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Linux Hardware Support? Much improved!

Posted on March 22, 2009 by jasonjcrowther

I bought my brother an hp printer/copier/fax for xmas (from newegg.com for $39, shipped; stupid Shell Shocker deals.)  Between the time I bought the unit and when he got around to unboxing, I also cut his machine over from windows … Continue reading →

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FC5: A little progress

Posted on October 20, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

Quick update today. Got printing to work. After some googling around, I found lots of advice that the gnome printer config utility was pretty flaky, I blew away my existing CUPS config (generated by the gnome utility) and ran the … Continue reading →

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Project FC5 Update: 0 for 2

Posted on October 19, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

Last night, I had two tasks for my FC5 project: Get a Parallels VM machine for Windows XP rolling.Seemed to kick off OK after having to remember how to use Parallels’ VM setup utility. A false start or two later, … Continue reading →

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More Fun with FC5

Posted on October 18, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

I’d love to ditch XP completely, but I still have a few things that I need windows for. My master plan is to run FC5 as the primary OS and use XP in a Parallels virtual machine. I’ve messed around … Continue reading →

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Harddrive Replacement

Posted on October 18, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

Monday, I took a day off to concentrate on some chores that never seem to make it off my to do list. On of which was replacing the OS harddrive in my primary PC at home before its impending failure. … Continue reading →

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