• system-config-printer 1.2.0

    I’ve just released the first version in a new stable branch of system-config-printer.  The changes are listed below.

  • Fedora Updates can be revised

    Fedora package developers very often submit a test update for a package, get some feedback on it, then submit another test update incorporating further fixes.  This resets the “karma” back to zero, as well as making search results for packages in the Fedora Update system very cluttered. Did you know that you can edit an…

  • Mapping encrypted volume groups to disk partitions

    I’m about to try installing a Fedora 12 test image onto the spare disk partition in this computer, but it’s taken me a while to work out which partition actually is spare. The reason: most of my filesystems are in logical volumes on LUKS-encrypted devices. So, for my own reference as much as anything else,…

  • 80s computer games I remember

    When I think about it, I can remember more games I used to play on my Commodore 64 than I expect to.  Here’s what I’ve managed to recall.

  • HPLIP 3.9.10

    To head off the question before I’m asked it: no, HPLIP 3.9.10 will not be in Fedora 12.  We will stick with 3.9.8. The 3.9.10 release contains a completely re-written print filter, 27 thousand lines of new code, all of it written by HP with no outside review.  There is no public source code repository…