3rd April 2017, 10:51
(This post was last modified: 3rd July 2017, 2:56 by kdemeoz.
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Hi
QUESTION:
Does anyone have any direct experience of using any of these in Maui?
BACKGROUND:
My Dad uses Win10, & quite likes it. He has a few decades of MS-usage behind him, & nil experience of Linux. Nevertheless, i am trying my luck at winning him over from MS to Linux, & obviously that means Maui. I don't know that i will succeed, but i'm going to give it a good try anyway.
Unlike me [who works almost 100% digitally; hardly ever printing or scanning anything], Dad is very reliant on his two printers & 1 scanner... he uses them a lot, & i recognise that Maui / Linux would not be viable for him unless i can ensure he would continue to have untroubled usage on-demand of these devices.
We have downloaded Maui 17.03, & i set it up in a VM for him, so that he can play with it & begin to get a feel for what Linux "is", what Maui looks like, & whether he finds it appealing & useful or not... from a software perspective. We have not yet burnt the ISO to dvd for him to boot in Live mode, to test his hardware [apart from limited time so far, the main reason is pragmatic; i live ~120 km away from him, & typically support his computer needs via TeamViewer, but that's not viable for booting into BIOS to inspect/edit the boot sequence, & as Dad has no knowledge of even the concept let alone practice of booting from a LiveDVD, I'm not sure yet if i would be able to explain to him what to do when i can't watch the screen to see what he sees & does].
I have done an initial cursory search online for any Linux drivers for one of his devices, but i need to spend more time properly investigating. It occurred to me however to first ask here... i realise it's a long-shot, but for instance if it transpired that someone here happened to have any of the same hardware, & had already discovered [a] how to use them in Maui, or alternatively (b] that they definitely won't work in Maui, then that'd save me some time. Thanks.
PS - I am NOT lazily asking anyone to do my research for me, only to share their learning if they've already happened to have solved this. Thanks again.
QUESTION:
Does anyone have any direct experience of using any of these in Maui?
Quote:scanner = EPSON PERFECTION 1250
printer1 = EPSON STYLUS PHOTO T50
printer2 = CANON PIXMA MX926 SERIES MULTIFUNCTION
BACKGROUND:
My Dad uses Win10, & quite likes it. He has a few decades of MS-usage behind him, & nil experience of Linux. Nevertheless, i am trying my luck at winning him over from MS to Linux, & obviously that means Maui. I don't know that i will succeed, but i'm going to give it a good try anyway.
Unlike me [who works almost 100% digitally; hardly ever printing or scanning anything], Dad is very reliant on his two printers & 1 scanner... he uses them a lot, & i recognise that Maui / Linux would not be viable for him unless i can ensure he would continue to have untroubled usage on-demand of these devices.
We have downloaded Maui 17.03, & i set it up in a VM for him, so that he can play with it & begin to get a feel for what Linux "is", what Maui looks like, & whether he finds it appealing & useful or not... from a software perspective. We have not yet burnt the ISO to dvd for him to boot in Live mode, to test his hardware [apart from limited time so far, the main reason is pragmatic; i live ~120 km away from him, & typically support his computer needs via TeamViewer, but that's not viable for booting into BIOS to inspect/edit the boot sequence, & as Dad has no knowledge of even the concept let alone practice of booting from a LiveDVD, I'm not sure yet if i would be able to explain to him what to do when i can't watch the screen to see what he sees & does].
I have done an initial cursory search online for any Linux drivers for one of his devices, but i need to spend more time properly investigating. It occurred to me however to first ask here... i realise it's a long-shot, but for instance if it transpired that someone here happened to have any of the same hardware, & had already discovered [a] how to use them in Maui, or alternatively (b] that they definitely won't work in Maui, then that'd save me some time. Thanks.
PS - I am NOT lazily asking anyone to do my research for me, only to share their learning if they've already happened to have solved this. Thanks again.
