Steven Buehler wrote:
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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"?
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> Because that's where they're usually put.
DWIM
>>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.
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> 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. :-)
Heh heh. Good point.
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>>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.
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> 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").
assuming I can figure out how to "send to it"
heh
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