Guest FM1 Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 I've been using Linux almost exclusively for a little over a year and I'm not allergic to research or figuring things out myself--and asking when I can't--but I must admit to a sigh of relief when Mandriva makes it effortless. I got a new flat panel monitor; Debian made me work for it, but Mandriva got it right from the start. My (100% Win-only) husband surprised me with a new sound card and cringed (inwardly, of course) when I saw it was a SB Live! 24-bit because I'd read about so many problems with it, but Mandriva detected and configured it with no help from me beyond a little tweak of gnome's volume control. Today is my birthday and he bought me an HP printer--I had no idea whether it was supported and it would never occur to him to check. Again, Mandriva didn't let me down. I connected it, booted up and there it was--all ready to use. I have another partition for (mostly breaking) other distros, and it's great fun to figure out how to make things work even if there are times when I question the wisdom of my having the root password, but when I need to get something done and don't have time to fuss with it, I want Mandriva on the grub menu. If you got this far, thanks for reading my sorta-ramble; I'm just so pleased when stuff works. :) P.S. Cute little heart post icon. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 it's always good when stuff just works :) though I enjoy using Gentoo and messing with stuff, there at times when I wish I could just switch on some "figure it out yourself, damned OS" switch and it would all work :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 It's not surprising that your HP printer worked out of the box since HP ships computers with Mandriva preinstalled. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FM1 Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 Yes, but I've also had two HP scanners that weren't supported (bought the last two years ago when I was still mostly using Windows) so "HP" doesn't exactly inspire confidence, or at least not yet. I have no real experience with HP printers because my last two have been Canon and before that, Lexmark (though nevermore); all I saw was the brand and thought, "Ack. Hope the Linux support is better for printers than scanners." Apparently, it is, and that's just fine with me! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 I have a Canon printer, and it prints grey and not black! Something I have to live with unfortunately, but hey, c'est la vie :P My next printer, if and when I have to buy one will be HP, because they always work a treat. I use my laptop with Linux in the office, and the HP printers are just way cool cos they just work :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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