Re: pdf editor to simply insert notes?
Why not use the Sun PDF Import Extension to OpenOffice.org? The extension opens the PDF as a Draw file, and you can add notes or anything else you want before creating a new PDF. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 (on Pacific Time) Burnaby, BC, Canada web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Interview with Paul Frields about Fedora 12 and the Fedora community
On Tuesday 17 November 2009 15:19:33 Dave Stevens wrote: > Quoting Bruce Byfield : > > In case anyone is interested; > > > > http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3848891/Building-On-Ram > >ps- on-the-Fedora-12-Highway.htm > > Bruce, you gotta use tinyurl. > Good point: http://tinyurl.com/yaxzs6d -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 (on Pacific Time) Burnaby, BC, Canada web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Interview with Paul Frields about Fedora 12 and the Fedora community
In case anyone is interested; http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3848891/Building-On-Ramps- on-the-Fedora-12-Highway.htm -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 (on Pacific Time) Burnaby, BC, Canada web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?
On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 16:11 -0700, Russell Miller wrote: > Bruce Byfield wrote: > > > > As for a "public ass-kicking," if you really want to do something > > effective (as opposed to indulging in self-righteousness), I suggest you > > contact Red Hat and Fedora officials directly, not merely vent in > > forums. > > > Actually, that's not a bad idea. The company I work for has paid > subscriptions with RedHat, and we're considering buying a few more for > another product that could be lucrative for them. I don't think an > inquiry about their security practices are out of line. I'll ping our > account rep. tomorrow. Good for you! I'm sure a post-mortem is part of what is happening at Red Hat right now, so this is a good time for clients to influence Red Hat's policy. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 Burnaby, BC, Canada web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?
On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 17:05 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:05:11 -0700 > Bruce Byfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > it's not really surprising that interests should conflict > > occasionally -- or that, in these circumstances, that actions should be > > based primarily on corporate needs. > > And it shouldn't be surprising that they are being called on it. Actually, it is. While you may not be too happy with the situation, you also need to be realistic. > > As for a "public ass-kicking," if you really want to do something > > effective (as opposed to indulging in self-righteousness), I suggest you > > contact Red Hat and Fedora officials directly, not merely vent in > > forums. > > That's what the Fedora Board (or whatever its official name is) is for. So write the board. Don't waste time here. > They should be front-and-center right now handling the public ass-kicking on > behalf of the community. Why? Because you want them to be? Anyway, they've been dealing with a difficult situation for a week. Possibly, they mishandled it, but I don't begrudge them a day or two to recuperate before plunging back into the action. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 Burnaby, BC, Canada web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?
On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 15:42 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > The first reaction to anything bad happening is "I'd better call my lawyer?" > > That's sad. If you look into American law, you'll see that, as a publicly traded company, Red Hat is required to act in certain ways. So what is sad (or surprising) that, faced with a crisis, the company should call in its lawyers? Its executives hardly want to make the situation worse by neglecting something that they can be held legally liable for later on. In situations like this, you can't really think in terms of how an individual might act. Although the legal fiction is that corporations are people, practically speaking they clearly are not. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 Burnaby, BC, Canada web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?
On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 15:11 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:19:03 -0700 > Bruce Byfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But that Red Hat acted as it did is not surprising. Just because > > a corporation is open source, it doesn't stop being a corporation. > > But when a corporation claims to be host to a "community", they need to be > called on the carpet by that community when they fail to act appropriately. > Ultimately, of course, there isn't much the so-called community or its > members can do other than either abandon the corporation and go its (their, or > his) own way, but less drastic action like a public ass-kicking can sometimes > have a beneficial effect too. My point is, you can hardly expect a corporation to act as anything except a corporation. Open source corporations exist, but "open source" being used as a qualifier suggests that they are an exception, not the norm, just as "compassionate conservatism" does. Expecting a corporation to act like a community project is simply unrealistic, even when the corporation hosts a community. If, say, Debian acted as Red Hat did, I would be deeply disappointed, because it is completely community-based. The combination of corporation and community embodied in Red Hat/Fedora often works very well on a daily basis, but it's not really surprising that interests should conflict occasionally -- or that, in these circumstances, that actions should be based primarily on corporate needs. As for a "public ass-kicking," if you really want to do something effective (as opposed to indulging in self-righteousness), I suggest you contact Red Hat and Fedora officials directly, not merely vent in forums. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 Burnaby, BC, Canada web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?
On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 13:41 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:27:47 -0800 > Jeff Spaleta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > the full details > > can not be publicly disclosed instantaneously due to legal constraint > > This I simply don't understand. Anybody who has had extensive dealings with lawyers knows that they tend to err on the side of caution at any time. When a publicly traded company is involved, that's even more true. Whether Red Hat and Fedora could have acted differently is a debatable point. But that Red Hat acted as it did is not surprising. Just because a corporation is open source, it doesn't stop being a corporation. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 Burnaby, BC, Canada web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: that old GNU/Linux argument
When this argument plays out, I'm always amazed by how many people claim self-righteously that "GNU/Linux" is a biased term. It is biased, of course -- but, then, so is "Linux." The issue is not biased language over neutral language, but which bias you support. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 Burnaby, BC, Canada web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Canon LBP 2900 drives me crazy [SOLVED]
On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 16:09 +0300, Bassel Safadi wrote: > http://support-in.canon-asia.com/EN/search?canonsearch=1&lang=EN&category=Laser+Printers&series=Monochrome&model=LBP2900&menu=Download. I'm glad you found a solution. You might want to take a moment to go to the Linux Printing site and update the information on the printer model, so that others don't have to go through the same difficulties you've had. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 Burnaby, BC, Canada web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Canon LBP 2900 drives me crazy
On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 01:46 +0200, Bassel Safadi wrote: > I did exactly what the wrote in the guide, and still having the same > problem You may have already thought of this idea, but is the LBP 2900 a postscript printer? If so, you can use the Foomatic generic postscript driver, or the driver for just about any other postscript printer, for that matter. Another, probably more useful idea: According to http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Canon_LBP_2900_with_Samba you can use the Apple LaserWriter II driver with this printer. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 Burnaby, BC, Canada web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Canon LBP 2900 drives me crazy
On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 21:15 +0300, Bassel Safadi wrote: > Hello every body, > just installed a fresh copy of fedora 8 to use as a file and print > server, > I have a canon LBP2900 printer that used to print perfectly on windows > two days ago on the same machine before converting it to Linux, > cups see the printer with the latest driver installed from canon > website which is ( LBP2900 CAPT ver.1.5 ) > now every time I send a print job to the printer I got a massage > ( Not connected? ) and it says that the printer isn't connected I'm > sure 100% that the printer is connected but I think it's something > related to usb detection in linux, I tried and tried, but the print > status keep saying that it's processing the job but nothing actually > printed and I keep getting those not connected massages.. Since the Open Printing Database describes the LBP2900 as a "paperweight" (that is, completelly unusable under GNU/Linux I think your chances of getting it to work are practically non-existent. See: http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Canon-LBP-2900 -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 Burnaby, BC, Canada web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
