Monthly Archives: November 2012

My experience with Gnome 3 in Debian Linux

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

Because the latest Skype for Linux was not installable with Debian Linux 6 (Squeeze) I decided to install pre-release (“testing”) of Debian Linux (called “Wheezy” or just Debian 7). The main change which I felt was Gnome 2 -> Gnome … Continue reading →

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Running an XWindow program from a terminal

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

Suppose you want to to start an XWindow program from a terminal with its input, output, and error output redirected to null (/dev/null). Moreover you want the started program not to be hit with SIGHUP signal and exited when you … Continue reading →

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Replacement of paper in HP printers

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

I’ve bought an HP printer, but laid it into an attic because it persisted to highlight “no paper” indicator even after I inserted paper. So I bought an other (also HP) printer: DeskJet 1050A. Soon I’ve found a similar trouble … Continue reading →

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