Pat's Log
Wed, 26 May 2004

What a Productive Day
20040525 As expected, today was very productive. I've scratched almost half of the week's agenda from the list, and even formed a long term work plan. Most importantly, it was a fun time doing all this. This is the third version of Xandros I'm working on, and the second that is fully under my control until such a time it's considered alpha software. It's always fun to see what can and cannot be done with an operating system when one has full reign, until QA gets their hands on it and bugs have to be fought in a formal manner.

The scanner purchased for a dollar started working too, when the creator of the Viceo SANE Linux scanner driver sent a patch that works with kernel 2.6.x, using libusb instead of the previous kernel patch. With this patch, the scanner can only work at half-resolution (600dpi), but seems to have decent overall image quality. It's a shame that Viceo won't allow a GPL-licensed driver. Either way, the scanner remains a well-spent dollar.


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