Monthly Archives: January 2009

Pre-loading debconf values for easy installation

Debian’s configuration management might take some getting used to, but after you learn your way around /etc/{default,init.d,} it makes good sense. Now when you have to do the same thing over and over again (ever said yes 25 times to … Continue reading

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Connecting Ubuntu client to Cups server

As trivial as its configuration actually is, I find it surprising there is no easy (as in GUI-driven) way to connect your (K)Ubuntu/Debian box to existing Cups infrastructures. Even in (K)Ubuntu 8.10 you need to use Konsole or Terminal. But … Continue reading

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