Which USB Scanners work? ADDENDUM

[Basil Chupin]

On 29/09/2010 21:46, Myriam Schweingruber wrote:
> Hi Basil,
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 13:14, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>  wrote:
>
>    
>> I just realised that this thread is in kubuntu and not ubuntu.
>>
>> However, I do not see how there would be a difference in the drivers for
>> V300 between ubuntu and kubuntu except perhaps that the driver may have
>> the *.rpm extension and not *.deb and that you would use something else
>> other than nautilus (?konqueror) to install the 2 parts.
>>      
> Hm, you should know that Kubuntu uses *.deb packages as well, it is
> not a different distribution for the basics but it is after all a
> spin-off of Debian, I have no idea why you think Kubuntu would then
> use a different packaging system.
Hi Myriam,

Well, as I stated to 'FarSight Data Systems' I used KDE on another 
distro and therefore associated *.rpm with KDE and thus thought that 
kubuntu (KDE) may also use *.rpms.

I have never used kubuntu as I learnt to greatly dislike KDE - but I 
have nothing against those who still insist on using KDE. (I stopped 
smoking some 12 years ago but I don't think anything less of those I see 
smoking.)

>   In case you need more information
> about Kubuntu, I suggest you read the informations on
> http://kubuntu.org and maybe have a look at http://kubuntuguide.org
> before assuming things :) Don't forget, this mailing list is about
> Kubuntu, so maybe getting a tad more familiar with it would be a good
> idea...
>    

But now that you mention that there is no difference between ubuntu and 
kubuntu then I won't have to go through this exercise?

There being no real difference is what I always assumed. The only 
mistake I made is to propose - not state categorically but to simply 
suggest to cover my butt - that the drivers for the V300 may also be in 
*.rpm format and not *.deb.

But now you have educated me, I will never make this mistake again. Never!

> But as you assumed correctly: hardware drivers don't depend on the
> Desktop one uses, but on the underlying Linux system, which is
> absolutely identical to Ubuntu, also for the packages and basic
> repositories.
>    

Ummm, then what's all the "fuss" about?

> Regards, Myriam.
>    

Kind regards,

BC

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                     Leonid Chupin ©