Most GNU/Linux machines have 12 virtual consoles, which you can access by pressing Control-Alt-F1, through Control-Alt-F12. There is a text based getty that is started on screen 1, but you normally can’t log into it, as there are no local users on the thin client.
There is a problem with some sound cards that start up muted. This installs a script which responds to settings in lts.conf.
To test this, whilst logged onto the client type:
# alsamixer
I have today started a clean install on a new server, and I am documenting the entire process; not just the LTSP install, but everything, from the installation of a virtualised Windows server, to the installation of KDE and end-user apps.
This morning I have been trying to find a way to complete my UK Self-Assessment Tax Return under Linux. Unfortunately only one application appears to exist for Linux, called FTax, and this application requires Adobe Reader, which is not available for 64-bit Linux. If you’re comfortable on how to run 32-bit applications under Linux, then this might not be an obstacle for you. After going all round the houses, I ended up back on Windows XP.
Fantastic, Amazon have opened their MP3 download site for the UK. Better still they support Linux, offering clients for Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora. Once again we see companies choosing to support Linux from day one. Unfortunately there is no 64-bit version, as I found out last night. This really is the problem for companies producing proprietary software for an open platform. Which distros do they support? Which architectures? Which desktop environment?
If you install kde from a Debian base install, then it is likely that you do not have the attractive new Debian theming for the boot loader and KDM login. The key to this is the installation of desktop-base, but you do need a few other packages, which don’t currently get treated as dependencies.
After setting up my Eee PC on Debian and following the tips (see Lenny on Speed to maximise performance, I have found the same tips quite effective on other Debian systems. The key changes are as follows:
I have always used the W3Schools On-line XML validator, but have always found it unreliable and I’ve never got it to validate against an XML schema file.
Thanks to Google I came across the following command (part of libxml2-utils):
I had a 25-page OpenOffice writer document that needed to be sent to as a pdf. Obviously creating a pdf from OpenOffice is simple enough, but I wanted to insert within the final pdf additional pages from other documents (i.e. not just simply appended on the end).
I’ve been wanting to learn Python for a while, to supplement my Perl skills. Chad on Linux Basement podcast suggested Think Python which seems an excellent book and currently available for download free.