> I'm running SuSE 7.3 and all I had to do to get my printer working is install CUPS and go to http://localhost:631 and answer a couple questions to get my Epson Stylus C80 to work. qtcups and kups are also available frontends for printer configuration with CUPS. Is that more the level of ease you wanted?
*sigh* Did you read what you just typed? Why should a modern OS require this?! Althought I can do this, I feel like I shouldn't have to. In fact, I got my printer working just fine under CUPS, but why can't I just click "Add Printer", choose my printer, and have it show up in all my applications?
All these distributions are great, but what I really want is the ability to install a printer without editing text files and starting a service to do it, and have my printers actually show up in my applications.
I am a big fan of their Cobalt RAQ servers. I hate to see them go as I haven't found an equally affordable alternative for the same features. They will fail if people have to buy a Solaris license to run them.
I knew Sun buying Cobalt was a BAD idea. I'm surprised this took so long, though. Sun is not a Linux company. They still haven't figured out how to profit from Linux like IBM has.
> Now that Palladium is going to lock me into Windows, I'm switching to OpenBSD with some GUI on it.
A bold statement. I wonder if you'll have the same opinion when you actually install the software on your main machine. I wouldn't be surprised if you put Windows back on before the end of the week.
Don't get me wrong, I love Linux, but making the switch can be a major pain in the ass. Freedom from oppresive EULA's requires some effort.
I'm not a Mac user, but I fancy that as a good alternative to Windows. I would consider the switch myself if I had any money, but Linux is my alternative for now.
Low-end laser printers start at under $200. Simply put, the day of the inkjet has passed.
I'm not so sure about that. When I used to work at Best Buy (ha ha) I had a hard time pushing the laser printers. We had a Samsung that would go on sale for like $170 and I still couldn't get rid of it to most consumers. I think here's why:
They have this mentality that you buy inkjet printers for home and laser for the office.
Even though you are very correct about the cost per print, most consumers don't want to spend $100 on replacement toner. Even if it was gaurenteed to last for 60 years they would still rather spend $29.95 on a far inferior and lower quality inket cartridge.
They wanted color. Period.
Not sure the logic behind the second one, but since when do consumers actually do a little research before making a purchasing decision, right? Of course, you average Best Buy shopper is a VERY different demographic than the average shopper you will find reading Slashdot. They would buy computers that costed $300 more for the same features because they wanted it now and didn't want to wait the 5 days from Dell (although Best Buy would argue they have a much better warranty...errr...service plan).
> Very few people are comfortable running version 1.0 server software, which is essentially what this is.
I'd hardly equate it with version 1.0 software. Last time I checked, Windows has been around for awhile and they reuse code. Modern Windows is much more mature than Windows of the previous decade. A better analogy would be a.0 release of RedHat - wait for the.1 or.2
> I bought my HP laserjet for $240. About the $289 dollar inkjet from Dell. Inkhet printers are typically $200-$100.
I would say about $150 for a decent one. You're not going to print photos with your laser (something a lot of consumers look for in a printer). Also, most consumer balk at the cost of toner compared to ink cartidges.
> After switching to laser I will never go back. I do not need color for most documents and the quality and reliablity are so much better.
I prefer laser prints, too, but I bet you can find some near-laser quality inkjets at your local superstore.
> My epson inkjet blows goatballs and always jams.
If you buy a shitty printer, you get shitty results. There are good inkjets out there, although each varies greatly depending on your needs. Mostly photos? Epson 825 or 925. Mostly documents? Get a Samsung laser for home or decent HP laser for office. Mostly color documents? I would go with the HP 7150 at home or the 6122 in the office.
The Epson 825 has stunning color photo prints and has a 5-color print built in. I don't think the cartridges are that bad either, unless you do a lot of color document printing (instead of photos), the you'll burn through the 3-color fast and waste the photo cyan and magenta. However, if you're doing a lot of color documents, go with a printer with separate photo ink tanks. Get a 825 or 925 if you're serious about photos.
>>Microsoft announced in the meantime, one day before the planned launching of a vessel...
> could a fluent german speaker please translat that paragraph..
Further down the article:
This vessel, named "The Spirit of Redmond", will feature Windows CE-enabled toilets that will actually ask you, "It appears your excrement is more than 15 minutes old. Would you like to purge contents?" and a front desk that will upgrade you to a better suite for the additional cost of the same price you paid for your current room, only to discover the "upgraded" room looks exactly like you previous room, but the sales receipt you signed says that Refunds Are Void once you open the room door.
I got started by reading the excellent guides at doom9.org. They mostly describe how to rip DVDs, but you can also learn a lot about video conversion in the process.
I had an Aironet 340 access point that was missing its antennae and required a damn serial cable and terminal to be configured by command line. I got sick of it, and decided to sell it on eBay. It went for $200 with multiple bids.
After that, I went and bought a D-Link 714P+ router, which had a built in switch, built in print server (works with Linux, although not supported), SPI, higher encryption (256 bit WEP), twice the speed if you use their hardware, anteannae, and Web Based administration (no shitty serial cable for me) for $170.
I actually made money by switching to a better product!
I can't imagine why anyone would buy Cisco equipment on the low end or thehighend anymore, except for consistency among equipment maybe.
I'm sure the geeks at HP are all for Debian, but their customers want RedHat. Easy choice.
That doesn't mean they won't want to help develop it. Who knows. Debian could become the next big distro, or maybe HP has something else in mind down the road (remember Cobalt Linux?).
Is that 400 MHz in Intel or AMD numbers? Are they going to release it as the 533+ bus operating at 400MHz? You know, so consumers won't get confused...
Best Buy rep: Based on what you described to me, I would recommend this Compaq with an Athlon 2100+ processor. Average customer: Is that a Pentium? How fast is it? Best Buy rep: Actually, it's roughly equivelent to the Pentium 4 architecure, and runs at about 1.8GHz. Average customer: Oh, give me whatever's cheaper. Best Buy: *sigh* Have you taken a look at our eMachines yet?
I would have to agree. Word Perfect is still the bomb, and worth every penny. I started Word Processing on a computer with Word Perfect 5.0 for DOS. Good stuff.
Unfotunately, I switched to the Dark Side because my University was a Microsoft campus and it just made sense at the time (plus Office was hella cheap).
Now that I'm free from the University, though, I'm slowly making the switch to Open Office. *sigh* Word Perfect is a good product, but Open Office works great too for what I need, and its Linux version is actually updated. If I used Windows only, I'd probably consider purchasing WP 2002 off of eBay for 30 cents (50 cents + free shipping if you Buy It Now!).
Update: I just checked out their web site before hitting Submit. They only offer an upgrade for previous users of their Windows or DOS product! Sorry Linux users, you made us go broke and we're bitter about it! Lame. They will, however, let you upgrade to WP 2002 if you were a previous user of CorelDraw 3 or later. Now that makes sense.
I'm sure that will comfort me when I am watching yet another Pepsi, Chevy, 1-800-Collect, Volkswagon commecial that I've seen a million times and make me no more or less aware of their product's existence. I am aware that Pepsi is better than Coke and vice versa. I am aware that VW is looking for drivers. I am well aware 1-800-Collect is a retirement home for washed up actors.
One thing confuses me, however: Why is toilet paper always "new and improved"? It seems to work and feel the same as it always did to me. With retzin!
> it also creates ways for networks to insert commercials.
Why wouldn't the networks "insert" (ie, flag) all of their commercials into your PVRed program? You can't tell me they would just sit back and only include "the important ones". From their point of view, they're all necessary.
TiVo killer? More like PVR killer. At least my old VCR lets me do whatever I want with my programming, including fast forward through the same recycled Pepsi and Chevy commercials I've seen countless times before. I might not even care if they would limit commercials to new content I haven't seen (much) before, but who needs to see the same Coca-Cola ad every 5 minutes during breaks? I AM AWARE OF YOUR PRODUCT AND HOW REFRESHING IT IS, THANK YOU.
Look maw! The talking box says 'dem corporate folk made a new sody pop. Sum 'bout Cokie Colie!
You could always create an NTFS Boot Disk to scan a suspect system. If you want write access, you'll need a boot disk capable of writing data though. Haven't seen a free read/write solution yet...
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> I'm running SuSE 7.3 and all I had to do to get my printer working is install CUPS and go to http://localhost:631 and answer a couple questions to get my Epson Stylus C80 to work. qtcups and kups are also available frontends for printer configuration with CUPS. Is that more the level of ease you wanted?
*sigh* Did you read what you just typed? Why should a modern OS require this?! Althought I can do this, I feel like I shouldn't have to. In fact, I got my printer working just fine under CUPS, but why can't I just click "Add Printer", choose my printer, and have it show up in all my applications?
> You can get FTTH 100Mbps service in and around Tokyo ... Aren't you just dying of envy right about now? ;)
He was, but then he looked around and realized he wasn't living in a shoebox with no tables.
All these distributions are great, but what I really want is the ability to install a printer without editing text files and starting a service to do it, and have my printers actually show up in my applications.
> The Cobalt boxes have a tailored distribution with added software for the GUI.
So are you suggesting they're dumping their Sun Linux but keeping their Cobalt Linux??
I am a big fan of their Cobalt RAQ servers. I hate to see them go as I haven't found an equally affordable alternative for the same features. They will fail if people have to buy a Solaris license to run them.
I knew Sun buying Cobalt was a BAD idea. I'm surprised this took so long, though. Sun is not a Linux company. They still haven't figured out how to profit from Linux like IBM has.
> Now that Palladium is going to lock me into Windows, I'm switching to OpenBSD with some GUI on it.
A bold statement. I wonder if you'll have the same opinion when you actually install the software on your main machine. I wouldn't be surprised if you put Windows back on before the end of the week.
Don't get me wrong, I love Linux, but making the switch can be a major pain in the ass. Freedom from oppresive EULA's requires some effort.
I'm not a Mac user, but I fancy that as a good alternative to Windows. I would consider the switch myself if I had any money, but Linux is my alternative for now.
Low-end laser printers start at under $200. Simply put, the day of the inkjet has passed.
I'm not so sure about that. When I used to work at Best Buy (ha ha) I had a hard time pushing the laser printers. We had a Samsung that would go on sale for like $170 and I still couldn't get rid of it to most consumers. I think here's why:
Not sure the logic behind the second one, but since when do consumers actually do a little research before making a purchasing decision, right? Of course, you average Best Buy shopper is a VERY different demographic than the average shopper you will find reading Slashdot. They would buy computers that costed $300 more for the same features because they wanted it now and didn't want to wait the 5 days from Dell (although Best Buy would argue they have a much better warranty...errr...service plan).
> Very few people are comfortable running version 1.0 server software, which is essentially what this is.
I'd hardly equate it with version 1.0 software. Last time I checked, Windows has been around for awhile and they reuse code. Modern Windows is much more mature than Windows of the previous decade. A better analogy would be a .0 release of RedHat - wait for the .1 or .2
> I bought my HP laserjet for $240. About the $289 dollar inkjet from Dell. Inkhet printers are typically $200-$100.
I would say about $150 for a decent one. You're not going to print photos with your laser (something a lot of consumers look for in a printer). Also, most consumer balk at the cost of toner compared to ink cartidges.
> After switching to laser I will never go back. I do not need color for most documents and the quality and reliablity are so much better.
I prefer laser prints, too, but I bet you can find some near-laser quality inkjets at your local superstore.
> My epson inkjet blows goatballs and always jams.
If you buy a shitty printer, you get shitty results. There are good inkjets out there, although each varies greatly depending on your needs. Mostly photos? Epson 825 or 925. Mostly documents? Get a Samsung laser for home or decent HP laser for office. Mostly color documents? I would go with the HP 7150 at home or the 6122 in the office.
The Epson 825 has stunning color photo prints and has a 5-color print built in. I don't think the cartridges are that bad either, unless you do a lot of color document printing (instead of photos), the you'll burn through the 3-color fast and waste the photo cyan and magenta. However, if you're doing a lot of color documents, go with a printer with separate photo ink tanks. Get a 825 or 925 if you're serious about photos.
Why don't y'all make your own patch :D
>>Microsoft announced in the meantime, one day before the planned launching of a vessel...
> could a fluent german speaker please translat that paragraph..
Further down the article:
This vessel, named "The Spirit of Redmond", will feature Windows CE-enabled toilets that will actually ask you, "It appears your excrement is more than 15 minutes old. Would you like to purge contents?" and a front desk that will upgrade you to a better suite for the additional cost of the same price you paid for your current room, only to discover the "upgraded" room looks exactly like you previous room, but the sales receipt you signed says that Refunds Are Void once you open the room door.
Maybe he meant "debt" instead of "dept", or maybe just "from the debt dept"?
I got started by reading the excellent guides at doom9.org. They mostly describe how to rip DVDs, but you can also learn a lot about video conversion in the process.
There are also some good tutorials and forum information at the Digital Archive Project and Luke's Video Guide.
True story:
I had an Aironet 340 access point that was missing its antennae and required a damn serial cable and terminal to be configured by command line. I got sick of it, and decided to sell it on eBay. It went for $200 with multiple bids.
After that, I went and bought a D-Link 714P+ router, which had a built in switch, built in print server (works with Linux, although not supported), SPI, higher encryption (256 bit WEP), twice the speed if you use their hardware, anteannae, and Web Based administration (no shitty serial cable for me) for $170.
I actually made money by switching to a better product!
I can't imagine why anyone would buy Cisco equipment on the low end or the high end anymore, except for consistency among equipment maybe.
> I guess Cisco is getting scared of the competition, and decided to crush them...
Yeah, because LinkSys is the only that makes consumer networking equipment. Net Gear? D-Link? Siemens?
D-Link has been making higher quality routers than Linksys with more features but same price for years...
I'm sure the geeks at HP are all for Debian, but their customers want RedHat. Easy choice.
That doesn't mean they won't want to help develop it. Who knows. Debian could become the next big distro, or maybe HP has something else in mind down the road (remember Cobalt Linux?).
> Without XML, what would you normally do?
How about Apple's plist format.
Is that 400 MHz in Intel or AMD numbers? Are they going to release it as the 533+ bus operating at 400MHz? You know, so consumers won't get confused...
Best Buy rep: Based on what you described to me, I would recommend this Compaq with an Athlon 2100+ processor.
Average customer: Is that a Pentium? How fast is it?
Best Buy rep: Actually, it's roughly equivelent to the Pentium 4 architecure, and runs at about 1.8GHz.
Average customer: Oh, give me whatever's cheaper.
Best Buy: *sigh* Have you taken a look at our eMachines yet?
McDonalds needs everybody, but I think the parent means programming jobs, not just any job...
> Its by a far distance better than Word
I would have to agree. Word Perfect is still the bomb, and worth every penny. I started Word Processing on a computer with Word Perfect 5.0 for DOS. Good stuff.
Unfotunately, I switched to the Dark Side because my University was a Microsoft campus and it just made sense at the time (plus Office was hella cheap).
Now that I'm free from the University, though, I'm slowly making the switch to Open Office. *sigh* Word Perfect is a good product, but Open Office works great too for what I need, and its Linux version is actually updated. If I used Windows only, I'd probably consider purchasing WP 2002 off of eBay for 30 cents (50 cents + free shipping if you Buy It Now!).
Update: I just checked out their web site before hitting Submit. They only offer an upgrade for previous users of their Windows or DOS product! Sorry Linux users, you made us go broke and we're bitter about it! Lame. They will, however, let you upgrade to WP 2002 if you were a previous user of CorelDraw 3 or later. Now that makes sense.
> Seems to me that the logical step for IBM now is to settle this suit by simply acquiring the plaintiff.
I see IBM finding value in defending itself rather than submit to black mail. Seems to me they would open up a can of worms if they did otherwise.
> You reimburse them by watching the advertising.
I'm sure that will comfort me when I am watching yet another Pepsi, Chevy, 1-800-Collect, Volkswagon commecial that I've seen a million times and make me no more or less aware of their product's existence. I am aware that Pepsi is better than Coke and vice versa. I am aware that VW is looking for drivers. I am well aware 1-800-Collect is a retirement home for washed up actors.
One thing confuses me, however: Why is toilet paper always "new and improved"? It seems to work and feel the same as it always did to me. With retzin!
This is the part that struck me:
> it also creates ways for networks to insert commercials.
Why wouldn't the networks "insert" (ie, flag) all of their commercials into your PVRed program? You can't tell me they would just sit back and only include "the important ones". From their point of view, they're all necessary.
TiVo killer? More like PVR killer. At least my old VCR lets me do whatever I want with my programming, including fast forward through the same recycled Pepsi and Chevy commercials I've seen countless times before. I might not even care if they would limit commercials to new content I haven't seen (much) before, but who needs to see the same Coca-Cola ad every 5 minutes during breaks? I AM AWARE OF YOUR PRODUCT AND HOW REFRESHING IT IS, THANK YOU.
Look maw! The talking box says 'dem corporate folk made a new sody pop. Sum 'bout Cokie Colie!
Next mod who posts a dupe buys the beer for the other mods in the office!
Of course, those folks at Freshmeat would want in too, and that just wouldn't be fair, unless you had a really good (bad?) month.
You could always create an NTFS Boot Disk to scan a suspect system. If you want write access, you'll need a boot disk capable of writing data though. Haven't seen a free read/write solution yet...