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I still miss windows because....

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http://crunchbang.org – KrunchTime wrote:I use a virtual machine at home for things like this that don't need the full power of your computer.That way you don't have to reboot for those simple programs that don't work in Wine.I still need dual-boot to rip cd's (since EAC needs direct hardware access) and play recent games.The problem with running Windows virtually is that you can only access peripherals that are recognizable under Linux.  I have a Canon CanoScan 8600F scanner that is not supported under Linux, so I need to run Windows separately in order to use the scanner.  Ditto syncin (HowTos)

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Submitted by bolly on 12/02/2012

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Can I access a USB scanner from Windows XP running in a Virtualbox virtual machine on OpenSuse 11.1 or 11.2?

I used to dual-boot windows to play games I couldn't play on WINE(but dread having to actually USE the windows environment,) but one day I picked up a laptop on clearance and have barely used it at all.

I decided to hook up the laptop to my monitors and install Linux on it, and just windows on my desktop so I can flick between them on my monitor without having to reboot at all.

Canon 8600F Scanner 1 year 19 weeks ago

Several years now I have been unable to get my Canon 8600F scanner working in Ubuntu. Does anyone know of a way to make this work?

There is another very similar scanner that is fully supported (the 8800F). Is there any way to hack that particular driver to use with my 8600?

Thanks for any tips or tricks!

http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-CANON

I have attached my old scanner to my new Linux operating system (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS). I know that I can trust Linux better than Windows in terms of drivers.

I have a Canon CanoScan LiDE 20 and hopefully someone can point me to a location where I can find a driver to get this scanner working.

Hi,

I've just started with Linux and I'm having a problem.

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