Scanner no longer works with my AMD PC

[Jim Byrnes]

On 08/21/2016 03:42 PM, Scott Blair wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>

Thanks for the info, good to know.  I haven't spent much time with Mint 
yet but so far I think I like Cinnamon over Mate.

Regards,  Jim