Linked by Gilboa Davara on Thu 30th Jun 2005 12:29 UTC
If you've heard about Linux and feel like giving it a go or if you want to try Linux but you're too afraid it'll shew up your computer, this article is for you. Read it, feel free to take what you need and ignore the rest. This is not a tutorial, it's a README-FIRST-like article. It should help you to take that first dive.
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Printing certainly isn't a weak part for me.
I have an HP psc 2210xi all in one printer and no matter what I do it just wont work on windows. I checked the compatibility list and 950 was the highest driver I could get, I downloaded the 160mb file from HP, I used the CD that came with the printer, I have turned on and off every service I can possibly think of that might interfere. I follow directions on control panel for how to install USB printers and it simply will not work on windows. I'm sure there is a way but look how much work its taken so far.
On fedora core 4 I ran system-config-printer and chose the exact driver and it immediatly made a printpage. End of config on linux.
Also neither apple nore windows comes with all those codecs, they come with a couple but you still need to hunt down on the net where to get xvid, divx, qtime, win10 codec, etc. On fedora I type "yum install win32codecs" and it gives me all of those.
I'm not saying linux is better but just cause you have problems with something doesn't mean everyone does. As long as you pay attention to the hardware you buy, the hardware config is pretty darn good on linux. Its when you buy some e-machine or otherwise unknown bundled system that comes with strange hardware that you run into problems. I bought hardware I knew the manufactures atleast were aware of linux and make an effort to work with it and because of that everything works atleast as good on my linux box as my windows one. (except my Microsoft Natural keyboard *s*) it works just can't get these darn quicklaunch buttons to bind to stuff.