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Pool Hall Ace

(5,849 posts) Mon Oct 8, 2012, 08:14 PM Oct 2012

I really want to like Linux. However . . . [View all]

I have booted Slacko Puppy Linux v. 5.3.3 from a CD. It is so nice to be able to use my laptop again! However, I'm not able to find drivers for my printer (Lexmark Prospect Pro 205). Lexmark support is not very helpful (quelle surprise).

Here are the versions that are available for my printer: Debian, Fedora, Open SUSE, Linux Mint, PC Linux, and Ubuntu.

Should I give up on Puppy Linux and just use a version that is listed above, or is there a way I can work around it?

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I really want to like Linux. However . . . [View all] Pool Hall Ace Oct 2012 OP

Try Ubuntu, Debian based and very user friendly. Warren Stupidity Oct 2012 #1

+. Or Mint struggle4progress Oct 2012 #2

i'm a mint fan meself... Phillip McCleod Oct 2012 #22

I vote for Linux Mint gvstn Oct 2012 #3

I have a USB stick that is no longer empty. Pool Hall Ace Oct 2012 #8

Lili gvstn Oct 2012 #10

Try xubuntu AgingAmerican Oct 2012 #4

My laptop is from 2006. Pool Hall Ace Oct 2012 #7

As far as windows 7 is concerned AgingAmerican Oct 2012 #9

I found this... hunter Oct 2012 #5

Oh, I did find that community! Pool Hall Ace Oct 2012 #6

I would change to supported distro PowerToThePeople Oct 2012 #11

That's what I'm going to do. Pool Hall Ace Oct 2012 #12

Mint is a good one to get started with PowerToThePeople Oct 2012 #13

Do yourself a favor, and get rid of the Lexmark printer RoccoR5955 Oct 2012 #14

I saw that post before Pool Hall Ace Oct 2012 #15

You have to open CUPS RoccoR5955 Oct 2012 #16

I did open CUPS, Pool Hall Ace Oct 2012 #17

I believe you have to add the printer in CUPS RoccoR5955 Oct 2012 #18

These are the choices when I try to add a printer: Pool Hall Ace Oct 2012 #19

Isn't it a USB printer? RoccoR5955 Oct 2012 #20

Maybe this will help? PowerToThePeople Oct 2012 #21