Hi, On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 10:12:47AM -0500, Stanley Brinkerhoff wrote: > Ironically the statement about compatibility reminded that last evening my HP > scan jet wouldn't work under Vista, and HP does not support it anymore -- but > I > fired up Sane (in Ubuntu) and it detected and scanned in my image just fine, > and I was able to copy it to my other machine over wireless that Ubuntu > detected and installed drivers for automatically.
Indeed, Linux is often better at hardware support in some limited instances, usually when the hardware is considered "obsolete" by proprietary software vendors and/or hardware manufacturers. One interesting twist is that I've found that GIMP can often read raw files from some digital cameras that Photoshop balks at. Usually, a newer version of Photoshop would do the trick, but that it is often prohibitively expensive to upgrade. -Forest -- Forest Bond http://www.alittletooquiet.net http://www.pytagsfs.org
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