Hello Cameron, I will indeed bring a Knoppix live CD, a Mepis live CD, and a Kanotix live CD with me to the store. I will give them the Knoppix live CD to keep in case other customers want to try their products with Linux and will ask them if they want me to burn a copy of Mepis and a copy of Kanotix for them too. And I will use the live Kanotix CD to try out their other digital cameras because the system installed on my computer is Kanotix. I will tell them that Knoppix, Mepis, and Kanotix are all Debian based linux distributions.
And I will try to find a camera that will work with the live Kanotix CD. I will tell them also that I can burn the latest in Knoppix and Kanotix and bring these latest versions in from time to time. Thanks for your suggestions. Michael Walters Tek Budda wrote: > Michael Walters wrote: > >>Hello All, >> >>When I contacted staples about not having windows but want to try their >>camera to see whether it would work under linux, but was afraid to break >>the seal, they said, go ahead and try the camera under linux. If it does >>not work I can return it within 14 days for a full refund. >> >>So I am going to take some digital pictures with the camera and try to >>download the pictures to my computer using my Kanotix Debian Linux which >>hopefully automatically detects the camera. If my computer under Kanotix >>Debian Linux does not automatically detect the camera I can take it back >>for a full refund. >> >>So I am going to take several pictures and try to download the pictures >>to my computer. If it works, I have a working camera. If it does not >>work, I will return the camera for a full refund. >> >>I will let you know how my trial goes. >> >>I will take several daylight pictures and a few flash pictures and will >>then try to download the pictures. > > > Just a suggestion for future purchases...or to others. Take a Live CD > with you to Staples or whereever and ask to try before you buy. That > way you don't have to screw around with having to purchase it then take > it home then try it then return it then start the search all over again. > Another idea is to do the research before hand and see if others have > had any luck with Linux & the technology you are looking at. > > ALso...while you are at the Staples or whereever, take a couple Ubuntu > or other free disks and offer them to the managers or staff. That way > if someone else comes in with a similar question or they just want to > try linux, then they have one. > > I actually had a chance to do that with a person from Dell today... they > are opening a retail kiosk in Chinook & Market Mall & are pimping for > staff. I asked a lot of questiosn about Dell & Linux... they of course > only pimp windws but I do have that persons permission to send them some > linux info....hehehe > > Cameron > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
