie
* (Myself included.)
None of us are going to be living? Speak for yourself. I just penciled it in the date on my calendar! (I'm signed up for Cryonics.)
-ellie
I would not say that it has an unknown value, the value is known as the ratio of a circle's diameter and circumference. Just because our system of representing numbers is flawed in that it cannot accurately define numeric sequences that approach infinity doesn't mean it is unknown... That is like saying 1/3 is unknown just because you can't print enough 3's after the decimal place to be accurate.
Silly boys.
-ellie
Skipping a few steps, you could turn your radium paint into a neutron gun if you so desired. (Lead box with a shutter and aluminum (Or beryllium, like Mr. Boy scout*) You could also build a Farnsworth-Hirsch reactor http://www.fusor.net for a little more money and it would look a lot cooler on your workbench. Both are effective neutron sources.
What made his experience so remarkable was the persistence in acquiring materials. Whereas we would pop onto eBay and order some uranium ore, he spent days looking for radioactive rocks. When that failed he contacted a supplier on the opposite side of the world. The world is a lot smaller place now that it was in the early 90's.
-EllieOur firewall was blocking the paper, but I'll definitely take a look. I'm signed up for Cryonics so I have a huge vested interest in working nanotech.
-ellie
Yes, that is what "absolute zero" means. "Near absolute zero" means the temperature at which the ambient energy within the molecules is less than what would be required to force the logical gates into a non-random state. The paper will certainly elaborate on their exact methodology, but I will hazard an uneducated guess. It probably means operating in a partial vacuum or inert atmosphere and the plate was probably immersed or plumbed in Liquid Helium (boiling point 3.2-4.2 Kelvin depending on the isotope.
In the grand scheme of nanotechnology, this is a fairly remarkable step up from IBM's "Wright Brothers'" moment when they spelled their name with an STEM. It is a functioning computer at >100nm. Cool.
-Ellie
I was going to post that one, but that URL looks .... breakable. Speaking of, let's all go see if it is susceptible to directory traversal attack. :)
Network World has the article as well, since the poor .au site has just developed emotional issues from the stampede of slashdotters.
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Curiosity,
Has anyone seen a published number on what an artist makes per unit in traditional CD sales?
-Ellie
This was just up like 3 days ago.
-ellie
I kind of miss the "whatcouldpossiblygowrong" tags..