Scanner no longer works with my AMD PC

[Scott Blair]

On 08/21/2016 04:33 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> On 08/21/2016 02:39 PM, David Fletcher wrote:
>> On Sat, 2016-08-20 at 11:57 -0400, Adam McClure wrote:
>>>
>>> But what don't you like about Ubuntu?
>>
>> When gnome was re-written it became a lousy bloody awful mess to use on
>> my desktop and simply didn't work, period, on my netbook, which I am
>> using right now. The MATE version of Mint is just perfect on both.
>>
>> Now that there is a desktop version of Ubuntu with MATE I might give
>> that a whirl when I have some spare time. Perhaps install it under
>> Virtualbox and give it full USB access for starters, see what happens.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>
> I'm not the OP but here is what I don't like about ubuntu. The window 
> buttons are on the left and I am used to them being on the right. We 
> used to be able to move them to the right but now we can't. The menus 
> are either in the menubar (top panel) or the windows title bar. Both 
> of them are bad choices as far as I am concerned.
>
> If they are in the menubar and I am working at the bottom of the scree 
> I must mouse up to the top to use a menu.  If they are in the window's 
> title bar I must be sure I give a rapid click of the mouse or the menu 
> does not drop down.
>
> I have only had 16.04 on my laptop for a short time and have not had a 
> lot of time to check it out, but both of those short comings seem to 
> be present in 16.04.
>
> I also have Mint with both Cinnamon & Mate install. I think I prefer 
> Cinnamon, but I have to research how well they handle dual monitors 
> before I would consider switching.
>
> Regards,  Jim
>
>

I run Linux Mint with Cinnamon using three monitors. Don't have any 
problems with it. Haven't tried Mate yet.

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Scott Blair

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