Microsoft –> Open Source: One Man’s Journey – Part 2
Ubuntu continues to delight me. I did some printing today and found out that PDF printing is simple to get and install. No large bill to pay, no special software. I found this great article that explains how to do it. I didn’t do exactly what was in the article, but figured out what I needed, which is basically:
1> Go to Applications –> Accessories –> Terminal
2> Install cups-pdf by using: $sudo apt-get install cups-pdf
3> Done!
The article talks about doing some other stuff, but I didn’t have to. I think that is because the article is for a more specific setup than what I was trying to do, but I’m not sure. Moral of the story, I can print to PDF with a single click of the mouse now!
On a low note, I had some trouble getting my Rackspace.com Exchange account set up in Evolution Mail (the email client that came with Ubuntu), but that wasn’t a huge suprise. And I can use the Outlook Web Access (light) to get to my email, so it’s not the end of the world. However, if I was only able to use Linux, and not able to use my desktop to use Outlook (and some of the spiffy add-ins for it like Xobni), I might have a problem. I’ll continue to work on the email situation and report back.
Cheers!
