Archive for May, 2006
klik - An Easy Way to Check Out Linux Software
24 May 2006While perusing a Linux forum yesterday, I found an interesting capability for Linux called klik. By following some simple install instructions (wget klik.atekon/client/install -O - | sh) you can install klik. Then you use the klik software to access the klik website where you can select a 'package' to download. The package is actually an [...]
Setting Up Sound
9 May 2006Since I had installed Debian sound hadn't been working. Every now and then a dialog box would pop up saying something about sound, but I had been ignoring until I had more time to explore what was wrong. Yesterday, I deciided to see if I could get sound to work on my Linux box.
My initial [...]
Printing from Linux to a Windows Shared Printer
7 May 2006After a couple of weeks of trying various configuration combinations, I finally was able to print from my Linux box to a shared printer on my Win XP box. It took a long time and I'm still not entirely sure what I did to make it work. As I've mentioned before, this continues to be [...]