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How Linux Supports More Devices Than Any Other OS, Ever
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| I think you're probably right about the number of users going up too.
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| Right; so that it can either be that we only have so many people that are
| willing to report bugs, which is fair, and if--or their quality is getting
| better and we're actually getting less bugs reported for a large code base.
| It's an interesting model, but people are happy with it and we only go by
| what our users and our distros; I mean Linux is still growing at an installed
| base rapidly. Companies are betting the farm on Linux as far as their
| embedded devices. All these embedded devices are shipping with it, Garman and
| TomTom, little embedded GPS devices; they're all Linux, so it is working.
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http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2008/10/how-linux-supports-more-device.html
Very good chat. Linux ahead of the competition, again.
LB - Episode 30 - Season Finale and OLF by Linux Basement
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| OLF is over and it was a great time. I'll be talking about it later in the
| show.
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http://www.linuxbasement.com/content/lb-episode-30-season-finale-and-olf-linux-basement
Recent:
Why Linux Is Popular with Hardware Companies and Developers
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| Two trends in the computer industry set the stage for the growing popularity
| of UNIX and Linux. First, advances in hardware technology created the need
| for an operating system that could take advantage of available hardware
| power. In the mid-1970s, minicomputers began challenging the large mainframe
| computers because, in many applications, minicomputers could perform the same
| functions less expensively. More recently, powerful 64-bit processor chips,
| plentiful and inexpensive memory, and lower-priced hard disk storage have
| allowed hardware companies to install multiuser operating systems on desktop
| computers.
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http://computingtech.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-linux-is-popular-with-hardware.html
Gutenprint 5.2.1 drivers for Linux and Mac OS X improve printer support
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| The Gutenprint project has released version 5.2.1 of its printer driver
| collection for Linux and Mac OS X. Gutenprint was formerly known as
| Gimp-Print. The project provides support for a wide range of different
| manufacturers. According to the rather detailed release notes, the total
| number of printers supported by Gutenprint 5.2.1 is 1400. This is 655 more
| devices than the previous 5.1 release, although 468 of those are black and
| white laser printers which are actually handled by a new PostScript driver.
| The list also does include printers from around the world, some of which are
| rare in the UK.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/117983
You've CUPSed a long way, baby.
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| He went on his way and I plugged in the usb cable. Getting ready to go into
| the menu to configure the thing a notification thinger pops up and told me
| the printer was ready. It didn't even ask me a question. NOT A THING.
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http://stompbox.typepad.com/blog/2008/08/youve-cupsed-a.html
Related:
Installing A New Printer. Windows vs. Linux
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| Windows - 40 Minutes
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| [...]
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| Linux - 2 Minutes
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| While I was waiting for the first round of software to install on Windows, I
| turned to my laptop running Ubuntu to see if I could get it setup to print as
| well. I launched the printing configuration tool. Clicked on "New Printer".
| Typed in the IP address I had assigned to the printer and selected the model
| number.
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http://www.thesourceshow.org/node/69
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