I bought a camera today from a high street shop. We looked first in another shop but a particular model was not in stock. However Currys Digital did have stock.
I will never buy such things without first finding out if they can be used with Ubuntu. Last year in another (camera) shop this had resulted in a lost sale. I would take in a laptop with ubuntu and ask for the camera to be demonstrated - with ubuntu, before a final purchase decision. I do know the memory card could be removed and a card reader used, but that is not the point! I happened to have a ubuntu (8.10) bootable usb stick with me and discussed the situation with the assistant. He spoke briefly with the manager and got the ok to use one of the display PCs. The manager had reservations about the alien hardware maybe not being accepted. However it booted perfectly, and once the display model camera had a memory card fitted, it was recognised and f-spot downloaded pictures. :-) I was pleased that we could buy the camera we wanted. Also that the shop began to get experience of live usb/cd ubuntu, and had seen an example of spending power linked to ubuntu. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user #10391 Linux user #360648 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/