Category: Techie stuff
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Fedora 11 test updates for printing
Fedora 11 is finally out. The bad news is that there are several known issues (well, known now) with printing. Unfortunately I was tied up with PDF-related security fixes for several months and did not have the time I wanted to spend on polishing Fedora 11.
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OpenSolaris to use system-config-printer
The latest build of OpenSolaris uses system-config-printer for configuring CUPS. World domination is brought a step closer. 😉
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How I use git
Back in May last year I switched over several projects from Subversion to Git. It’s a shame that git doesn’t have a better project name, something that says “version control system” rather than being a mild insult. That aside, though, what a relief it was to finally use something that is Not CVS. At the…
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Screenshots: system-config-printer 1.1
As part of my work for Red Hat I’ve been working on the printing configuration program, system-config-printer. Fedora 10 came with version 1.0 of this application, which provides a notification area print icon as well as the ability to configure printers, and I made the 1.1 version available earlier this year. The most recent release…
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Switching mail clients
I’ve finally come to the end of my tether with the Evolution mail client. It seems to have been getting less reliable over time, to the point that it is now no longer letting me update my inbox. Deciding it was time to try out Thunderbird again, I have taken the plunge and migrated all…