Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
The IT world is faced with 3/4 main desktop operating systems, each with
its own quirks and therefore each has hardware which will or wont work
on it. I would specifically like to find out, as a non user of two of
the OS's, if any of the OS's can be likened to another in terms of
functionaility ie how they address and work with hardware. The main
operating systems(OS's) I talk about are Windows, Linux, Apple oe
Macintosh and of course UNIX.
We are all painfully aware that the Windows software does much of the
hardware management, whilst Linux, relies more on the hardware to
perform, mostly independantly from the OS and I would assume that UNIX
is similar. I cannot comment on Mac as I have never owned/used one.
Hardware, specifically printers, include a list of operating systems
which the product is known to work. For example purposes: Windows and
Mac OS X are supported and no mention is made of Linux or UNIX.
I would like to purchase the product and see that it is not supported in
the OS I prefer to run ie Linux.
Can I assume that a product that works on Mac OS X will also work,
perhaps with limited functionaility, on Linux, eventhough it was not
stated on the box?
Curious George :)
Tnx
Thanks all. Whilst there was a single ranty about HP printers not
working, further investigation on linux printing showed that it only
worked mostly and not perfectly.
I have learned much and whilst HP is my choice of laser printer, I will
perservere with the epson deskjet here, for a while or while the hair
lasts :)
You wouldn't perhaps know of anyone flogging re-conditioned ones in our
area Andre ie a 5/6L or even 4L?
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