Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: uefi malware--threat to all? Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 22:14:00 +0100 Lines: 67 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net cXacPcPSLKH0zpmS781F7gRWloMPFczIdr8Ipj/oZDRHOoEH2H X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:WV9SOyraPuZjh2/V0xU01M9MnhE= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.8.0 Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:37531 On 2023-03-16 20:18, TJ wrote: > On 2023-03-16 05:59, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> >>>    Even better ... NO WINDERS *AT ALL* !  😄 >> Oh that the three programs I use in it were available for Linux at >> *any* price > > Agreed. > > Adobe Reader DC, for use with New York State income tax forms. Nothing > else, I mean NOTHING, even other Windows pdf readers, will do for them. My national tax agency requires using a certain web page which works on all oses. Years ago, certain forms had to be filled using Adobe, nothing else would work, because they contained javascript. I paid someone to do that, the forms were too complex, anyway. Since that instance, I never had to do use adobe reader. (and back then, there was a version of adobe reader for linux that worked most of the times) > > HP Color Laserjet CP1215 driver. Linux prints best with the foo2hp > driver, but hp-toolbox can't use it to check for things like toner > levels unless the inferior(for that particular printer) hplip is used. I have the CP1515n. Works fine. I see the toner level on the printer own web page. For driver, I have 3 different drivers. One postscript, one hpijs pcl3, and the other is pcl3, hpcups. I don't know how to tell cups to list all printer with drivers info. Maybe "lpinfo", but can't find the concoction. > > Solunar Table Calculator, so I can know when the fish are likely to bite > according to the positions of the Sun and Moon. > > OK, I wouldn't pay ANY price for that last one, but as long as I need > Windows for the other two... I also have uses for Windows. - ADE, adobe digital editions, to download and install some purchased ebooks with DRM. Most of the time the Kobo Touch does the job over WiFi, but if I buy outside of the kobo shop, then it is ADE. - Kobo software some times, specially if there is a problem in the reader. - TomTom software to do some operations with their hardware. The current incumbent can do almost everything using the internal WiFi, but not everything, like setting debug mode. - Installing firmware in some devices, like some cameras. Or using the proprietary camera software. Fortunately, nowdays I can make do with a virtualized Windows, but sometimes I needed a real one in the past. -- Cheers, Carlos.