Various ramblings from an IT professional
This post describes the process I went through to get Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) to run on my desktop computer with Nvidia graphics card.
Before running this when I tried using the Ubuntu Desktop (Live CD) I was stuck at a blank screen.
I have recently bought a new Canon PIXMA iP4200 bubble-jet (ink-jet) printer. The printer includes dual paper input (a cartridge and top paper loader), photograph quality printing, supports borderless printing (for photographs without edges) and includes the ability to print directly onto CDs and DVDs (requires suitable disks).
Best of all it includes drivers for linux (although in practice this may vary) …
Compiling a program from source is something that causes problems for new Linux users. Here is a run through of
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