On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 03:49:24AM +0000, peppermark1 wrote:
> Recently purchased an Aio Epson Stylus CX8400 Printer. OS is Xandros > Premium 4.0 Linux. Have not been able to locate Drivers that will > download & install to run the Printer. Have been searching for a couple > of weeks now! > > Works on Windows Xp! But I'd rather use Xandros Linux. Should I just > give up trying to get it to work with Linux? Prior to that I purchased > an Aio Kodak 5100 that I had to return for lack of Linux driver support. > > Am I being unreasonable an asking for tooo much?? Is this the Status > Quo? I Must be missing something? Suggestions & assistance would be > very much appreciated. The best thing to do, before buying a new piece of hardware to use with Linux is to put the item into google, with Linux, e.g., Epson Stylus CX8400 linux http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=568268&page=9 It's for Ubuntu, but they're both Debian based, so hopefully, it will help, though note that it isn't perfect for the poster. It might be worthwhile going through the whole thread. In general, Linux will lag behind in hardware support. This is because the manufacturers won't want to release the driver information, and it takes awhile for a developer to figure it out. CUPS being bought by Apple might or might not make this better--knowing Apple, it will probably change to something that only works on Apple hardware, but that's down the road. :) It really depends upon your needs and experience. For example, I bought a laptop. For me, I want sound, basic printing, scanning (I have an older scanner and older printer, not an all in one) and as they're both older, they're pretty well supported. Linux is not yet ready to be a drop in replacement for Windows. See several other recent threads on the list. :) However, you can't just install Windows and forget about it either. (Well, you can, but the chances are high that if you do, you'll wind up with various viruses and/or trojans.) Linux is getting closer to being a desktop replacement all the time, but it still doesn't have the hardware support that Windows has. It has its own advantages, and I'm sure you realize many of them, otherwise, you'd have just said, Oh this is a pain and gone back to using Windows. For what it's worth, almost every IT professional, regardless of what O/S they work with, has sent an email to friend with the line, "Did I ever mention that I HATE computers?" -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Mayor Wilkins: I have two words that are going to make all your troubles go away. 'Miniature Golf.' 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/
