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The printers.conf file can be edited to change the network address a printer uses.  This can be useful to fix situations in which the printer in question has a new IP address, but the local system is trying to use the previous address. Shutdown the CUPS server Change the network address Restart the CUPS server sudo systemctl stop cups sudo nano /etc/cups/printers.conf sudo systemctl start cups NOTE The editor used in the example is nano for the sake of those who may be less comfortable in the command-line.  With nano, once the change has been made, use Control + O to save the changes, and then Control + X to quit the editor. Ideally, this process would not be necessary.  Instead, once a printer is added, it will always be reachable at the address it was assigned when it was added to the system.  In practice, things like power outages, or breaks in network connectivity, may be enough for the DHCP server to issue a new IP address. A tip when making the address change, is to use the

With the latest round of updates to Skype , it was noticed today that the instant messaging and VoIP phone service now supports emergency calling in the United States. The release notes for the most recent update to the Android version of Skype indicated that the service now allows calls to be made to US emergency calling systems via 911.  Telephony services like Skype, Google Voice , and Vonage typically don't offer this emergency calling ability without some sort of intermediate step like deferring to the phone's default dialer, as is the case with Voice, or setting up a physical address location ahead of time which is how Vonage handles it. The indication is that Skype will handle the 911 calls natively, but when verifying with an account that does not have a Skype phone number assigned to it, it was found that the instructions in the FAQ explaining how to turn on emergency calling are not accurate. Emergency calling support in Skype for the United States Interestingly, th

In an apparent acknowledgment of the Christmas season, the makers of DBeaver have added a little Easter egg (no conflation of holidays intended) to the check boxes in the user interface.  At least for the time being check boxes are rendered as presents in the macOS and Windows versions of the database client.  (It's not obvious why the Linux variant doesn't support the icons.) DBeaver is a cross platform, open source database manager client, with versions available for each of macOS, linux-based systems, and Windows.  The developer offers a commercial version that supports features like NoSQL databases, Office integration, and execution plan diagrams. Comparison chart UPDATE (01/27/2022):  It was originally stated that the Linux version of the application doesn't support the styled check boxes.  Since the original publishing it was recalled that there is a setting to indicate the manner in which boolean values (check boxes) are represented.  (Preferences | Editors | Boo

Internet search provider DuckDuckGo , can minify JavaScript and CSS code through its Instant Answers feature.  Simply search for " minify javascript " or " minify css ." If the form isn't visible, click on the Answer control at the top of the page. DuckDuckGo is a search engine that has differentiated itself from brobdingnagian search outfits Google and Bing , by promising not to track users, and record their search histories.  Though the company does track search results , it does display advertisements , and it sources its search results from a plethora of places like Bing and Wikipedia , it stresses that it does not store details that can be used to tie a history back to a user, and ads are based on search terms. Users have flocked to the service in recent years due to privacy concerns, and because the search results avoid placing users into a filter bubble . The company's privacy page tips a nod to Startpage for being another privacy focu

The documentation for Microsoft Visual Studio Code uses keyboard references to commands that are specific to the platform they're displayed on. A keyboard command might be something like the Control key used in conjunction with the C key to issue a copy command to an application from the keyboard, instead of through the menu system of a program with graphical user interface.  These keyboard commands are typically written in a shorthand of sorts.  Using the Control and C key example, might be represented as Ctrl+C . These key combinations are different on a system running macOS than they are on a system running Windows , or a Linux or Unix variant.  On the Mac, the example above would be the Command key used in conjunction with the C key.  This is typically written as Cmd+C or ⌘+C . For documentation written for multiple platforms like these, references to these keyboard commands might be written as one of the following examples. Copy the contents to the clipboa

Google has taken the liberty of logging Chrome into the user's account whenever logged in to any Google service. Some time ago, Google introduced the ability to have its browser, Chrome, log into the user's Google account whenever the user authenticated for any Google service.  That is, log in to Google Docs, for example, and the browser would be logged in as well. The pitch was that this relationship between being logged in to a service and the browser also being logged in, can help mitigate confusion when a user logs out of a Google service but fails to realize the browser is still logged in.  The mystery can be eliminated if the browser keeps the two in the same state automatically. There is the added benefit that the browser would be better able to synchronize the user experience across each browser that was also logged into the user's account. For example, Chrome on a mobile device could have access to the history from Chrome on a laptop. The idea is not nove