Your saying that Lexmark has 95% of the printer market?
Your delusional. I dont know what else to say.
Just for arguments sake I just checked my local computer store (in Australia). They have 6 Canons, 5 Epson, 9 HP and 3 Lexmark inkjet printers.
In multifunction devices there are 5 Brothers, 14 Canons, 4 Epson, 11 HP, 7 Samsung and a whopping 2 Lexmark.
Over here at least, Lexmark is quite small. Also notice that all the other brands have Linux support? I know the Canons do, HP has brilliant drivers, and I just checked Epson and Brother and they both have support.
Citing a single example of a company who is not terribly big is not a valid argument.
Hardware support on Linux is quite nearly flawless and often better than Windows. Your comment on Lexmark printers is the only case I've seen where a product group consistently doesnt have support.
I can take any brand name laptop today, put Linux on it and everything will work. Typed on a new Inspiron 1525. with fully working multimedia keys, wifi, bluetooth, cpu frequency setting, acpi functions and graphics. Hell even Fn + Up/Down changes the screen brightness as can KDE 4's PowerDevil.
5 years ago you couldnt do that. In 5 more years where do you think Linux will be?
Its not perfect, but if your maintaining someone's computer and they dont require Windows then Linux will definitely make your life easier. If your managing a large group of computers its also better there. For a granny who just bought a computer and doesnt know any tech people? Probably not the best yet but nor is Windows if it wasnt preinstalled.
Last time I checked with Ubuntu, it had a pretty GUI with the option to use a cd as a source. It also came with all the 'extras' which you mention, out of the box, so burning them isnt required.
And this is the problem with people like you. You look at Linux 10 years ago and assume it hasnt changed since then. Linux advances at a far greater rate than Windows.
There are dicks on both sides. Dont become one yourself.
The HP Printer drivers for Linux are *far* superior to the Windows ones in every way. Not only are they on SourceForge (but made by HP themselves), but they support every feature you can name. Network printing, fax, scanner, card reader and so on. Checking the ink levels is more precise than on Windows. They all tie in properly with the appropriate Linux subsystems. CUPS, Sane, etc...
FYI I'm using one of their networked multifunction centers. Network autodetection on Linux is quick and painless and using it over the network doesnt add/remove any features compared to USB.
Not to mention that the Windows drivers are 250mb to download, and the Linux ones are 11mb for the same thing.
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Wait let me get this straight?
You take a very low bandwidth, plain text protocol and then you use it over Remote Desktop which sends images flying around the network?
You flipping idiot. :P
Yeah but to search Wikipedia you need to use Google. :P
Wikipedia's own search is crap.
Just fyi both Microsoft keyboards and mice work really well under Linux.
I use them partly because they are cheap and reasonably solid, plus I get points for the irony.
Sssh! Your going to give Microsoft's business plan away!
So that means they are completely infallible and must be completely correct then?
Most Aussie ISPs share the same attitude.
Completely different situation to the US.
Oh and the websites you visit also arent giving you their content for free in exchange for showing ads?
That doesnt matter too much since a transformer steps the voltage down.
Exactly the same as 120v.
Linear regulators dont run on 240v.
If they did then they would all require large heatsinks with fans.
Houston we have a genius.
Providing incredibly useful free services isnt good enough for you eh?
All my critical stuff where I wouldnt want this bug to occur has a UPS.
Whether its a laptop with a battery or a proper UPS.
And is that the woosh from what actually went wrong going over your head?
Or hey you could live in a modern country and get 240v as standard. ;)
AVR chips are brilliant for low level embedded stuff.
Full GCC support of course.
Not really.
Microsoft is trying to do both at the same time.
They are failing miserably at both.
OpenRC is C, Baselayout 2 is bash.
They work together.
Check under /lib64/rc/sh/
Gentoo uses bash for their init scripts citing reasons of speed.
Yeah it does show.
Your saying that Lexmark has 95% of the printer market?
Your delusional. I dont know what else to say.
Just for arguments sake I just checked my local computer store (in Australia).
They have 6 Canons, 5 Epson, 9 HP and 3 Lexmark inkjet printers.
In multifunction devices there are 5 Brothers, 14 Canons, 4 Epson, 11 HP, 7 Samsung and a whopping 2 Lexmark.
Over here at least, Lexmark is quite small.
Also notice that all the other brands have Linux support? I know the Canons do, HP has brilliant drivers, and I just checked Epson and Brother and they both have support.
Citing a single example of a company who is not terribly big is not a valid argument.
Oh look you became a Windows dick.
Hardware support on Linux is quite nearly flawless and often better than Windows.
Your comment on Lexmark printers is the only case I've seen where a product group consistently doesnt have support.
I can take any brand name laptop today, put Linux on it and everything will work.
Typed on a new Inspiron 1525. with fully working multimedia keys, wifi, bluetooth, cpu frequency setting, acpi functions and graphics.
Hell even Fn + Up/Down changes the screen brightness as can KDE 4's PowerDevil.
5 years ago you couldnt do that. In 5 more years where do you think Linux will be?
Its not perfect, but if your maintaining someone's computer and they dont require Windows then Linux will definitely make your life easier.
If your managing a large group of computers its also better there.
For a granny who just bought a computer and doesnt know any tech people? Probably not the best yet but nor is Windows if it wasnt preinstalled.
Last time I checked with Ubuntu, it had a pretty GUI with the option to use a cd as a source.
It also came with all the 'extras' which you mention, out of the box, so burning them isnt required.
And this is the problem with people like you.
You look at Linux 10 years ago and assume it hasnt changed since then.
Linux advances at a far greater rate than Windows.
There are dicks on both sides. Dont become one yourself.
Err simply burn the deb/rpm/tarballs to a disc? ....duh
Nearly no Windows driver supports monitor or injection. ;)
It varies. Lets leave it at that.
The HP Printer drivers for Linux are *far* superior to the Windows ones in every way.
Not only are they on SourceForge (but made by HP themselves), but they support every feature you can name. Network printing, fax, scanner, card reader and so on.
Checking the ink levels is more precise than on Windows.
They all tie in properly with the appropriate Linux subsystems. CUPS, Sane, etc...
FYI I'm using one of their networked multifunction centers.
Network autodetection on Linux is quick and painless and using it over the network doesnt add/remove any features compared to USB.
Not to mention that the Windows drivers are 250mb to download, and the Linux ones are 11mb for the same thing.
Erm he's talking about a CF to IDE adaptor not a CF to USB adaptor.
CompactFlash uses essentially a IDE pinout.
Its not the volume of supply which is causing the high prices.
They are inherently expensive to make with todays methods.
What about the bits which flew in to the earth, or at that kind of angle as opposed to out in to space.
Its not like they collide and all the debris magically flies away from the earth.
A awful lot would go downwards, while some would go away.