Linux – Frankie Inguanez

Scanners/Printers on un-supported OS

Posted on 2012-02-12 by Frankie

Got a scanner, printer, all-in-one device that is not supported on your OS, maybe a new printer and you do not want to upgrade your OS. All is not lost!

For scanners try VueScan found at: http://www.hamrick.com/ It replaces the software bundled with your device and is supported on most OS.

For printers try Gutenprint found at: http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/index.php Its an open-source project so might take some time for new printers to be supported, yet you might be lucky for your situation.

Remote Access a system across different OS (A TeamViewer Guide)

Posted on 2012-01-30 by Frankie

One of my first tasks I wanted to be able to do after getting my Mac was to be able to remotely connect to my servers and a number of other trusted systems for support. I wanted to try a number of options and my first serious attempt was with TeamViewer.

My Laptop is a Mac, my Home-PC is Ubuntu Linux and my wife uses Windows XP. I installed version 7.0 of TeamViewer on each OS and got remote access in no time. Thought of creating a short guide on the subject even though the application is very self intuitive.

So here is the guide to getting remote access across different Operating Systems using TeamViewer: TeamViewer Guide

Oracle DBMS 11g Release 2

Posted on 2011-12-12 by Frankie

Out of sheer curiosity I had decided at the beginning of the year not to satisfy myself with Oracle Express Edition and started experimenting with Oracle 11g Release 2. It wasn’t long before I got it up and running on Windows systems and was able to administer it with ease thanks to the ample documentation found. The same can be said for installation on Red Hat Linux which is officially supported by Oracle. Being a little bit curious I wanted to test it on my two favorite operating systems, CentOS and Ubuntu.

Well it wasn’t all that easy and there isn’t much documentation for those OSs. I spent a lot of time reading various postings then testing and experimenting myself, documenting all along the way. Finally I managed to get Oracle working for CentOS 5.5, Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 11.04 with good documentation. This will be a continuous work in progress and will plan to keep updating it.

Today I found some time to fix the presentation of the document and decided that it is fine time to share it with the public. So here is the link in the way that I would have loved to have found it on the net: Oracle 11g R2 Guide

As usual all feedback is more than welcome!