I have Dell Inspiron with all latest configuration. I want to know following work with Fedora or not If they are working any configuration required or not (Any document reference that can help me knowing this)
1. Bluetooth data/voice 2. USB Flash Drive 3. USB Hard Drive 4. Playing Movies VCD/DVD 5. Playing Music 6. Telephony Tools 7. Microphone 8. Webcam 9 Scanner/Cameras
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2008/5/30 Jigar Sutaria jigar23mind@gmail.com:
I have Dell Inspiron with all latest configuration. I want to know following work with Fedora or not If they are working any configuration required or not (Any document reference that can help me knowing this)
- Bluetooth data/voice
Don't use it, don't know
- USB Flash Drive
Sure works !
- USB Hard Drive
Haven't test one but I suppose you won't have any problems with this if the type of hard is supported.
- Playing Movies VCD/DVD
Sure works. See http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f9.html
- Playing Music
As above
- Telephony Tools
Don't really know. Don't use it
- Microphone
Works !
- Webcam
If it has a driver it will work. Most don't I think.
9 Scanner/Cameras
Cameras normally work without any problems. Scanner depend on drivers. So make sure you check first before buying
And remember ... Google is your friend!
Cheers
Jigar Sutaria wrote:
I have Dell Inspiron with all latest configuration. I want to know
In the Linux world, the phrase "all latest configuration" is a meaningless one. See below.
following work with Fedora or not If they are working any configuration required or not (Any document reference that can help me knowing this)
- Bluetooth data/voice
- USB Flash Drive
- USB Hard Drive
- Playing Movies VCD/DVD
- Playing Music
- Telephony Tools
- Microphone
- Webcam
9 Scanner/Cameras
And the answer is ... *maybe*
You need to provide more details of the particular devices. Bluetooth tends to work, but, not being a bluetooth user (other than my laptop supports it), I can't give you any details.
USB Flash drives tend to work fairly well. The USB Storage device interface seems to be well solved on Linux. You will probably have more problems with the filesystem type on the USB stick than with the stick itself.
Ditto for USB hard drives, though, there was a USB Hard Drive that had problems on Linux because the manufacturers ignored the USB storage standard and implemented an ms only shortcut which caused the drives to fail to work properly on Linux. There were solutions published for how to get around this, but ultimately, the manufacturers were at fault.
Movies (multimedia in general) is problematic. Some solutions may not be "legal" in some locations. Getting around DRM is illegal in some countries. Solutions exist. You will need to find them. Read as much as you can in the Fedora Release Notes about multimedia, and the supporting documents (like FedoraGuide.info).
The same with Music, but, in general, there are enough tools out there that can either play or convert odd codecs into something that *is* playable.
There are a number of Telephony tools out there. It depends on your exact requirements. Skype, MythPhone, Ekiga, and others exist.
If you are having problems with your microphone, post about them here. Most microphones are a simple device and should work with the Linux sound systems. Note, Pulseaudio in F9 is new and different from previous versions of Fedora. There are still a few rough spots with it on some hardware.
Webcams are a different matter. Not all webcams work. You *will* need to know the chipset it uses and arrange to use the appropriate driver for it (if one exists). Many of the drivers out there are still ALPHA quality, a few are BETA quality, and others work well enough for general use. YMMV, and you need to be aware. Laptop Manufacturers change the underlying hardware at a whim because of supply/demand issues and versioning without thinking of us poor Linux users.
Most cameras work as USB (or Firewire) storage devices, and can be mounted directly into your files system. Of course, then you have to navigate to the proper subdirectory to actually find your pics/vids. Others can use tools like gphoto2 to access your camera memory directly. Again, YMMV, and it depends on which camera you have. Older cameras are more likely to be problematic than newer ones.
Scanners need to be twain compatible in order to work correctly. What bus does it use? USB is common today, SCSI and Parallel was common a few years ago. Parallel port scanners have the worst support. They are also the least common today.
IHTH!
The only areas where I tend to have problems with Fedora (and other Linux distros) is:
1. ACPI related issues (sleeping -- or waking up after a sleep to be more accurate) 2. Audio *in* -- audio out always works, but getting the mic to work for skype etc is very, very, very, very hard. For me anyway.
Re playing video etc -- the secret is to install the right software. Redhat have a very strict open source / no patent policy, so a fresh Fedora install would seem useless when it comes to playing the most popular formats out there (MPEG despite being an "open" standard is riddled with patent issues).
Go to http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/ and install software such as mplayer and you then have capabilities that would far exceed what comes bundled with Windows and Mac.
The only other problem I've encountered is playing (deliberately) broken DVDs: there are a few free Windows players which work with Wine (Windows emulator). Takes a bit of work to get them working, but googling around you'll find many tutorials on this.
Finally: remember that with modern hardware you can run virtual machines with almost no performance penalty. So the few bits of Windows software that you really need to run and that won't work with Wine -- just create a Windows VM and run them in a window (you'll need an Windows install CD/DVD and a licence key to get started) The only thing I havn't yet achieved is to run a virtual Mac :-( That would be nice.
J.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Kevin J. Cummings cummings@kjchome.homeip.net wrote:
Jigar Sutaria wrote:
I have Dell Inspiron with all latest configuration. I want to know
In the Linux world, the phrase "all latest configuration" is a meaningless one. See below.
following work with Fedora or not If they are working any configuration required or not (Any document reference that can help me knowing this)
- Bluetooth data/voice
- USB Flash Drive
- USB Hard Drive
- Playing Movies VCD/DVD
- Playing Music
- Telephony Tools
- Microphone
- Webcam
9 Scanner/Cameras
And the answer is ... *maybe*
You need to provide more details of the particular devices. Bluetooth tends to work, but, not being a bluetooth user (other than my laptop supports it), I can't give you any details.
USB Flash drives tend to work fairly well. The USB Storage device interface seems to be well solved on Linux. You will probably have more problems with the filesystem type on the USB stick than with the stick itself.
Ditto for USB hard drives, though, there was a USB Hard Drive that had problems on Linux because the manufacturers ignored the USB storage standard and implemented an ms only shortcut which caused the drives to fail to work properly on Linux. There were solutions published for how to get around this, but ultimately, the manufacturers were at fault.
Movies (multimedia in general) is problematic. Some solutions may not be "legal" in some locations. Getting around DRM is illegal in some countries. Solutions exist. You will need to find them. Read as much as you can in the Fedora Release Notes about multimedia, and the supporting documents (like FedoraGuide.info).
The same with Music, but, in general, there are enough tools out there that can either play or convert odd codecs into something that *is* playable.
There are a number of Telephony tools out there. It depends on your exact requirements. Skype, MythPhone, Ekiga, and others exist.
If you are having problems with your microphone, post about them here. Most microphones are a simple device and should work with the Linux sound systems. Note, Pulseaudio in F9 is new and different from previous versions of Fedora. There are still a few rough spots with it on some hardware.
Webcams are a different matter. Not all webcams work. You *will* need to know the chipset it uses and arrange to use the appropriate driver for it (if one exists). Many of the drivers out there are still ALPHA quality, a few are BETA quality, and others work well enough for general use. YMMV, and you need to be aware. Laptop Manufacturers change the underlying hardware at a whim because of supply/demand issues and versioning without thinking of us poor Linux users.
Most cameras work as USB (or Firewire) storage devices, and can be mounted directly into your files system. Of course, then you have to navigate to the proper subdirectory to actually find your pics/vids. Others can use tools like gphoto2 to access your camera memory directly. Again, YMMV, and it depends on which camera you have. Older cameras are more likely to be problematic than newer ones.
Scanners need to be twain compatible in order to work correctly. What bus does it use? USB is common today, SCSI and Parallel was common a few years ago. Parallel port scanners have the worst support. They are also the least common today.
IHTH!
-- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@rcn.com cummings@kjchome.homeip.net cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org)
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Don't get an Epson scanner.. I used to have a perfection 1650 and it worked great with Linux, but I had to replace it and my V200 photo hardly works. I installed the proper driver but it will only scan in two resolutions. 300dpi is one of them which is fine but I also need 600dpi and the driver won't do it. I had to install a Windows VM who's sole purpose in life is to scan.
I also have a USB drive which gives me no problems.
On Fri, 30 May 2008 23:52:01 +0100, Joe Desbonnet joe@galway.net wrote:
The only areas where I tend to have problems with Fedora (and other Linux distros) is:
- ACPI related issues (sleeping -- or waking up after a sleep to be
more accurate) 2. Audio *in* -- audio out always works, but getting the mic to work for skype etc is very, very, very, very hard. For me anyway.
Re playing video etc -- the secret is to install the right software. Redhat have a very strict open source / no patent policy, so a fresh Fedora install would seem useless when it comes to playing the most popular formats out there (MPEG despite being an "open" standard is riddled with patent issues).
Go to http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/ and install software such as mplayer and you then have capabilities that would far exceed what comes bundled with Windows and Mac.
The only other problem I've encountered is playing (deliberately) broken DVDs: there are a few free Windows players which work with Wine (Windows emulator). Takes a bit of work to get them working, but googling around you'll find many tutorials on this.
Finally: remember that with modern hardware you can run virtual machines with almost no performance penalty. So the few bits of Windows software that you really need to run and that won't work with Wine -- just create a Windows VM and run them in a window (you'll need an Windows install CD/DVD and a licence key to get started) The only thing I havn't yet achieved is to run a virtual Mac :-( That would be nice.
J.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Kevin J. Cummings cummings@kjchome.homeip.net wrote:
Jigar Sutaria wrote:
I have Dell Inspiron with all latest configuration. I want to know
In the Linux world, the phrase "all latest configuration" is a
meaningless
one. See below.
following work with Fedora or not If they are working any configuration required or not (Any document reference that can help me knowing this)
- Bluetooth data/voice
- USB Flash Drive
- USB Hard Drive
- Playing Movies VCD/DVD
- Playing Music
- Telephony Tools
- Microphone
- Webcam
9 Scanner/Cameras
And the answer is ... *maybe*
You need to provide more details of the particular devices. Bluetooth tends to work, but, not being a bluetooth user (other than my laptop supports it), I can't give you any details.
USB Flash drives tend to work fairly well. The USB Storage device
interface
seems to be well solved on Linux. You will probably have more problems
with
the filesystem type on the USB stick than with the stick itself.
Ditto for USB hard drives, though, there was a USB Hard Drive that had problems on Linux because the manufacturers ignored the USB storage
standard
and implemented an ms only shortcut which caused the drives to fail to
work
properly on Linux. There were solutions published for how to get around this, but ultimately, the manufacturers were at fault.
Movies (multimedia in general) is problematic. Some solutions may not
be
"legal" in some locations. Getting around DRM is illegal in some
countries.
Solutions exist. You will need to find them. Read as much as you can in the Fedora Release Notes about multimedia,
and
the supporting documents (like FedoraGuide.info).
The same with Music, but, in general, there are enough tools out there
that
can either play or convert odd codecs into something that *is* playable.
There are a number of Telephony tools out there. It depends on your
exact
requirements. Skype, MythPhone, Ekiga, and others exist.
If you are having problems with your microphone, post about them here.
Most
microphones are a simple device and should work with the Linux sound systems. Note, Pulseaudio in F9 is new and different from previous
versions
of Fedora. There are still a few rough spots with it on some hardware.
Webcams are a different matter. Not all webcams work. You *will* need
to
know the chipset it uses and arrange to use the appropriate driver for
it
(if one exists). Many of the drivers out there are still ALPHA quality,
a
few are BETA quality, and others work well enough for general use.
YMMV,
and you need to be aware. Laptop Manufacturers change the underlying hardware at a whim because of supply/demand issues and versioning
without
thinking of us poor Linux users.
Most cameras work as USB (or Firewire) storage devices, and can be
mounted
directly into your files system. Of course, then you have to navigate
to
the proper subdirectory to actually find your pics/vids. Others can use tools like gphoto2 to access your camera memory directly. Again, YMMV,
and
it depends on which camera you have. Older cameras are more likely to
be
problematic than newer ones.
Scanners need to be twain compatible in order to work correctly. What
bus
does it use? USB is common today, SCSI and Parallel was common a few
years
ago. Parallel port scanners have the worst support. They are also the least common today.
IHTH!
-- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@rcn.com cummings@kjchome.homeip.net cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org)
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Hello .
have been using ferdoa 9 for some time now with my ACER travelMate c310 and have little or no problems .. other than bluetooth .. but that is not why this message. We have now left nextel and moved to verizon and have a new modem for my Acer and i can't get it working .. i had no problem with the nextel modem but the Verizon ( PC5750VW ) when i plug in the modem nothing happens .. For some time i have a program running at the top bar that would let me switch to my nextel card or wfi but i dont see it so i am stuck .. anyone had any luck with this modem ?
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