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   TOM WALKER to ALAN ZISMAN   
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   29 Jul 13 08:28:00   
   
   AZ>On 2013-07-28 9:01 AM, BOB KLAHN -> ALAN ZISMAN wrote:>   
      
   AZ> BK>   I will look further into the Linux solution. OTOH, Linux seems   
   AZ> BK>   to take a lot of work, and a translator to understand the   
   AZ> BK>   instructions.   
      
   AZ>I find Ubuntu quite straightforward - no 'translator' needed to install it o   
   AZ>run it - though the user interface is quite different from Windows. (The Kbu   
   AZ>variant is much more Windows-like).   
      
   That is not my experience. I tried a live session of Kubuntu 12.01 and   
   the first what I thought would be a Simple task, Instaling the Printer,   
   FAILED. I had the same experience with Puppy Linux and Mint Lunix. At   
   least they pretended to install my printer, recognizing it by Model   
   number, but after saying it was installed would not print.   
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