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Dittos! Same story for me when I switched to Fedora12 with an Epson Stylus Photo 1400...it installed straight-away w/o issue and hasn't missed a beat since. I've supported Window$ since 1995 and drove DOS and DYNIX/UNIX before that. (Anyone remember DYNIX?) Leaving M$ on a personal level is something I should have done years ago and is product that I definitely don't miss! Now if I can get myself into a *nix world and not have to go with my M$ background so much on a professional level. (Working on that one....)<BR>
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<B>From</B>: Joshua Kite <<A HREF="mailto:Joshua%20Kite%20%3cjwkite@gmail.com%3e">jwkite@gmail.com</A>><BR>
<B>Reply-to</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><BR>
<B>To</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<A HREF="mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20%3cale@ale.org%3e">ale@ale.org</A>><BR>
<B>Subject</B>: [ale] Yet ANOTHER reason to love Linux<BR>
<B>Date</B>: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:48:53 -0500<BR>
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My color laser printer died, so today was the day I picked out a replacement. I settled on an HP Officejet Pro 8000. Hopefully it's a good printer. (Kudos to HP for their longstanding support of Linux and actually mentioning on their website that the printer has a Linux driver.)
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The reason to love Linux today is the ease of installation. It took me about 3 minutes to install the printer on my Ubuntu desktop, and that process auto-detected the printer and automatically selected the right driver.
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On my wife's Vi$ta machine, however, I had to insert a disc and wait. Then I pushed some buttons and waited. It's probably installing a ton of applications I really don't want, and 20 minutes later, I'm still waiting on it to finish. What a drag.
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The more I work with M$ products and Linux, the more convinced I am that Linux is becoming the easier OS to use.
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Josh Kite
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