Linked by Chris Nabinger on Wed 14th Jan 2004 20:23 UTC
I'm a windows user by nature, I've been playing around with Linux for a little while, I'm no Expert in any way but I've used quite a few distro's. The first distro I ever stuck with for any amount of time Was Xandros 1.0, which a friend provided for me. Except for the fact that it ran an old version of KDE it was perfect for me, but the old KDE crippled my work. Enter Xandros 2.0.
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I have been a windows/Microsoft user since the early days of DOS. However, I agree with most others who think that Microsoft is a greedy ruthless company and would like very much to get away from the big M. Also, I have installed several different versions of Red Hat Linux starting way back when it took me two full nights to get the distro fully installed.
My latest experience was with Lindows 4.0. I was very happy and pleased at how easily and effortlessly it installed. I was also happy at how the open office worked since I couldn't get Red Hat 9 to work at all on my laptop. Anyway, after installing Lindows 4.0, I looked on their list of approved hardware and spent $400.00 for an Epson Perfection 3200 USB scanner. After 10 days of phone calls and e-mails, I finally gave up and am back to Win2K. No-one at Lindows could help me with the USB Scanner and neither could an independent consultant. After this experience, I have been more cautious. It is my understanding that Linux also cannot burn DVDs. I understand that burning CDs is possible.
Can anyone tell me if Lindows 4.5 or Xandros 2.0 can run a USB scanner? How about burning DVDs (of course for back-up)? With all the bad luck I have had with Linux, I am still willing to try again if I could be certain that i could use my Epson Scanner or even my HP 4500 Scanner (both are USB).
If i could find written documentation on console commands for the various distros, that would be nice too.