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HPLIP & Catching Up – Again
Man, time flies when you are having fun… or not… You have once again probably noticed that I haven’t been on for a while. That’s due to a combination of things, from family related matters (requiring lots of travel and time away, ) to just taking care of day to day “stuff” and grandkids and […]
Ubuntu and HP Printers
As I warned, I am now dabbling with Linux/Ubuntu again (since I finally got my hard drives partitioned in a manner that makes me happy .) I have to tell you that I am really, really pleased with how simple and easy (in general ) it is becoming to install and use a package like […]
Ubuntu Lives!
Well I finally solved the puzzle of installing Ubuntu 8.04 within a dual boot environment alongside an already installed Windows installation. Unfortunately, the website I found the information on is lost within the Internet somewhere. It was during one of my many Google searches for the dual boot solution (recalling the problem as mentioned in […]
Closing the Loop
So I’ve spent quite a bit of time experimenting with my newly transferred drive (as mentioned in the last few dispatches ) and have to tell you that I am quite pleased all around. I was quite certain (based on my last experiences ) that I would eventually have to roll back to the original […]
Upgrading a HardDrive – Ubuntu Hits a Homerun
I’ve really, over my past few years, come to the realization that the difference between Windows and Unix/Linux is really quite simple. Windows (Microsoft?) assumes that it should have the final say as to how things are run, and of course what can and obviously what can’t be deleted. A Windows knows best kind of […]
