So you want to give Linux a try but you’re not sure if you want to commit? That would normally mean that you have to either take the plunge and hope you can figure it out or find an old computer to install it on and give it a try. I have many family and [...]
I’ve recently been working with automating the transformation of print streams into pdf files. Ubuntu’s “printer configuration” tool is very handy for setting up custom layout of pdf output. What I did was copy the printer called “PDF” that is the standard generic print-to-pdf printer (cups-pdf) and edited the text options for a custom layout [...]
Ubuntu’s apt-get dist-upgrade is working much better than it used to. Actually I’m sure that it works exactly as it always has, it’s just how well all these ubuntu packages are reliable written to upgrade cleanly. When I tried it in updating my home desktop from Dapper to Edgy, that single act came with problems [...]