Ubuntu help

[biferi]

I have an AMD Athlon 64 Bit CPU and 4 GB of RAM

Now I am running Win xp pro. and it is a 32 Bit verson so it only will see 3 GB of RAM.

I was going to get Win 7. so it will see the full 4 GB of RAM and I could use everything to the max and so on.

But I see and here a lot about Ubuntu 64 Bit and it is free.

But I have a Canon Printer and Scanner and both of there softwere is for Win xp.

Can Ubunto use them or use the softwere that I have for them?????????

And the other thing is that I have Movie Studio 8.0 by Sony will it work with Ubuntu it is for win xp???

 

[Comp_Pro]

Yes, Ubuntu can use your scanner and printer.

To scan an image go to Applications > Graphics > XSane Image Scanner

To print something, just open openoffice (ubuntu comes with it) , click CTRL + P and it will find your printer, then select it and print.

That should all work like a charm.

EDIT - And about the movie software, it could possibly work under wine. www.winehq.org for more information about wine.

 

[berry120]

Have a look here for details of a slightly different version running under wine - looks like you might be ok, but I wouldn't rely on it working!

It's possible your printer may not work straight out of the box as described in Ubuntu and you may have to do a bit of fiddling to get it working. It shouldn't be anything too horrible to set up however