Re: The problem with not owning the software

Andrzej Matuch wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

On 2025-01-06 12:34, DFS wrote:

On 1/6/2025 10:17 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
 
 

I have a Canon scanner myself here at work. With Windows, I can get it
working but it requires a driver to be installed. Windows Update will
offer it, but not immediately after you plug it in, for whatever
reason. You have to wait for it to offer you the update later, still
in Windows Update. Yes, I tried forcing it to check for update and it
did not find a driver until I rebooted.
>
In Linux, it works out of the box.

 
A screenshot of the scanner options/properties under Windows vs under
Linux is usually good for a laugh.

Why no screenshot to buttress the claim?

Depends on the scanner app you're using. Skanlite, easy with a few options,
or xsane, with an insane number of options.

Xsane:

    https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/computing/printing/xsane

The scanning application in Windows didn't even allow me to scan in a
sequence (like 40 pages of one book inside of the same file). I had to
download another application in the Windows Store to get that
functionality. Meanwhile, even the default Skanpage gives me that
feature out of the box.

Windows includes basic webcam, scanner, photo software. I don't know why
DFS is so boastful about Windows.

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