Ken Wilson wrote:
Here aare my experiences at trying to get various linux distros working
as a not very technical user.
<snip>
-Unbuntu loaded on new secondhand laptop and works, burns cds,
recognises flash memory cards, networks, prints but no driver for
canonS520 so the colour is odd, black works and network printer works.
Support for newer canon printers is problematic as canon wont allow open
sourcing of their drivers and refuse to supply drivers for linux
-Xandros 3 was loaded onto the win2k disc as that was no longer useful
(deleting programs did not give free disc space on win2k) recognises
usb, recognises but fails to print to canonbjc85 that every other linux
distro used works with (Xandros works on network printerHP1320n) and
fails to burn cds. Xandros support working on this.
Xandros was able to recognise all other ditributions on my hard discs
and give them a place on the boot selection screen.
Mandrake and Debian installations both only allowed the options on the
boot selection screen of themself and windows, not any other linux on
the discs.
Definitely a major failing of many Linuc Distros
Stay well and happy
Heracles
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