Journal tanfur's Journal: Work on my box needed 8
Well,
The following is what I need done for my home box:
- Upgrade from 4.4-RELEASE to 4.6-RELEASE. This might fix some things listed below, but I won't know till I try it.
- Get the color printer HP-932C to prinnt *in color*. The PCL3 ghostscript driver is so far only printing in Black & White (and my new Brother HL-1440 will do that faster and better)
- Get the system to recognize my scanner, a Microtek VL-310
- Get WINE working -- I want to be able to use my software to learn Russian!
- Install OpenOffice, and also get KOffice to compile.
- Get the whole cdrecord package working; mkisofs seems to work now, but the addition of the other tools would be nice. This is not a real high priority, however, since burncd works quite reliably.
- I really need to get a UPS. And then get the UPS software to work.
- Install a few of the community building systems, like Slashcode, Zope, or PHP-Nuke on the system; I'd like to build a site for corvid advocacy and aviculture. (My contibution to the crows@yahoogroups list). I will test out the various codes and see which works best. (Of course, I'll need DSL first, but getting and installing the community portal code will take a while, during which time I can talk to housemates about DSL in lieu of Comcast cable).
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I'd like to get GPG work as well, so I can sign my email and also verify signatures/decrypt messages I get. Oh, and randomly encrypt messages to those I know who can read them
- I want to develop the following code:
- I want to write a Perl-based <XML> schema bulider. I'll use this to build the Schema for the writer's toolkit (see next).
- I really want to get my <XML> based fiction writer's toolkit working; this is not really directly related to work on my box, but I will use my box to develop it.
- Likewise, I want to develop the 'Perl Chat' client, which will let me use the full power of Perl in my MUCK/MUSH/IRC etc sessions.
There will be more to come. (And notes when I add to my livejournal (for personal matters), or my K5 journal (for volunteer efforts)).
Raven's Blessings,
Blackfeather Tanfur MacRoo
^^*^^
Re:FORGET IT ASSHOLE (Score:1)
Re:printing (Score:1)
I'll look into those. I haven't tried compiling hpijs, has anyone had any luck in getting it to compile under FreeBSD? It looked pretty complex, at least compared to most other ghostscript drivers.
As for ghostscript-gnu, I have that and the Aladdin version installed as well already. 6.52 for gnu and installing 7.03 for afpl as I write this.
I'll have to figure out which filters to use and what to put in my /etc/printcap now ... thank goodness that the Brother printer (my new HL-1440) worked fine with the PCL3 for the HP!
Be well,
Blackfeather
Why the hell are you installing Slash? (Score:1)
Re:Why the hell are you installing Slash? (Score:1)
Thanks for the feedback, I'll look into Scoop. I don't know the advantages and disadvantages of any of the community site packages; I intend to learn. I definitely want to use a code base where sections can be handled by others in a secure and easily maintanable manner; and where there are discussion boards, a calendar, and possibly an archives (specifically, a picture archive).
One of the advantages I saw in Slashcode was the book; books are a lot easier to read big sections than staring at a screen for a long time.
Any feelings about Zope? It also seems to be a community-building package. Zope also has some books written on it.
-- Blackfeather Tanfur
Zope (Score:1)
As for the Slashcode book, I haven't read it myself, but I've spoken with people who have, and they've told me it doesn't help them in the least bit. YMMV, of course. Scoop may not have a book, but it has good people behind it. Rusty, hurstdog, panner, and the rest of the developers in #scoop on slashnet are probably the most helpful resource I've ever found in the realm of open-source software.