On Saturday 09 June 2007, Eric wrote: >At 11:21 AM 6/9/2007, Karl Larsen wrote: > > Fedora Core 4: use Desktop-System Settings-Printer > > Fedora 7: I could not find anyway to set up the printer. > >"kcmshell printers"? > >(or in KDE, Settings->Printers) > >I just tried it, connecting to a printer on a Windows XP machine on the >network and it seems to work OK... Or better yet if cups is the printer server, just take a look at http://localhost:631. Detection here was automatic and I've done nothing to enable printing on that newly installed F7 lappy, it Just Works(TM). > >> 2. Email: > >I haven't been using Thunderbird so I can't help you there, but KMail seems >to work fine... > > >3. Web access: > > > > Fedora Core 4: Firefox latest version works but has minor bugs. > > Fedora 7: Firefox is VERY slow to come up and it is quite odd. > >Firefox works fine here, and konqueror seems to work OK though I haven't >been using it much since I started using Firefox... > > >4. Writing: > > > > Fedora Core 4: Easy to get an editor and write > > Fedora 7: SAB. > >Not sure what "SAB" means but I have been using kedit and nedit and tried >Open Office Writer a couple of times and they seem to work OK... As does vim once yum has installed it. Except for khexedit once in a blue moon, what else do you need? > >Eric Poole >Burgoyne, Nolet & Poole, Inc. >www.bnpconsulting.com -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 'Mounten' wird f�i Dinge benutzt: 'Aufsitzen' auf Pferde, 'einklinken' von Festplatten in Dateisysteme, und, nun, 'besteigen' beim Sex. -- Christa Keil
