I’m not particulary fond of either Windows or iTunes, but there is some music that’s only available in the iTunes Music Store. So, I thought I would try to install iTunes on my Windows XP 64bit system at work.
I went to the iTunes download page, it suggested I’d download the 32bit version for Windows XP. I did. This is what the installer greeted me:
This iTunes-installer is made for the 32bit version of Windows. Download and install the 64bit version instead.
So, I looked around the iTunes download page, and found the 64bit installer, downloaded it, and tried it. This is what the 64bit installer greeted me:
This itunes installer requires the 64bit version of Windows Vista or newer
Apple, I know You like to blame Microsoft for all that’s bad. But this is simply Your own stupidity!
We got a new Xerox network printer at work a few months back. I haven’t had that much use for it, so I never bothered setting it up on my computer. People around me, using Macs and Windows, were complaining that it was hard getting it to work, and some never managed to get it to work.
Knowing that Macs use the same printing system as Ubuntu, I assumed that this would be complicated as well, so I had postponed it for some time. This week I finally got to setting it up, and it was really simple.
I didn’t have to enter any information at all, it was just a matter of clicking four buttons.
Start the printers control panel from the System menu. This reveals the following window:
Click the “new” button (“Ny” in Norwegian). This revealed the following window:
You don’t have to enter anything, just click “Forward” (“Framover” in Norwegian). The configuration wizard then asks you to verify some settings, like the name of the printer:
Still, no need to change anything. Just click “Use” (“Bruk” in norwegian)
Now click “Yes” if you want to see the glorius and colorful ubuntu test page coming from your printer.
That’s it. Who said Linux where complicated?
I later used the information revealed by the Ubuntu (and Fedora) printer configuration tool to help out my collegues figure out how to set up the printer on a Mac, and in Windows Vista.
