September 29, 2006

Gentoo: free space at last!

I finally got gutsy enough to delete everything in my Trash and distfiles folders on my Gentoo box. I've had too many bad experiences deleting things, so I'm pretty gun-shy.


Here's the skinny on keeping your disk...well, skinny. I used the 'tmpwatch' method. It hasn't actually run yet, but if it does everything it says it does, I'll be happy.

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BigBlueHat's new blue...

The great Kammer of BigBlueHat Web Design soon-to-be-fame, has successfully redesigned the BigBlueHat web site. Check out the new "foothills-based wed development" firm's site, and let me know what you think.

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September 28, 2006

If you're setting up an HP networed printer in Linux...

...especially if it's an HP PhotoSmart 2510, reference the following link:


http://hplip.sourceforge.net/troubleshooting/install.html


And keep in mind that it never hurts to restart CUPS.

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