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I usually have no issues with the scanner drivers ,but the tgz fil for the printer is usually the bugbear with having to unpack and copy to somewhere ,meanwhile HP usually has everything all in one Pkg.
I can use PHP in my machine but never could set phpMyAdmin properly. Years ago, when using Windows, my machine worked bad, viruses had found a home in it, the screen was usually blue but...I had a decent administrator for PHP and SQL!
That is correct, my HP Laserjet 1018 works fine, the Dell C1765 MFP does not, no drivers will work, and I have the original disc that came with the Dell printer. Ubuntu OS will not accept that Dell software, because when you ask Dell they will tell you the software is good for Windows 7, XP, and all MS OS and not Linux OS.
Funny, Dell ships computers with Linux preinstalled. Do they support it with compatible devices? Nope.
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Originally Posted by Zandak411
Please Note: Dell Printers are knock offs of Lexmark (which is IBM) look for linux Drivers on the IBM Web site.
IBM spun off their printer division in 1991:
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Lexmark was formed on March 27, 1991 when IBM divested a number of its hardware manufacturing operations, including printer and printer supply operations, to the investment firm Clayton & Dubilier & Rice, Inc. in a leveraged buyout.[2][3][4][5] Lexmark became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange on November 15, 1995.[6]...
And, while they are still making laser printers they,
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...In August 2012, Lexmark announced that it would stop production of its inkjet printer line.[20][21] Lexmark will continue to provide service, support and aftermarket supplies for its inkjet installed base.[22]
In April 2013, Funai Electric Company, Ltd. announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire Lexmark's inkjet technology and assets for approximately $100 million (approximately ¥9.5 billion). Funai acquired more than 1,500 inkjet patents, Lexmark's inkjet-related research and development assets and tools, all outstanding shares and the manufacturing facility of Lexmark International (Philippines), Inc., and other inkjet-related technologies and assets.[23],,,
AFAIK, Lexmark has never been "Linux friendly."
Last edited by cwizardone; 02-15-2016 at 11:21 PM.
Here's a new one, on the same note as Georg: Paint Shop Pro. I find it funny that Corel will make AfterShot for Linux, but refuse to port any of their other apps. Not to say it doesn't run well under Wine, but a native port would be nice.
This is not necessary, as GIMP will do that and more, and is easily had cross platform.
If you need to deal with vector formats and the import filter(s) for Corel's apps are not available, it may be that Corel has retained them as proprietary to oblige those working with their users' file to also pay for their software.
Therefore, if you are forced to incur business costs in such a respect, pass them on to that or those clients with due explanation.
Once such clients/users see the added cost implications, they might be so encouraged to then migrate their work to something, more open!
Note: Fedora 23 Workstation has some degree of built-in support for Wacom Graphic tablets, but this I have not had the need to test. If you have freehand artists around, this might be relevant to you.
For Vectorial stuff, it can be handled in many apps: Libre Office draw, Inkscape, LibreCAD and more.
Recently it seems to me that the CAD000 add-on to Libre Office draw is somewhat depricated, but those macros can usually be worked around in one way or another.
Note: In resizing a drawing of complex takeoff, it may be necessary to render it to a metafile first, then resize, then split and restructure according to salient need.
I can use PHP in my machine but never could set phpMyAdmin properly. Years ago, when using Windows, my machine worked bad, viruses had found a home in it, the screen was usually blue but...I had a decent administrator for PHP and SQL!
I have never had a problem, at least on ubuntu derivatives. My normal procedure for installing a local web server for testing is to install MySQL server, then phpMyAdmin, which automatically pulls in everything else I need. It is necessary to install mySQL server first though, it seems.
I have never had a problem, at least on ubuntu derivatives. My normal procedure for installing a local web server for testing is to install MySQL server, then phpMyAdmin, which automatically pulls in everything else I need. It is necessary to install mySQL server first though, it seems.
Which Linux do you use?
Thanks for the hint. Next time I try to revive my site will follow it.
I'm using Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, a derivative of Ubuntu.
Funny you bring that up. Was playing Age of Empires III the other day, and was surprised at how well it ran under Wine. (AOE is a Microsoft game). It runs better under Wine than it does under Windows. Same goes with many other apps like WinRAR.
I happen to use VirtualBox under linux with XP installed. Most things run faster, but then consider your host system probably can run faster by far than running XP itself.
I like virtualbox because it allows me to use my scanner which is not compatible with Linux. (Lack of driver). But it does allow installing all my old games. Another advantage is that running in the sandbox, I can avoid viruses for the most part, even can turn off network access if desired. Getting Virtualbox working right however is a challenge but if you follow the guides for your Linux Distro, can be done in about 5 steps. I played with wine, and like real wine it worked with some things, and not with others. Also some stuff still does not run 100 percent. Mosyly certain games. Some run better however.
I have never had a problem, at least on ubuntu derivatives. My normal procedure for installing a local web server for testing is to install MySQL server, then phpMyAdmin, which automatically pulls in everything else I need. It is necessary to install mySQL server first though, it seems.
Which Linux do you use?
I use manjaro, just like it for its ease of use. Someone should actually or probably has a GUI to setup a personal web server. It would be useful tool to develop your website offline (online but not public) and then have others be able to look at it to either help or point out flaws. Then once you have it perfected you could put it onto a hosting site.
I probably have a friend that could guide me into it, but thats too invasive. Any suggestions for something that will guide you into the process?
About my only experience to create a website was using Microsoft Word and Web Publisher, which is neat but totally limited in form and function.
But to simply have your own personal one, to create inside of and hosting it yourself. Its not that I would run it and give public access cause my home internet is FAR too slow to host much of anything beyond a couple of users.
I would like LinOccult 2.1.1 - Occult Watcher for Linux and use synaptic packager manager as the installer. Having loads of trouble finding the right source code to compile this myself.
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