Gustin, Ah, that explains it. My Debian was 64 bit.
But my wife has a Windows laptop so I can still scan. Robin On Jan 8, 2008 12:23 PM, Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > The machine in question was an AMD AM2 4400+. The distro was the 32 bit > version (I migrated an existing install off of a Dual P3 machine). > > If this is a 64bit install then you should check that vuescan is > compatible with a 64bit environment. > > There are a lot of things that still do not work with a native 64bit OS. > ~ Most of the broken apps are not surprisingly from the proprietary > software world. If you need wine to get some applications to work you > are probably better off in the 32bit side of the pool. > > Hth, > > Richard Carter wrote: > | Hi Gustin, > | > | Many thanks for your extensive and informative reply! It confirmed what > | I had already thought-- I should stick with the Debian "family". > | > | In an earlier email you wrote that you had been able to get vuescan to > | work "out of the box". > | I wonder if that is because you had a different processor than me (I > | have an amd64) rather than a different distro. > | > | All the best. > | > | Robin > | > | On Jan 8, 2008 3:36 AM, Gustin Johnson < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > | > | I have used many distros over the years. To be honest, most are pretty > | good. The first distro that clicked with me was Debian, and my favorite > | ~ Desktop Environment is KDE, so it is not surprising that KUbuntu > | is my > | personal choice. > | > | Having said that, I would choose a distro that has a lot of local users, > | since this list is likely going to be your second stop for help and > | support (google should become your first :) > | > | ~From what I can see, the Debian and Ubuntu distros have a lot of local > | users and should be "safe" choices. Also, I know a number of Fedora > | users so that is not bad choice either. There are also a few Gentoo > | people so that should also be a viable alternative alongside Mandriva. > | > | By comparison there are only two of us who have significant Slackware > | experience, and only one of the two is still a passionate user. > | This is > | not to say that it is not a fine distro, but when you run into problems > | (you will regardless of the distro you choose), it could be a more > | difficult to get help. > | > | Given that you already have some experience with Debian, I would either > | stay with Debian or try one of the Ubuntu variants. > | > | In a perfect world you would have the time to try as many distros as you > | can, and then choose the one that you "clicked" with. > | > | Richard Carter wrote: > | | Hi Folks. > | | > | | I think I've broke debian! My mouse is dead and apt-get and aptitude > | | don't seem to work. Rather than bore you with the gory details, I > | | think I'll reinstall. So now the question is what distro do > | people in > | | CLUG favour? I like debian but ubuntu and kubuntu seem popular. What > | | do you like? > | | > | | Thanks for any advice. > | | > | | Robin > | | > | | > | | > | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > | | > | | _______________________________________________ > | | clug-talk mailing list > | | [email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHg7GuwRXgH3rKGfMRAmlQAJ4pPtO4bhhDxESh03n3cJSf577KxQCcCigR > fasW9A38yhIT3G/vvowf/mw= > =/n/g > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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