It is really strange that NFS on Mac OS X is an absolute mess even though Mac OS X is UNIX-based and UNIX/Linux machines NFS mount to each other easily and conveniently.
I just moved my NFS server from SLES 10 to Cent OS 5.5 and guess what - Macs just want nothing to do with it. Oh, well, to be continued.
Showing posts with label SuSE Linux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SuSE Linux. Show all posts
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Thursday, August 7, 2008
A new mysterious strain of PDF
Just to spice up my life and possibly yours too... here's this out-of-the blue surprise.
This looks, at the first glance, like a regular PDF file. file command on a Linux box identifies it as "PDF document, version 1.4". It opens fine in pretty much any PDF reader (Acroread, KPDF, evince, whatever). However, if you decide to print it then it becomes a whole different ballgame.
It prints very slowly when it does. From Acroread 8 it does not print at all. That was checked on both OpenSuSE Linux 10.3 and MS Windows Vista so I have reason to believe that the problem at hand is most likely OS-agnostic.
It does print using the system print (lp) on OpenSuSE Linux 10.3. It prints on OpenSuSE Linux in Acroread 7, CentOS 5 Linux under Acroread 5 as well as on MacOS 10 under Preview. When converted to Postscript via pdftops it yields a humongous (100+ MB) Postscript file which is quite impressive given that the PDF file being converted is only a less-than-a-megabyte 13-page document.
If you know what this mystery PDF file is about or have encountered this mutation of PDF yourself - shout, and together we shall prevail!
This looks, at the first glance, like a regular PDF file. file command on a Linux box identifies it as "PDF document, version 1.4". It opens fine in pretty much any PDF reader (Acroread, KPDF, evince, whatever). However, if you decide to print it then it becomes a whole different ballgame.
It prints very slowly when it does. From Acroread 8 it does not print at all. That was checked on both OpenSuSE Linux 10.3 and MS Windows Vista so I have reason to believe that the problem at hand is most likely OS-agnostic.
It does print using the system print (lp) on OpenSuSE Linux 10.3. It prints on OpenSuSE Linux in Acroread 7, CentOS 5 Linux under Acroread 5 as well as on MacOS 10 under Preview. When converted to Postscript via pdftops it yields a humongous (100+ MB) Postscript file which is quite impressive given that the PDF file being converted is only a less-than-a-megabyte 13-page document.
If you know what this mystery PDF file is about or have encountered this mutation of PDF yourself - shout, and together we shall prevail!
Monday, February 4, 2008
Extra! Extra! Expert Help Wanted!
Yes, this is for real! If you are an expert in SuSE Linux there is a potential part-time consulting opportunity for you in Cambridge, MA. And at a unique Harvard-affiliated lab at that!
Basically, we are pretty technically-savvy as it is but sometimes we hit things in SuSE which we just don't know how to deal with. And SuSE (or OpenSuSE, to be precise) being our platforom of choice, it is important that we deal with issues we discover. And that is where your expertise will come in. So in short I would guess we are looking for someone who not only is well-versed in Linux/UNIX, networking and IT in general but also has some serious experience specifically with SuSE Linux under their belt.
This will be consulting on an as-needed basis. We will do our best not to bore you with trivial problems!
So if you think this is something you are interested in please respond in the comments section or e-mail me directly.
Basically, we are pretty technically-savvy as it is but sometimes we hit things in SuSE which we just don't know how to deal with. And SuSE (or OpenSuSE, to be precise) being our platforom of choice, it is important that we deal with issues we discover. And that is where your expertise will come in. So in short I would guess we are looking for someone who not only is well-versed in Linux/UNIX, networking and IT in general but also has some serious experience specifically with SuSE Linux under their belt.
This will be consulting on an as-needed basis. We will do our best not to bore you with trivial problems!
So if you think this is something you are interested in please respond in the comments section or e-mail me directly.
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