Don't get an Epson scanner.. I used to have a perfection 1650 and it worked great with Linux, but I had to replace it and my V200 photo hardly works. I installed the proper driver but it will only scan in two resolutions. 300dpi is one of them which is fine but I also need 600dpi and the driver won't do it. I had to install a Windows VM who's sole purpose in life is to scan. I also have a USB drive which gives me no problems. On Fri, 30 May 2008 23:52:01 +0100, Joe Desbonnet <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The only areas where I tend to have problems with Fedora (and other > Linux distros) is: > > 1. ACPI related issues (sleeping -- or waking up after a sleep to be > more accurate) > 2. Audio *in* -- audio out always works, but getting the mic to work > for skype etc is very, very, very, very hard. For me anyway. > > Re playing video etc -- the secret is to install the right software. > Redhat have a very strict open source / no patent policy, so a fresh > Fedora install would seem useless when it comes to playing the most > popular formats out there (MPEG despite being an "open" standard is > riddled with patent issues). > > Go to http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/ > and install software such as mplayer and you then have capabilities > that would far exceed what comes bundled with Windows and Mac. > > The only other problem I've encountered is playing (deliberately) > broken DVDs: there are a few free Windows players which work with > Wine (Windows emulator). Takes a bit of work to get them working, but > googling around you'll find many tutorials on this. > > Finally: remember that with modern hardware you can run virtual > machines with almost no performance penalty. So the few bits of > Windows software that you really need to run and that won't work with > Wine -- just create a Windows VM and run them in a window (you'll > need an Windows install CD/DVD and a licence key to get started) The > only thing I havn't yet achieved is to run a virtual Mac :-( That > would be nice. > > J. > > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Kevin J. Cummings > <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Jigar Sutaria wrote: >>> >>> I have Dell Inspiron with all latest configuration. I want to know >> >> In the Linux world, the phrase "all latest configuration" is a > meaningless >> one. See below. >> >>> following work with Fedora or not >>> If they are working any configuration required or not (Any document >>> reference that can help me knowing this) >>> 1. Bluetooth data/voice >>> 2. USB Flash Drive >>> 3. USB Hard Drive >>> 4. Playing Movies VCD/DVD >>> 5. Playing Music >>> 6. Telephony Tools >>> 7. Microphone >>> 8. Webcam >>> 9 Scanner/Cameras >> >> And the answer is ... *maybe* >> >> You need to provide more details of the particular devices. >> Bluetooth tends to work, but, not being a bluetooth user (other than my >> laptop supports it), I can't give you any details. >> >> USB Flash drives tend to work fairly well. The USB Storage device > interface >> seems to be well solved on Linux. You will probably have more problems > with >> the filesystem type on the USB stick than with the stick itself. >> >> Ditto for USB hard drives, though, there was a USB Hard Drive that had >> problems on Linux because the manufacturers ignored the USB storage > standard >> and implemented an ms only shortcut which caused the drives to fail to > work >> properly on Linux. There were solutions published for how to get around >> this, but ultimately, the manufacturers were at fault. >> >> Movies (multimedia in general) is problematic. Some solutions may not > be >> "legal" in some locations. Getting around DRM is illegal in some > countries. >> Solutions exist. You will need to find them. >> Read as much as you can in the Fedora Release Notes about multimedia, > and >> the supporting documents (like FedoraGuide.info). >> >> The same with Music, but, in general, there are enough tools out there > that >> can either play or convert odd codecs into something that *is* playable. >> >> There are a number of Telephony tools out there. It depends on your > exact >> requirements. Skype, MythPhone, Ekiga, and others exist. >> >> If you are having problems with your microphone, post about them here. > Most >> microphones are a simple device and should work with the Linux sound >> systems. Note, Pulseaudio in F9 is new and different from previous > versions >> of Fedora. There are still a few rough spots with it on some hardware. >> >> Webcams are a different matter. Not all webcams work. You *will* need > to >> know the chipset it uses and arrange to use the appropriate driver for > it >> (if one exists). Many of the drivers out there are still ALPHA quality, > a >> few are BETA quality, and others work well enough for general use. > YMMV, >> and you need to be aware. Laptop Manufacturers change the underlying >> hardware at a whim because of supply/demand issues and versioning > without >> thinking of us poor Linux users. >> >> Most cameras work as USB (or Firewire) storage devices, and can be > mounted >> directly into your files system. Of course, then you have to navigate > to >> the proper subdirectory to actually find your pics/vids. Others can use >> tools like gphoto2 to access your camera memory directly. Again, YMMV, > and >> it depends on which camera you have. Older cameras are more likely to > be >> problematic than newer ones. >> >> Scanners need to be twain compatible in order to work correctly. What > bus >> does it use? USB is common today, SCSI and Parallel was common a few > years >> ago. Parallel port scanners have the worst support. They are also the >> least common today. >> >> IHTH! >> >> -- >> Kevin J. Cummings >> kjchome@xxxxxxx >> cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fedora-laptop-list mailing list >> Fedora-laptop-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-laptop-list mailing list > Fedora-laptop-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list _______________________________________________ Fedora-laptop-list mailing list Fedora-laptop-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list
