Comments on: Ubuntu switcher http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2007/05/09/ubuntu-switcher/ Darcy Casselman's weblog. Like the world needed another one. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:45:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: flying squirrel http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2007/05/09/ubuntu-switcher/comment-page-1/#comment-37 flying squirrel Mon, 14 May 2007 14:18:24 +0000 http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2007/05/09/ubuntu-switcher/#comment-37 <p>I can't remember the exact steps I took. I just used the generic GDI driver when I was prompted for a driver. (I found a reference to that in a forum somewhere).</p> <p>It doesn't work perfectly by any means--some PDFs don't come out quite right--but it's been good enough to print out emails and things when I've needed that.</p> I can’t remember the exact steps I took. I just used the generic GDI driver when I was prompted for a driver. (I found a reference to that in a forum somewhere).

It doesn’t work perfectly by any means–some PDFs don’t come out quite right–but it’s been good enough to print out emails and things when I’ve needed that.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2007/05/09/ubuntu-switcher/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Jonathan Sun, 13 May 2007 23:44:46 +0000 http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2007/05/09/ubuntu-switcher/#comment-36 <p>Sorry, that should say Dell 1110 - he has the same printer as you. And please change my name to Jonathan in the previous post if you can :-)</p> Sorry, that should say Dell 1110 – he has the same printer as you. And please change my name to Jonathan in the previous post if you can :-)

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2007/05/09/ubuntu-switcher/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Jonathan Sun, 13 May 2007 23:41:11 +0000 http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2007/05/09/ubuntu-switcher/#comment-35 <p>Hi</p> <p>Just wondering how you got your Dell 1110 working with Linux. My friend runs open source exclusively and would like to get his Dell 1100 working on Linux.</p> <p>Cheers for any help,</p> <p>Jonathan</p> Hi

Just wondering how you got your Dell 1110 working with Linux. My friend runs open source exclusively and would like to get his Dell 1100 working on Linux.

Cheers for any help,

Jonathan

]]> By: matt http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2007/05/09/ubuntu-switcher/comment-page-1/#comment-32 matt Thu, 10 May 2007 10:52:07 +0000 http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2007/05/09/ubuntu-switcher/#comment-32 <p>Hey!</p> <p>Good luck!</p> <p>I thought the same thing (about Ubuntu 7.x), but ultimately it's the little sacrifices that build up to drive you nuts.</p> <p>[I tried 6 on the new machine, but it handled the video and monitor pretty poorly... ie. pretended to like my video changes then after a second reboot trashed X...]</p> <p>You should see if Pidgin offers anything better (yeah, it's Gaim, but the latest...).</p> <p>I still prefer Debian, though it's approach to software selection (motivated by reasons I accept, and even largely agree with) makes life more difficult than it needs to be.</p> <p>The good news is, things should get easier still with Ubuntu joining forces with Linspire. Click 'n' Run (?) is pretty cool.</p> <p>(Besides Dell likes it... :-) )</p> Hey!

Good luck!

I thought the same thing (about Ubuntu 7.x), but ultimately it’s the little sacrifices that build up to drive you nuts.

[I tried 6 on the new machine, but it handled the video and monitor pretty poorly... ie. pretended to like my video changes then after a second reboot trashed X...]

You should see if Pidgin offers anything better (yeah, it’s Gaim, but the latest…).

I still prefer Debian, though it’s approach to software selection (motivated by reasons I accept, and even largely agree with) makes life more difficult than it needs to be.

The good news is, things should get easier still with Ubuntu joining forces with Linspire. Click ‘n’ Run (?) is pretty cool.

(Besides Dell likes it… :-) )

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