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____/ Marti van Lin on Wednesday 09 Jun 2010 18:14 : \____
> Op 09-06-10 18:35, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> ____/ 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.
>
> That's interesting. Haven't checked OpenGL support yet.
>
> Downloaded Fedora 13 last night, because a person on identi.ca had
> problems with running it from a USB thumbdrive, made with Unetbootin
> under Ubuntu 10.04.
>
> Tried it my self the same way and it works flawlessly up here.
>
> I don't know what it is, but there's always something attractive about
> Fedora.
Release 13 was very strong. I'll probably move back to .RPM soon.
>>> The less non-Free crapola, the better.
>>
>>> Cheers online mate ;-)
>>
>> No problem. :-)
>
> Now whut ;-)
>
> No offend intended. Isn't "mate" simply a synonym for "friend" or a
> person which one really likes?
>
> Oj vei ;-/
>
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