Scanners gets outdated by using older proprietary protocols that are not in wider circulation. Check for a FOSS Linux driver BEFORE you buy a printer or scanner. If there are a high quality FOSS driver now, there will be decades from now...
> Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 15:57:56 +0000 > From: 1...@bugs.launchpad.net > To: faldeg...@hotmail.com > Subject: Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share > > On 05/23/2012 09:30 AM, Hein wrote: > > ... Need a scanner: no problem for Windows or OSX: just look > > for the respective logos on the box in the shops. Linux: search for > > supported devices, read what features are or are not supported, and try > > to get this (mostly outdated) model. > > I have actually had the totally opposite result. I plug in any Cannon > Lide scanner and it just works. Any HP stand alone scanner, and it just > works. On Windows 7, I needed to buy software for the HP scanners, and > could not get some of the Cannon scanners to work. Only found one > scanner that would not work with Linux, a Microtik, and it was total > junk. It was replaced on Windows with an HP and a paid driver... > > And if you buy hardware with no research, whatever the OS, you have a > good chance of getting disappointing junk. > > (By the way... How does a scanner get "outdated?" I mean, aren't the > features mostly set now?) > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > > Title: > Microsoft has a majority market share > > Status in Club Distro: > Confirmed > Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: > New > Status in dylan.NET.Reflection: > Invalid > Status in dylan.NET: > Invalid > Status in EasyPeasy Overview: > Invalid > Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: > Invalid > Status in JAK LINUX: > Invalid > Status in LibreOffice: > In Progress > Status in The Linux Kernel: > New > Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: > In Progress > Status in The Linux OS Project: > In Progress > Status in The Metacity Window Manager: > In Progress > Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: > In Progress > Status in Tabuntu: > Invalid > Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: > Invalid > Status in Tv-Player: > Invalid > Status in Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team Meta Project: > In Progress > Status in Ubuntu: > In Progress > Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: > In Progress > Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: > Invalid > Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: > Invalid > Status in Arch Linux: > Confirmed > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: > Invalid > Status in “linux” package in Debian: > In Progress > Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: > Confirmed > Status in openSUSE: > In Progress > Status in Tilix Linux: > New > > Bug description: > Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. > This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. > > Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, > restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and > limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full > potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. > > Steps to repeat: > > 1. Visit a local PC store. > > What happens: > 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software > pre-installed. > 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. > > What should happen: > 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like > Ubuntu. > 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and > benefits would be apparent and known by all. > 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
