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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Microsoft's Edge browser is the subject of an amusing new bug report, alleging it somehow manages to screw up printing strings of numbers.
The report on Microsoft's developer portal describes the issue where PDF files printed through Edge will display numbers and text incorrectly when exported.
"Edge displays PDF correctly but printed content differs notably," the bug notice reads. "Printed content depends on selected printer, on printer settings, and on used computer (please try a different setup if first result looks correct)."
[...] In the meantime, it might be a good idea to use another application to export your PDFs, especially if you're filling out an expense report or making math assignment.
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday May 08 2017, @08:24PM (5 children)
Redesigns are fertile ground for new bugs. But it's also a base for being able to efficiently prevent them in the first place because there will be less quirky corners for them to hide. And fixes can be executed smoothly without hacks. Like taking a drivers license, lot of initial work but a long time of benefits.
MS btw only cares about their profit and style of management (MBA is the king). Control is a byproduct to ensure they can ram their thievery down peoples throat.
Why is ext4 so important? it's just a filesystem. I'm sure BSD has at least as good if not better. Besides there's ZFS if you got 4 GB of RAM and UPS.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Tuesday May 09 2017, @05:47PM (4 children)
ext4 is important because during the conversion I would need to share a data file system between two systems (alternately, not simultaneously), and it's currently ext4. To handle the conversion I'd need to reformat one disk in a system that could be used by both BSD and Linux, transfer the data over, set up the new system, discover what needed to be rewritten and do the rewrite, etc. This is doable, but not instantly, so I'll need to be going back and forth.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday May 09 2017, @05:58PM (3 children)
Use a network file sharing?
Or just tar -cpf - . | netcat .. netcat | tar -xpf - ?
Do an extra backup?
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Wednesday May 10 2017, @06:55AM (2 children)
Sorry, they have to share the same computer. I do have extra backups, but there's not a spare computer, only a spare disk. So I need to switch back and forth while deciding whether the proposed new system will really do what I need.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday May 10 2017, @10:31AM (1 child)
Buy a cheap second hand extra computer? It doesn't have be fast or have gigantic with memory.
You can probably get away with CPU 400 MHz, RAM 256 MB, Network, VGA 640x480, S-ATA port, Power 200 W.
Only needs to be running for a few hours, once. Only ZFS needs 4 GB or more RAM.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Wednesday May 10 2017, @04:53PM
I'd need to buy space to put it in.
FWIW, I've never said I couldn't make the switch, just that if it were easier I might have actively investigated it.
P.S.: Currently my backups use ext4, so I'd first need to decide what file format to reformat my backup disks to. I haven't found a convincing alternative.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.