[LINK] Moved to Linux

[Richard Chirgwin]

Eleanor Lister wrote:
> Richard Chirgwin wrote:
>> - Linspire instead of Ubuntu: for the drivers. The primary user of 
>> this machine is my wife; she mostly uses it for work, and so my own 
>> "comfort zone" is that I don't have to try and diagnose "something 
>> isn't working" over the phone.
>
> i just don't get this.   i bought a new canon scanner recently, and 
> the sales-critter tried to tell me that "Canon don't support Linux" 
> which made me laugh ... "Dear boy" I murmured "it's whether Linux 
> supports Canon that matters - Canon's attitude is irrelevant".
Well, in spite of assertions on Websites to the contrary, the Linux 
support for the particular printer is non-existent. It simply don't 
print; the computer thinks it's printed, but nothing comes out.

The Linux side

Note that everything else worked, and I'm about 75% happy so far - but 
as for the bit that didn't work, well: it just didn't!...

Cheers
RC
>
>
> i got the scanner home, unpacked it, threw the Windoze (yuck, spew) CD 
> in the round filing cabinet, and plugged it in.
>
> it worked.   perfectly.   just like that.
>
> oh, i'm running Ubuntu 6.06 LTS "Dapper Drake".
>
> xxx ooo,
>    EL
>
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