As usual, Linux needs a bit of under-the-hood wrenching to get things working. Exploring print issues with a vintage parallel-port matrix printer (a Panasonic 24-pin). ... Read more

As usual, Linux needs a bit of under-the-hood wrenching to get things working. HP is actually doing Linux support commendably compared to its peers (see hplip). However, in this case a bit of extra grease was needed. ... Read more

Today I noticed that my Linode does not restore its iptables configuration after reboot. This is how the investigation progressed. I have opened a ticket with Linode to update the relevant documentation. ... Read more

A lot of advice on the web is outdated. There are three critical points that might be out of date or wrong: ... Read more