solutions.brother.com — Printer Manufacturer Brother is now supporting Linux, and besides providing the drives on an RPM or Debian package, they also provide step by step instructions on how to get them working. It took me about 45 minutes to get a multi-function unit printing AND scanning over the network using openSUSE 10.2
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PaulTheBookGuySep 8, 2007
I dont use windows anymore. Im in OS X. I run Ubuntu in Parallels. I know what Im talking about. Software too hard to install, no driver support for most cutting edge hardware. Too much computer nerding to get it to work. I would never recommend linux to a non-computer saavy person. And by computer saavy I mean knowledge of coding and the internal workings of an os and a PC.
goffy59Sep 8, 2007
I don't think you know how Linux works exactly. Windowsblinds or style xp are very limited slight modifications of the GUI. It still uses the default windows program. I'm new to Linux, but I've seen a lot of different Desktop/window managers that are all different, but offer the same thing. With windows blinds, its ALWAYS the same thing. Unless you use something like LITESTEP, your still stuck with explorer.exe.As much as he seems rude about his support on windows, and me being a loyal windows xp user, I can easily say Linux is more powerful and more customizable. My Xserver crashed, and I was able to repair it without using a GUI. On windows it doesn't work without the GUI and the recovery console is EXTREMELY limited. When you boot into safe mode with command prompt it still uses a GUI. With Linux your able to do many things without the GUI, almost anything you can do on a GUI can be done in the terminal. I've been using ubuntu and I'm new to it but StateTheObvious is absolutely correct!
brianarySep 8, 2007
Nope. Installing Windows always means I have to boot into Ubuntu and download the damn Windows network drivers, then go hunting for all the other drivers, which are not included or out of date.
srg13Sep 8, 2007
On my PC, I had to install the network driver, graphics driver, sound card, printer, scanner, but with Linux they are all supported out of the box.And just because there are drivers written by manufacturers doesn't mean they are any good. The printer/scanner software is a 300 meg download (seriously), and installs a whole lot of really useless software, which if I remove, stops the scanner from working...
anshumanSep 8, 2007
wow, i don't know or hear much about Brother printers but this move is obviously nice . hope other popular manufacturers follow this suit :)+1
xmodem2Sep 9, 2007
5 minutes? Man, with my mac, I can plug in a postscript printer. Then, I can go File -> Print in any application and print. 30 second setup. Don't even have to look at a preferences window. Although admittedly there are other reasons for choosing your computer than how long it takes to set up your printer.
davidroolsSep 10, 2007
it drops $200 in price after two months?
ccmachinedOct 22, 2007
yeah, if its "mac compatible"...
ccmachinedOct 22, 2007
windows sucks so we call it winblowz... makes sense to you? does to me...