Suse 8.1

[mugs]

An upgrade to Suse is coming out next month, I here, Suse 8.1. I have 8.0 and I am wondering if I should consider it? One of the things that appealed to me is that it said it supports more hardware, including USB 2.0 devices. I have a Canon Scanner that wont work in Suse, but I really wish it did.

I have also been thinking about trying a different distro. Will 8.1 be downloadable? I really dont feel like spending the money again, as I just purchased it in May.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

[johnqpublic]

SuSE does not offer ISO images like other Distributions.In the past they have offered an evaluation CD that runs off the CD only but who the hell wants that! I'm a SuSE fan and will shell out the cash for 8.1 upon release.I understand you not wanting to pay for a new Distro so soon.

PS. My scanner will not work either.(HP 5470c) Scanner support in Linux kinda sucks in my opinion.

[JimH]

PS. My scanner will not work either.(HP 5470c) Scanner support in Linux kinda sucks in my opinion.

My HP 4470c does not work either. :'( But someone has started to work on support I should e-mail him and see if I can help. ;D

I looked at the sane mailing list, I found this from last month. It looks like someone has at least looked at yours, but it doesn't appear they have started working on a driver yet.

http://www.mostang.com/pipermail/san...st/003801.html

Jim H

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PS. My scanner will not work either.(HP 5470c) Scanner support in Linux kinda sucks in my opinion.

God forbid you have a canon =/

[mugs]

The Canon scanner I have is excellent. I got it after the piece of crap HP failed to work correctly in Windows XP. I just wish it would work in Linux.

[JimH]

I got it after the piece of crap HP failed to work correctly in Windows XP.

Interesting, I wasn't aware that if a hardware device doesn't work in WinXP that it automatically made it a "piece of crap". ???

Jim H

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No, that doesnt automatically make it a piece of crap, what makes it a piece of crap is that it is HP and they have lousy support and sometimes lousy products. I found this out by going to the HP forums after I realized that HP offered no support. Most of the posts were people complaining about the terrible "support". I bought the Canon, because it had some features I wanted and it worked fine.

[johnqpublic]

Hmmmmmm.HP printers & scanners are the only brands I use and have worked great for me.

[mugs]

Well, I am really talking about support. But, I have seen many problems with HP, even though I have several printers a scanner and a digital camera, but I will never buy another HP product. That is my opinion, and if you check out the HP forums, you will see how many others are disatisfied.