[TexasRepublic]

“Same here. M$ free since 2003. Which distro you get?”

Ubuntu. While all distros seem fine for web surfing, Ubuntu’s great advantage is automatically recognizing and configuring printers to work; Knoppix and Mepis simply wouldn’t print.

[AFreeBird]

I would like to see you try it with a Canon MX850.

My OpenSuSE could talk to their MP830 printer, but some frick'n idiot at Canon thought it would be a great idea to drop standards and write proprietary communication protocols for the MX850.

Now they DO support OS X on the MX850, but get this: the Canon support rep said they didn't support *nix based systems! What a maroon! What the hell does he think OS X is(BSD UNIX based kernel). And it runs CUPS!

I am so *issed at Canon. I've been a Canon customer since high school when I bought my first SLR. I'm on my 5th with all the lenses and accessories.