Comments on: An Open Desktop on the Cheap http://www.micklerandassociates.com/an-open-desktop-on-the-cheap/ Vancouver, WA & Portland, OR IT & Computer Services Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:31:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Russell Mickler, MCSE | CISSP http://www.micklerandassociates.com/an-open-desktop-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Russell Mickler, MCSE | CISSP Sat, 10 May 2008 00:45:00 +0000 http://mickler.workshedhosting.com/an-open-desktop-on-the-cheap/#comment-98 Hey there, Dino - <br/><br/>What you'd want to do is go to the printer manufacturer's website (www.hp.com, for example, for a Hewlet Packard printer), and look for that printer and its drivers. If there's a Linux driver, you'd be in business with Ubuntu. Chances are though you'll find an ME driver there as well. Most OEM's will have drivers for Windows95 and up...<br/><br/>R<br/>www.micklerandassociates.com Hey there, Dino –

What you’d want to do is go to the printer manufacturer’s website (www.hp.com, for example, for a Hewlet Packard printer), and look for that printer and its drivers. If there’s a Linux driver, you’d be in business with Ubuntu. Chances are though you’ll find an ME driver there as well. Most OEM’s will have drivers for Windows95 and up…

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.micklerandassociates.com/an-open-desktop-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Anonymous Sat, 10 May 2008 00:04:00 +0000 http://mickler.workshedhosting.com/an-open-desktop-on-the-cheap/#comment-97 I have Windows ME and still works but I bought this new printer and frankly, there isn't anything compatible with ME any longer. If I download Ubuntu, would I be able to connect my printer now?<br/><br/>Dinosauruser I have Windows ME and still works but I bought this new printer and frankly, there isn’t anything compatible with ME any longer. If I download Ubuntu, would I be able to connect my printer now?

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