-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 * Doug McGarrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10-23-07 19:43]: > It's really time for all the Linux vendors to find solutions for the > printer problem.
Where HAVE you been. It has been discussed ad nasium here about the failure of VENDORS and MANUFACTURERS for provide drivers and/or information so linux programmers could even write drivers to support their printers. You have really made a *stupid* statement. You are not a newby, you profess this yourself. > There could be a Linux system on a whole lot of home computers if > Linux would recognize and control printers, and CD drives, and write > CD-r, etc, without any fancy moves. same answer, same kind of ?statement. > People I know who have tried Linux recognize the printer problem, even > if the manufacturers don't. For God's sake, the Linux manufacturers > should _buy_ the printer driver code. They want enough money to sell > you the OS, along with a $1.00 DVD and a $15 soft-cover book. > > And I am NOT in favor of SuSE's stance of culling out all the proprietary > software that makes a system friendly. you still don't read the list, do you? > I am going to buy Mandriva and try it out next month, when it comes > out. If things work out, I may not be back. you *will* be missed. > I am not a computer geek, and since I have retired from a technically savvy > company, I don't have any access to the computer geeks, (except for here, > of course,) so I need something that works out of the box. Don't tell me to > install Windows--I have that on another machine, but they are going to ration > it, just as I have suspected all along. Every year or two, you'll have to > send them some money to keep it working. You make *your* choices and *spend* your *money*! - -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn4472 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHHpcgClSjbQz1U5oRAg6aAJ97FSAFJ1P1kbOs1lz6Likfl/PwtQCfWk5f nYp58j+FtfP+hK6HQUtfaTA= =7EKt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
