On Wednesday 06 June 2001 20:44, Dr. Evil wrote:
> Ok, it's time for me to finally buy a new camera, and it's going to be
> digital this time. My top pick right now is the Cannon Elph Powershot
> 300. Like most digital cameras these days, it comes with a USB port
> instead of a serial port.
>
> Well, I've never used a USB port for anything under any OS, so what
> I'm wondering is, if I get this camera, will I be able to get it to
> work with Linux? Will I be able to download photos? I searched
> around on Google and I couldn't find anything about this, and of
> course the guys at Cannon assume that everyone uses Windows or
> Macintosh.
>
> The reason why this is so important to me is because I literally don't
> have access to anything which doesn't run Linux or *BSD. If it
> doesn't work with Linux, I basically can't use it.
>
> Thanks for any tips.
http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/
Looks like it sort-of works but the drivers are still experimental. This
means, most likely, that it works on some machines and perhaps not on others.
Civileme
