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.)<div>
<br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>On my wife's Vi$ta machine, however, I had to insert a disc and wait. Then I pushed some buttons and waited. It's probably installing a ton of applications I really don't want, and 20 minutes later, I'm still waiting on it to finish. What a drag.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The more I work with M$ products and Linux, the more convinced I am that Linux is becoming the easier OS to use.</div><div><br></div><div>Josh Kite<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>