On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 08:35:31PM +0000, andrewstringfellow wrote: > Hi, Can anybody tell me what the best disto would be for me. Is Ubuntu > 7.10 a good choice? Can I do most things that you would do on a windows > pc. Also can i get a driver for my canon IP4300 printer. Thanks for > any help
No, yes, yes, yes, I think so. :) Mint is a variation of Ubuntu, with more multimedia stuff enabled by default. Various distributions that are pretty good at autocnfiguring and allowing you to do most things you can do in Windows are Ubuntu, as you mentioned, Mint, PCLinuxOS, Fedora sometimes, but not right now--they've just come out with a new release and it's got its share of bugs, SuSE, Vector. All of those are pretty much OOTB (Out of the box) newcomer friendly distributions. What do *you* do on a Windows PC? The answer, in general, is yes, but sometimes, there are Windows specific programs and even if there are opensource alternatives, they don't work the same way and don't always have the same functions. As for the printer, I don't know. A quick google gives me http://www.erlandertervueren.com/ubuntu/ip4300_guide/ Hope this helps. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Buffy: I'm sorry, it's just been a really weird day. Xander: Yeah, Buffy died and everything. Willow: Wow, harsh. To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
