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____/ Marti van Lin on Tuesday 08 Jun 2010 21:13 : \____
> On 07-06-10 22:35, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Samsung ML-1640 USB Printer and Ubuntu Lucid Lynx
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | It Just Works (TM)
>> |
>> | I switched on the printer and plugged in
>> | the USB cable. Immediately I started to
>> | click through to the printer setup area to
>> | see if I could set it up. Suddenly my eye
>> | caught a little dialog popup next to my
>> | network monitor.
>> `----
>>
>> http://g33q.co.za/2010/06/06/samsung-ml-1640-usb-printer-and-ubuntu-lucid-lynx/
>>
>> Many printers are actually running embedded Linux.
>
> LOL, I recently had quite a similar experience.
>
> My brother Mike, gave me his old HP Deskjet 930c. This one has both a
> parallel and USB interface.
>
> Previously I used the parallel interface on the Old Dell Optiplex
> desktop and used to provide the driver CD-ROM which included a Windows
> XP, Linux driver and HPLIP.
>
> I recently connected the printer to my Acer Aspire 7220 laptop via USB.
> Then the harddisk started spinning and even before I had the time to put
> the driver CD-ROM in the DVD-RW tray, I was surprised by a very happy
> beep-alike sample and the message "Your printer is ready to use".
>
> This is my experience with GNU/Linux in general. If the hardware is
> supported, it's usually actually "Plug and Play". Such in contrast to
> Microsoft Windows, where you need driver disks for all your peripherals.
> If you have no driver disk for Windows, you're usually screwed.
>
> Although I am aware of the fact that my preference for nVidia GPU
> chipsets is politically incorrect. I can't help I prefer them over ATI
> chipsets. But I have high hopes about the Free Nouveau driver.
>
> I currently still use the binary blob, because I love to play native
> GNU/Linux games and most of them require OpenGL.
>
> IIRC the Nouveau project is working on OpenGL support, which means that
> in time I will be able to drop the binary blob.
Yes, Fedora 13 already has that.
> The less non-Free crapola, the better.
>
> Cheers online mate ;-)
No problem. :-)
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~~ Best of wishes
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