Printer sharing Ubuntu 8.10 – Linux to Linux

2 steps:

Share the Printer
On the Computer connected to Printer:
1. Open your printer on System > Admin > Printing. Right-click printer and select Share.
2. select Server > Publish shared printers connected to this system
(You may want to select allow printing from the Internet.)

On the other Linux computer to connect to shared printer
1. System > Admin > Printing. Then select Server > Settings > Show Printers shared by other systems.

Sharing printer with other computers

No Samba required!

And to connect Ubuntu printer server to Windows (print from a Windows computer to a printer connected to Ubuntu) see this howto at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingFromWinXP

my new Dell Inspiron Mini 9

My new Dell Inspiron Mini 9 just arrived. It comes with default Ubuntu 8.04 Linux installed. Its primary function at this point will be a little wireless web browsing machine for the home.

Dell Mini

Inspiron Mini 9
Intel® Atom Processor® N270 (1.6GHz/533Mhz FSB/512K cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM(Ubuntu)
Ubuntu Linux version 8.04.1

LCD Panel
Glossy 8.9 inch LED display (1024X600)

MEMORY
512MB2 DDR2 at 533MHz

Hard Drive
4GB3 Solid State Drive

VIDEO
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950

Sound
Base LCD Assembly

Wireless
Wireless 802.11g Mini Card

Battery
32WHr Battery (4 cell)

Integrated 0.3M Pixel Webcam

Tiny Dell Mini!

Am totally loving its size. Still not sure if it will be mine or my wife’s in the end. Maybe we buy another one so we each have one!

The only problem I have had so far was getting it to recognize my 128 bit WEP wireless password.

Called (ultimate destination) Dell Wireless Ubuntu support 1-866-622-1947

gave me the fix: On the wireless networking, use the 64/128 bit hex option and put the 26 digit key in there. Worked like a charm!

Ubuntu 8.10 sound in Firefox 3.0

upgraded Ubuntu to 8.10 Intrepid Ibex and sound in Firefox 3.0.3 went out on my YouTube videos. The fix is to install extra piece of software from the multiverse repository:

System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager

flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound


Adobe Flash Player platform support library for Esound and OSS
This is an open Source extension library for the Adobe Flash Player
that enables support for otherwise unsupported sound systems. It
provides the libflashsupport.so plugin. The sound system to use is
automatically detected:

* It first tries to detect Esound,
* Next, it checks for OSS.

If all of the above failed, it falls back to the ALSA driver that’s
built directly into FlashPlayer 9.

For PulseAudio support, see flashplugin-nonfree-pulse.