UK Linux

Professional photo printing
I want to have some photographs printed professionally. Ideally I need to prepare them using the ICC profile they specify. They provide the profile as a download on their site. They also want JPEG files with an odd resolution (402dpi). I have both Krita and the GIMP. I can handle ICC profiles in Krita, but I c... 2 Mar 2007 17:44

Query: Linux training for support-desk and admins
The company I work for uses Linux as a base (hurrah!), which is installed on 200 or 300 servers in various places around the country. Our support people, though quick at picking things up as and when we find something they need, could really do with a firm grounding in the way Unix works. How to use shell tools an... 7 Mar 2007 05:00

Realplayer video on BBC News website
Today, I'm unable to watch embedded video on the BBC website using Realplayer and Firefox. This usually works perfectly, except that after the recent redesign of the BBC video player, is hasn't been possible to see the playing time of a video clip. Today I'm briefly seeing the Realplayer - interestingly including... 3 Mar 2007 13:26

Finding an absolute pathname
Given a file argument is there a quick way to translate it into an absolute path? I can do it for a file in the current directory or one that is already an absolute filename - but not for a relative path... So, help me write: function fullpath () { # What goes here? } So that: cmb > pwd /home/cmb ... 5 Mar 2007 05:48

Open source article - Birmingham Post
A pro Open Source comment: No rush for open source technology Feb 27 2007 By Chris Tomlinson http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/business/ long detail link: http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/business/tm_headline=no-rush-for-open-source-technology&method=full&objectid=18683873&s... 27 Feb 2007 14:53

RawStudio
I am running Debian etch (amd64). I have been trying Rawstudio and (naturally) have been having problems with it. The interface and controls are very good and when the picture has been tweaked it looks good in rawstudio,but when exported to the gimp the picture goes magenta - cinepaint also acts the same way. ... 27 Feb 2007 13:46

Hotsync with symbian
Is anyone aware of something like pilot-link for symbian phones (N70), I would like to be able to hotsync my evolution contacts and calendar items to my phone in the same way I can to a palmpilot. Thanks Phil ... 6 Mar 2007 05:06

Off-line Files?
Does Linux (and when I say "Linux" I'm talking either Kubuntu, PCLinxOS or OpenSuse 10.2) have anything like the equivalent of Windows Offline Files? Ta! ... 1 Mar 2007 17:22

Hacks
Hi, Are people going round doing any brute force attacks? Maybe it was because I had port 22 open (yeah yeah), but looks like someone has brute force attacked my server, FC6. httpd is unresponsive and doesn't start as a system service, and bash looks compromised in that it freezes. Also the starting of ... 9 Mar 2007 21:22

Printer..
I have an HP DJ120C to dispose of,needs psu but works ok.. No charge but must be collected....Works on Linux.... -- Regards Ted Wager G3TPI High Peak UK Using BLAG Linux ... 25 Feb 2007 10:00