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From: voice_of_reason on 17 Feb 2010 03:56
Hi All:

For a long time I have wanted to ditch Micro$oft and I am now
considering making the move to Ubuntu. There are a few questions I'd
like to clarify first.

My main concern is with "Plug-n-Play".

As it is now, I plug my camera into a USB port and voila...my photo
downlaod software automatically kicks in. I plug my Western Digital
external HD into a USB port and voila...I automatically see the new
directories.

From what little exposure I've had to linux in the past, devices
needed to be "mounted" to /dev before they could be used. And I
vaguely recall something about having to edit the mounttab file.....

Has any of this been streamlined in contemporary versions of linux
(e.g. Ubuntu)?

Also:
What of making wireless internet connections?

As it is now, when I turn on my laptop at home, it auto-detects my
home wirelsess network and connects. Same when I am in my office.

Are there similar features/capabilities available in Ubuntu?

Answers/Comments/Advice appreciated!

Thanx!
From: Michael John Ruff on 17 Feb 2010 04:10
On 17/02/2010 08:56, voice_of_reason(a)australia.edu wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> For a long time I have wanted to ditch Micro$oft and I am now
> considering making the move to Ubuntu. There are a few questions I'd
> like to clarify first.
>
> My main concern is with "Plug-n-Play".
>
> As it is now, I plug my camera into a USB port and voila...my photo
> downlaod software automatically kicks in. I plug my Western Digital
> external HD into a USB port and voila...I automatically see the new
> directories.
>
> From what little exposure I've had to linux in the past, devices
> needed to be "mounted" to /dev before they could be used. And I
> vaguely recall something about having to edit the mounttab file.....
>
> Has any of this been streamlined in contemporary versions of linux
> (e.g. Ubuntu)?
>
> Also:
> What of making wireless internet connections?
>
> As it is now, when I turn on my laptop at home, it auto-detects my
> home wirelsess network and connects. Same when I am in my office.
>
> Are there similar features/capabilities available in Ubuntu?
>
> Answers/Comments/Advice appreciated!
>
> Thanx!
Hello

Shouldnt be a problem, I have a Camera, and external drive when plugged
into my laptop running Ubuntu 9.04 the plug and play works.

External Drive >>> File Browser
Camera >>> Choice of File Browser or Software I use for Camera.

Mike
From: JT on 17 Feb 2010 04:33
On 17/02/10 09:56, voice_of_reason(a)australia.edu wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> For a long time I have wanted to ditch Micro$oft and I am now
> considering making the move to Ubuntu. There are a few questions I'd
> like to clarify first.
>
> My main concern is with "Plug-n-Play".
>
> As it is now, I plug my camera into a USB port and voila...my photo
> downlaod software automatically kicks in. I plug my Western Digital
> external HD into a USB port and voila...I automatically see the new
> directories.
>
> From what little exposure I've had to linux in the past, devices
> needed to be "mounted" to /dev before they could be used. And I
> vaguely recall something about having to edit the mounttab file.....
>
> Has any of this been streamlined in contemporary versions of linux
> (e.g. Ubuntu)?
>
> Also:
> What of making wireless internet connections?
>
> As it is now, when I turn on my laptop at home, it auto-detects my
> home wirelsess network and connects. Same when I am in my office.
>
> Are there similar features/capabilities available in Ubuntu?
>
> Answers/Comments/Advice appreciated!
>
> Thanx!
>
Hi,

I'm using Suse-11.2 here on both my desktop and laptop. Ditched M$ so
long ago I can't even remember the last version of it that was infecting
one of my old systems, but must be 3.11 or so :D

A lot has changed since the days that you refer to. Linux recognizes
most hardware without a problem. Some concerns should be given when
buying specific stuff. But there's always your Linux supported hardware
listings, 2b found on Suse's site, but also on a Linux generic site.

Your two specifics:
- All cameras work if they present themselves as normal USB disks. You
can steer this sometimes from your camera. I know for my Olympus Tough
and my Canon DSLR that this works without a problem. If this might give
an issue: just use a card-reader to put the card from your camera in.
This is the default way I work - mainly for speed's sake..... !!
- Wireless network is recognized out-of-the box on my Acer-Aspire-One
running Suse-11.2. I'm almost sure that Ubuntu will work also.

Hope this helps!

--
Kind regards, JT

From: Mark Hobley on 17 Feb 2010 05:08
voice_of_reason(a)australia.edu wrote:
> From what little exposure I've had to linux in the past, devices
> needed to be "mounted" to /dev before they could be used. And I
> vaguely recall something about having to edit the mounttab file.....

You can use automounting (as Microsoft Windows does).

> What of making wireless internet connections?
>
> As it is now, when I turn on my laptop at home, it auto-detects my
> home wirelsess network and connects. Same when I am in my office.
>
> Are there similar features/capabilities available in Ubuntu?

Yes. No problem. As long as you choose hardware that is compatible with Linux,
you will have no problems with this either.

Anything Bill can do, we can do better!

Mark.

--
Mark Hobley
Linux User: #370818 http://markhobley.yi.org/

From: voice_of_reason on 17 Feb 2010 05:25
On Feb 17, 6:08 pm, markhob...(a)hotpop.donottypethisbit.com (Mark
Hobley) wrote:
[snip]
> Anything Bill can do, we can do better!
>
> Mark.
>
> --
> Mark Hobley
> Linux User: #370818  http://markhobley.yi.org

Thanx all for the answers!!

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