1. Is this the right way to go and if so what distribution would you
recommend? Should I buy DVDs or download?
To answer your main question, I would suggest a flavour of Ubuntu. If
you are willing to try a new fancy GUI, then plain Ubuntu, If you want
something with a more traditional
On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 19:06 +, Terry Coles wrote:
I'm not sure who you spoke to at HP, but they didn't know much about Linux.
As Andrew has already said, Linux uses CUPS, but in addition, HP provide a
Linux add-in called 'HPLIP'
(http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html).
Peter,
I've had a look at the man command, very useful thanks.
With best regards,
Tony Payne
Siemens plc
NWE RC-GB IC-MOL CTE ENG APP 1
Sopers Lane
BH17 7ER Poole, United Kingdom
Tel.: +44 1202 782076
Fax: +44 1202 782032
Mobile: +44 7808 823806
mailto:tony.pa...@siemens.com
Siemens plc
Thanks Tim, will pass on Bournemouth but hope to meet some of you in Dorch
sometime. Thanks to rest of you for all your advice. I will carefully store
all your messages and refer to them when I get that far.
One more question - the laptop I buy will have webcam and audio built in.
Will there
Hi,
Peter Merchant wrote:
You could download all three [Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu] and copy them
to CD/DVD and try them from the bootable CD before deciding.
Or USB flash memory stick as your BIOS may well boot from that. The
links on the right-hand side of
Hi David,
5. Does Linux have the equivalent of DOS batch files?
Yes, as Andrew said, it has shell scripts. The shell is the normal
command-line intepreter that sits on top of the operating system. It's
just a program, like any other, so there are various shells available.
bash is the default,
On Thursday 21 Mar 2013 11:49:37 David Smith wrote:
One more question - the laptop I buy will have webcam and audio built in.
Will there be any problem with drivers?
Not with any laptops I've used, but they've all been Dell.
I can't speak for any other manufacturer's offerings, but audio and
David
It may be worth looking at Novatech.co.uk in Portsmouth, as they supply
computers laptops without an OS or pick your own selection of M$ options.
Service is very good and normally no problems with replacements or
help. For us in the East Dorset it's an hours drive to go and
8 matches
Mail list logo
