This article shows how to install the Linux printer drivers for Brother printers. In my experience, the software that installed from the manufacturer works much better and consistently than the choices made by my Ubuntu Linux distribution. After showing the method for printer driver installation, Linux printer system settings are discussed. Initial Linux Printer Experience…
This is a simple method to create an icon on your Gnome desktop that will take you immediately to the Gnome Shutdown command. I created it for a senior citizen who had trouble navigating the default Shutdown menu. Open letter to the Gnome Accessibility Team Gnome is my favorite Linux desktop and I’ve been using…
Update: 2024-05. Changed text to reflect my current methods for Debian-based Linux distributions like Ubuntu. Since storage has become so cheap, I suggest you rip CDs in Linux into loss-less FLAC format and use the program SoundConverter to easily batch-convert the files to the mp3 quality you are looking for in order to port the files…
Background To check and see the IP address assigned to your network interfaces at any point in Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome desktop, click the system icon section in the upper right hand corner, click the active interface, and then the “Settings” choice for it. Or, in a terminal you can type: o see even more detailed information about your…
Background Ubuntu Linux is a modern and polished version of a personal computer desktop that is free to download at ubuntu.com. There are many reasons to use the Ubuntu linux desktop, but a very important one is that it will run well on older computers that will no longer run Windows 10. This is a description…
Summary Here is a “quick and dirty” way to get a drop-down box in an HTML page to show the latest values from a MySQL database. Notice that there is a significant lack of error-handling. It sure did help clean up my HTML form, though. Assumptions: You already have a mysql connection object open and a MySQL database…
Summary Now this is really what makes HTML worthwhile. We will create two pages that link to each other. This is the basis of the World Wide Web and all that jazz. Please remember from the beginning that it is very useful to have the text that you click on have something to do with…
Summary Below is an HMTL page containing basic image tag with a photo that is named “yak.jpg”. There is only a single tag that contains the path to the image. We “end” the tag by putting a slash just before the closing “>” sign. In the image element, the path to the file is called…