Thanks Loyal for replying in a much more polite manner than I'm currently capable at the moment. (No coffee yet, as it is still brewing over the fire. ;o) )
My printer works fine for normal stuff. It is the maintenance tasks like cleaning printheads or realigning them that I have a problem with. Paul: I have been around the block more than a few times. I have learned never to shoot down anyone else's choices, because you never know who you will need to ask advice from tomorrow. Sue in MO - living a very eclectic mix of high & low tech 5 Acre Bramble Rabbitry On 08/22/2011 09:16 AM, loyal_barber wrote: > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>, "Paul" <pfrederick1@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>, "suem_in_mo" <group.mail@> wrote: > > > > > > I have tried many times to install/run programs within Wine, but > have yet to get more than a simple card game to run. The rest get 'file > not found' or other errors without any information on what is missing or > broken. > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > With wine often this must be used: > > http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks > > > > For your printer it was your decision to buy crippled hardware. > > Don't blame Linux for your mistakes or your hardware manufacturer's > > greed. Your best bet is to get rid of it and get a real printer. > > Linux works great with those. Better than Windows can. > > Wow, that is harsh. I have a variety of printers I use from Linux > Mint and find them all easier to use from Linux than I did from > Windows. Maybe you could give us a bit more detail on the printer > and we could help. > > > > > With your Amazon issues reject companies that insist on locking you > > into their proprietary data formats. Unless you just like being used > > then by all means continue. I'll tell you right now it goes against > > everything Linux stands for and no good will ever come of it, well > > no good for you at any rate. Great for Amazon though I'm sure, cha- > > ching! > > Again, really harsh and not helpful. There is nothing wrong with > wanting and using a Kindle or Nook. I manage my Kindle directly > from my Kindle without issues. > > > > > From your post I don't think you are the intended target audience > > Linux is aimed at. Linux is a hacker's OS. Always has been, always > > will be. The Linux community even embraces system crackers and has > > excellent tools for them to use as well. I just figured someone > > ought to tell you sooner rather than later. > > > > Linux ain't your grandma's solitaire playing OS! If you've an > > aversion to the command line and don't like Windows then maybe Apple > > could be a good fit for you? Do yourself and Linux a favor and go > > > check it out. The last thing Linux needs is non hackers. Go be a > > liability to Steve. > > > > Oh, and have a great day! > > > > I could not DISAGREE with this statement more. We Linux users often > wonder why our market penetration is small. I would guess that > attitudes like this are a huge contributor. Let me state for the > rest of us, Welcome to Linux. You have chosen well. I rarely > have to go to the command line to do anything and if what you are > wanting is a good appliance computer, I doubt you will ever have to > go to the command line. Just ask questions here and we can and > will help. This is a Newbie group and there are no stupid questions. > Yes, occasionally you will catch someone like Paul who I hope was > having a bad day, but try to focus on those of us who want you to > be successful. I count a few on here as success stories from help > I have contributed. Some are now helping others. > > Loyal ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
