Ressurect your printer!

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While “green IT” is in everbody’s mouth, often manufacturers do not act according to it.

After a colleague had fixed my DVD player some time ago with a part worth 0,05 EUR, now my HP printer refused working with an “ink system failure”.
There is a FAQ on the HP site about that error, but if it fails the printer would have to be maintained by HP.
Well, due to being a few days older than 2 years, that equals total wreckage. D’oh!
But now I found a website specific to printer problems: http://www.fixyourownprinter.com
Guess what: It worked and the printer returned to life now! 🙂

Installing Debian GNU/Linux on fresh hardware

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Installing GNU/Linux on fresh hardware can be challenging. I bought a Medion akoya 10" netbook (MSI Wind U100 platform).

Since then I wanted to install my used distribution, Debian GNU/Linux. After trying the lenny installers, at first I wasn’t able to get to it. Kernel 2.6.24 did not support the network card but instead broke the boot process so, after install, I did not have any drives. 🙁

I reported this install failure and got help so I was able to install a newer, working, kernel.

Thanks to the Debian installer team!

FSFE Fellow Sean Daly donates nice banner to FSFE

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 At FOSDEM, Fellow Sean Daly donated this nice banner to us:

 

I seized the opportunity to ask him why he supported FSFE:

"I am a Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe and an occasional contributor to Groklaw. I support Free Software as a means to bridge the digital divide, build a better society, and create opportunities for everyone. Every one of us can find a way to contribute and make an impact. I myself am not much of a coder beyond
bash and gawk, but I do know about marketing and communications, so when I learned FSFE lacked a rollup banner, I had a nice one made.
When I visited FOSDEM, I was proud to see the new FSFE logo beckoning curious visitors to consult documents about Free Software."

Here you can see the banner in action:
 

 EDIT: Layout improved.

Zweites Fellowship Meeting in Köln (2008-02-19)

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Am 19. Februar fand endlich das zweite Treffen von Fellows in Köln statt. Wir trafen uns im DIALOG in der Kölner Südstadt.

Themen waren:

Hier ist auch ein Bild vom Treffen:

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Letzte-Minute-Erinnerung Fellowship-Meeting Köln

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Dies ist nochmal die herzliche Erinnerung an alle Interessierten,
morgen beim Fellowship-Meeting der FSFE vorbeizuschauen!
Ein Thema soll unter anderem sein:
Freie Software und ihre Unterstützung durch Kommunen / Gesellschaft

Thomas Richter aus dem Kreis der Python Users hat hierzu bereits
einen Artikel verfaßt; ich denke, wir sollten hier diskutieren,
in welche Richtung wir hier weiter tätig werden wollen.

Das Treffen findet statt ab 19 Uhr im newthinking store in Köln,
Alteburger Straße 45, 50678 Köln (Nähe Haltestelle Chlodwigplatz).

Viele Grüße
Michael

Fellowship meeting in Bonn

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Finally, there will be a fellowship meeting for people in Cologne, Bonn and environment!

It will take place on 2007-02-13, beginning at 18 o’clock in the restaurant/bar Aktuell Nachrichtentreff near Bonn main station.

If you want to come, please drop me a line so I can adjust the reservation. 

Everyone in this region, please subscribe to the new Rheinland mailinglist where discussions about projects in our region will take place.