On Monday 26 May 2003 20:35, Craig Toenes shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Thank You again for your suggestions. I guess the only > thing worse than a scanner company that disavows > any knowledge of Linux is having to pay Bill Gates 200 > dollars for an OS I don't want every time I buy a > Dell or Gateway. What the hell. I'll do it up in > antique brown and put some flowers in it. > > Thanks anyway, > Craig Sorry to hear that you had no success with the scanner. The sad fact is that one can go out and buy any hardware, and _normally_ expect it to work out of the box with Microsoft Windows**. However, when using any other OS, one is obliged to research if the particular product is supported, BEFORE buying that hardware. As much as I am *seriously* ticked off at Epson for their ink-sucking printers, I must give them kudos for their scanners. They even provide a free scanner utility for linux which is just as light as kooka. Permit me to point you again to : "Linux USB device overview". http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ More and more perhiperals are coming out with usb-only connections and the good news from this site is that *more and more* of them are supported in linux. I suggest you consult this location before proceeding with any future purchases. Linux Devices <http://www.linuxdevices.com/> should also be a valuable tool. HTH & cheers, Elton ;-) -- http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_4504.html "You only live once, so let's make life EASIER for each other." LINUX Registered User #193975. AMD-K7 ATHLON CPU power on board.
