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HPLIP is an HP developed solution for printing, scanning, and faxing with HP inkjet and laser based printers in Linux. HPLIP is free, open source software distributed under the MIT, BSD, and GPL license. HP does not provide formal consumer or commercial support for this software. The HPLIP project provides printing support for 1,437 printer models, including Deskjet, Officejet, Photosmart, PSC (Print Scan Copy), Business Inkjet, LaserJet, Edgeline MFP, and LaserJet MFP. For a list of supported printing devices click hereRead More →

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Dmidecode is a free opensource tool to know information about the System BIOS information. Basically, it tells you what the BIOS claims it really is. Dmidecode reports information about your system’s hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details of varying level of interest and reliability depending on the manufacturer. This will often include usage status for the CPU sockets, expansion slots (e.g. AGP, PCI, ISA) and memory module slots, and the list of I/O ports (e.g. serial, parallel,Read More →

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PowerTOP is a free opensource tool from intel to show whats causing the computer to use more power. PowerTOP is a Linux tool that helps you find those programs that are misbehaving while your computer is idle. The application that misbehaved the most was the Linux kernel. However, as of version 2.6.21, the Linux kernel went tickless, and no longer has a fixed 1000Hz timer tick. The result is huge power savings because the CPU stays in low power mode for longer periods during system idle.Read More →

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SQL-Ledger® ERP is a an opensource free double entry accounting/ERP system. Accounting data is stored in a SQL database server, for the display any text or GUI browser can be used. The entire system is linked through a chart of accounts. Each item in inventory is linked to income, expense, inventory and tax accounts. When items are sold and purchased the accounts are automatically updated. Invoices, Packing Lists, Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Sales, Work and Purchase Orders, Statements, Receipts and Checks are generated from templates and can be changed to suit your needs. Documents can be sent to a printer, file or fax, emailed orRead More →

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USB devices will be detected automatically on your openSUSE or SUSE linux Destop or Server and mounted. But, if it isn’t mounted then you in an unusual instance then you end up tracing the device path and mounting it manaully. To find the device path, there are two easy ways, one using “dmesg” and the other is using the /proc filesystem.Read More →