Andy Fletcher wrote: > So when Grandma wants one of these new fangled 'digital cameras' she's > been hearing all about, exactly how does this work. > >
in my experience it pops up as a memory card device and auto-mounts, without tons of invasive crappy software having to be loaded. Drivers already in kernel for USB mass storage, I assume. > Drivers - Linux support among many manufacturers, especially at the > low end is awful. > > Plug and play - is this really going to be simpler than Windows in > that respect? > > they are selling a printer as well, taking the Mac approach perhaps. Connecting an HP printer to *buntu is simpler than to Windows, from recent experience, and I have a high end Canon printer that works in neither *buntu or Windows 7. > Support - "And which version of Windows are you trying to connect your > new printer to, Mrs Smith?" > > And given that this is an entirely new (to the vast majority of > people) interface, how is this going to enable them to learn more > about computers, especially given how basic it is. > > it's meant for them to *use* ie send and receive emails, tax the car etc. Nobody finds it necessary to "learn more about" TVs or hi-fi, after all. Phil _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
