Comments on: My opinion on Mandriva vs. Microsoft http://handyfloss.net/2007.11/my-opinion-on-mandriva-vs-microsoft/ Because FLOSS is handy, isn't it? Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:09:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: isilanes http://handyfloss.net/2007.11/my-opinion-on-mandriva-vs-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-77 isilanes Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:22:20 +0000 http://handyfloss.net/?p=243#comment-77 Hi Joan, This is because Mandriva sucks! Get a really good distro, like Debian or Ubuntu :^) Now, seriously, your problem might be caused for two reasons: you can not install the printer, or you can not install the printing server (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Unix_Printing_System" rel="nofollow">CUPS</a>). It seems to be the latter. Have you installed the cups package in your Mandriva system? Were you root when you tried to? Every Linux newbie is confused by the many distros there are out there, but let me tell you something: the only real differences between them are 1) the installer (that you only see once, when you install from CD), and 2) how to install/remove each program. You will use the latter a whole lot, so choose a distro that has a package management system that you like. Personally, I have come to love <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool" rel="nofollow">APT</a>, Debian's package managing system (used by Ubuntu and others, too). If you have cups up and running, the rest should be a breeze. (By the way, your English is great) Hi Joan,

This is because Mandriva sucks! Get a really good distro, like Debian or Ubuntu :^)

Now, seriously, your problem might be caused for two reasons: you can not install the printer, or you can not install the printing server (CUPS). It seems to be the latter. Have you installed the cups package in your Mandriva system? Were you root when you tried to?

Every Linux newbie is confused by the many distros there are out there, but let me tell you something: the only real differences between them are 1) the installer (that you only see once, when you install from CD), and 2) how to install/remove each program. You will use the latter a whole lot, so choose a distro that has a package management system that you like. Personally, I have come to love APT, Debian’s package managing system (used by Ubuntu and others, too).

If you have cups up and running, the rest should be a breeze.

(By the way, your English is great)

]]> By: Joan http://handyfloss.net/2007.11/my-opinion-on-mandriva-vs-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Joan Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:15:29 +0000 http://handyfloss.net/?p=243#comment-76 Hello. I come from windows and I have no linux experience. I have donwloaded mandriva 2008 and when I try to install a printer It appears a message "can not install cups server" or something like that. I think this is a big mistake, because I have seen a lot of people in internet that have the same problem, so I can't understand how can it be possible to have this problem in a new distro, in windows you don't have this kind of problems, to install a simply printer you don't have to lose days and days triying to find the solution to a problem that should not exist. At the end I had to return to windows; I can not imagine how it would be to install a scanner or a wireless card. Have a nice day and more. SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH. Joan. Hello. I come from windows and I have no linux experience. I have donwloaded mandriva 2008 and when I try to install a printer It appears a message “can not install cups server” or something like that. I think this is a big mistake, because I have seen a lot of people in internet that have the same problem, so I can’t understand how can it be possible to have this problem in a new distro, in windows you don’t have this kind of problems, to install a simply printer you don’t have to lose days and days triying to find the solution to a problem that should not exist. At the end I had to return to windows; I can not imagine how it would be to install a scanner or a wireless card. Have a nice day and more.

SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH.
Joan.

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