Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, On 10/14/05, O.K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I disagree. > > Canon technology is much better cartridge-wise. > I use PIXMA IP-4000 and I have 5 carts 60NIS/each. > Total it's the same 300 as you pay, but when you use all your red ink you > have to buy the whole cart, while I only change 1 f

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread O.K
I disagree. Canon technology is much better cartridge-wise. I use PIXMA IP-4000 and I have 5 carts 60NIS/each. Total it's the same 300 as you pay, but when you use all your red ink you have to buy the whole cart, while I only change 1 for 60 nis (as opposed to 200nis for psc 1315). I have no

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, > I suspect you can thank Bdale Garbee - HP's Linux CTO (and former > Debian project leader). > > Just one question - how is the ink price compared to other brands? Well, the original cartidges are expensive just as others (Epson, Brother, IBM, Canon, you name it) - for mine, it's at about 300

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread Matan Ziv-Av
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Gil Freund wrote: Hi, I am looking for two things: WiFi MiniPCI card that is: A. Linux compatible (Atheros? Prism?) B. Available in Israel. I do not wish to go via Israeli Customs How to answer this question: 1. Point your browser to http://www.zap.co.il 2. Search

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread Amos Shapira
On 10/14/05, Hetz Ben Hamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the past HP had a really shitty support with their multi function > devices. Not any more. I have an all in one HP Officejet PSC 1315 and > all it's functions works well under Linux, thank goodness :) I suspect you can thank Bdale Garbee -

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread Omer Zak
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 23:23 +0200, Gil Freund wrote: > Multifunction Device (Printer, Scanner Fax): > CUPS and SANE > Preferably a Laser I use EPSON Stylus CX3200 which combines printer+scanner (but not FAX). It is fully supported by Linux. Except for the high price of ink cartridges, I am satisf

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
1. for Wifi - Belkin or any RealTek based card should do the trick and its supported under any recent distro with full open source drivers. > Multifunction Device (Printer, Scanner Fax): > CUPS and SANE > Preferably a Laser I didn't see many multifunction devices with Laser. 99% of them are inkje

[Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread Gil Freund
Hi, I am looking for two things: WiFi MiniPCI card that is: A. Linux compatible (Atheros? Prism?) B. Available in Israel. I do not wish to go via Israeli Customs Multifunction Device (Printer, Scanner Fax): CUPS and SANE Preferably a Laser Any recommendations for make and vendors welcome.

choice of font with a2ps

2005-10-13 Thread Avraham Rosenberg
Hi to everyone, This maybe a very trivial question, but I only started to print (hardcopy) last week, or the week before. For my needs at the present time, the possibility to print by typing a command at the shell prompt is very convenient. Using enscape, it is very simple to chose the font (type a

Re: conflicts between fontconfig packages

2005-10-13 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On ה', 2005-10-13 at 19:58 +0200, Noam Meltzer wrote: > why would you want to install the i386 package at all? Noam, I guess you didn't work on an x86-64 distro much :) > basically the packages of the x86_64 version of redhat works in the > following way: > All packages you need to run the system

Re: conflicts between fontconfig packages

2005-10-13 Thread Noam Meltzer
Hi Cyril, why would you want to install the i386 package at all? basically the packages of the x86_64 version of redhat works in the following way: All packages you need to run the system correctly are compiled as 64bit. If you want to do development work, you have a special packages for developmen

Re: conflicts between fontconfig packages

2005-10-13 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On ד', 2005-10-12 at 00:08 +0200, Cyril Scetbon wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Redhat AS 3.0 Update 2 on EM64T. fontconfig for X86_64 is > installed and I have to installed fontconfig for i386 too on this > platform. But when I try it, it says there's a conflict with fontconfig > config files from