RE: [SLUG] random questions

From: Steven Buehler (swbuehler@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Dec 04 2004 - 11:26:20 EST


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> 1. Why is it that, in a default install of Debian GNU/Linux
> Testing, the sources.list entry for security patches is "deb
> http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main" instead of "deb
> http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main"?

Because that's where they're usually put.

> 2. Why is MySQL so much more popular than PostreSQL?

MySQL has been "standard" for much longer than PostgreSQL, if memory
services me correctly. It's also been around longer and works on
more platforms (including the "other operating system").

> 3. Why does my Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite work perfectly
> under Linux, while it would randomly decide to cause the Ctrl, Alt,
> and Shift keys to "stick" electronically under Windows? I know
> there's not likely to be an answer to this forthcoming, but I
> thought I'd ask anyway.

Same reason I can burn a perfect DVD at 4x while doing coasters at 2x
in Windows half the time, because they know the standards. :-)

> 4. Does anyone here have experience with Xerox Phaser network
> printer access from a Debian system? I need to figure out a "best"
> way to get access to a Phaser 860DP from this computer, and the
> helpful provision of a driver at the Xerox website did me zero
> good. Their instructions basically just didn't solve the problem,
> period.

Check to see if it's a postscript-based printer. If it is, you don't
need any driver (you can send to it as a "raw Postscript printer").

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