ray wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:43:00 -0400, TJ wrote:
>
>> ray wrote:
>>> On Sat, 31 May 2008 22:40:23 -0400, jim wrote:
>>>
>>> Actually, most things are quite easy in Linux. It took me a total of
>>> about five minutes to download and install VirtualBox and set up three
>>> different virtual machines. Then only a matter of minutes to actually
>>> install each of them.
>>>
>>> Some time you should, for example, try installing a remote printer -
>>> it's MUCH easier on Linux.
>> I just installed an HP Officejet 6110 printer on my dual boot machine
>> with both Mandriva Linux and Windows 98SE. Each OS had the hp software
>> already installed from a previous printer. I didn't time it (I really
>> should have), but it seemed like Windows took a good five minutes to
>> detect and install the new drivers needed, what with all the "New
>> hardware detected messages and such, and I had to reboot before it was
>> fully installed. Linux took about 30 seconds, if that, and no reboot.
>> Neither OS needed any action from me, other than the Windows reboot. But
>> still, all the folderol that Windows needed for a simple driver install
>> - sheesh.
>>
>> TJ
>
> Linux systems will also usually auto-detect other printers on the network.
> As I recall, MS still needs for you to tell it where they are.

Come to think of it, each system DID need something from me other than
the Windows reboot. Both asked if I wanted the new printer made the
default. I didn't.

TJ