Re: [PLUG] Problem with hplip/hp device manager not seeing printer on same unmanaged switch

2021-11-04 Thread Joseph Eker
I have a linux computer running mint and Firefox. The cups drivers are not sufficient to power a connection with HP. I tried to update my but was unable to fix the computer so that it would communicate with hp. I kept trying to documents from file and it did not work until mint/mozilla figured

Re: [PLUG] visudo for ubuntu ... pico? nano? joe?

2021-10-05 Thread Joseph Eker
My name is Joe and I am not a text editor. I was a proof reader in college but I quit because the writing was boring. To: plug@pdxlinux.org Subject: [PLUG] visudo for ubuntu ... pico? nano? joe? I am learning about Ubuntu sysadmin, and why I should use visudo instead of logging in as root user

Re: [PLUG] question on Zoom call freeze

2021-09-30 Thread Joseph Eker
I just deleted zoom and reinstalled it on my computer. It worked. Meetup is getting ready for an upgrade. (Linux Mint OS and Firefox). From: plug-boun...@pdxlinux.org on behalf of logical american Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2021 7:27 PM To: Portland

Re: [PLUG] Punch cards Re: Terabyte paper tape

2021-09-21 Thread Joseph Eker
I used to be a chemistry major up until I saw that people taking third year chemistry (then) were carrying around boxes of punch cards. I had bought a hand-held calculator (not engineering style hp) and it was all the computing I wanted to do. So I became a lazy biology major and graduated with