Re: Linux at work (real world) + and at HOME

[Ed -dot- Hawco -at- acecomm -dot- com]

I'd like to take a slightly different tack on this discussion. We've
discussed using Linux at work, and interoperability issues. Neither is a
concern for me, as I have this NT box at the office and nothing's going to
change that (it's a company standard).

My concern is with using Linux at home, which I would love to do. I have
very few sharing issues. (I have a desktop and a laptop and I'd like for
them to talk to each other, but I suspect that would be easy.) My big
concern is hardware and peripherals! I have the impression that you have to
jump through a lot of hoops to get a Linux box to work with garden-variety
(read: Windows-oriented) peripherals. Hopefully, I've been mislead.

My question, then: If I install Linux (such as RedHat) on my machine at
home, will it be able to work with my:

- Epson inkjet printer
- scanner
- digital camera
- ZIP drive
- CD R/RW
- DVD-ROM
- sound card
- Palm handheld

?

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Ed Hawco
Senior Technical/Marketing Writer



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