On Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 06:40:44PM -0600, Brandon Stout wrote: > Hey y'all, I'm building a system for my dad, or he may get a Dell, which > you can now get with Ubuntu pre-packaged. He has a few questions. I'm
> > * What about the printers I have? > > Linux supports most printers. I recall that you have a HP PhotoSmart > 1100. Most, and perhaps all HP printers work well in Linux. I'm > pleased with my HP printer (which is also my scanner). HP maintains the drivers for HP printers. See http://hplip.sourceforge.net/. > > > * Internet surfing? > > Definitely. You can choose between several browsers, all of which have > few problems than Internet Explorer, and all of which I personally like > more than IE. Furthermore, 2/3 of the Internet is hosted on Linux > servers. Not only can you surf, you can host... easily. If you prefer the Mac's Safari browser, use Konqueror. Safari is Konqueror warmed over, and Apple donated their improvements back to the code base. > > >I still have questions about going Linux as you can see. > > No problem. Ask away. Another thing to consider: Trying it costs you > nothing. If you don't like it, you can still buy Windows Vista Home for > somewhere between $120 and $200 (OEM), and not lose another dollar. Until he gets attacked by a cracker. Invite your dad to join us and ask his own questions. I cannot speak for anyone else here, but I will be polite. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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