Canon USA Printer Support are using LibreOffice?

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#1

I called Canon USA to talk about the ink usage of a new printer.

When I stated that I make letter size posters using LibreOffice Writer, he said "we use it".

So, with that statement, is seems that Canon USA printer support people are using LibreOffice.

I would love to get it verified, but it would be a good marketing coo for LO if a big company like Canon uses LibreOffice.

ALSO, finally Canon USA is now offering Linux drivers for some of their printers. I use to have to go to Canon UK to find them - before I buy a new printer - if there is Linux support. Some of their printer lines do not have Linux drivers.

#2

I used to work for a company that used OpenOffice (this was before
LibreOffice was available). I suspect the only reason they did was
because they were so d@mn cheap, they wouldn't pay for MS Office. :wink:

#3

Well cheap or not, it is nice to have as many big companies using LibreOffice as possible.

I bet there are a lot of people out there, and on these lists, that are using LO not because of being "cheap". It is nice to have a free office suite but I prefer LO over MS Office. Just like I prefer to use Linux over Win10 because of all of the viruses and other nasties that Windows have, while Linux do not have these things infect their systems.

#4

I would love to get it verified, but it would be a good marketing coo
for LO if a big company like Canon uses LibreOffice.

I used to work for a company that used OpenOffice (this was before
LibreOffice was available). I suspect the only reason they did was
because they were so d@mn cheap, they wouldn't pay for MS Office. :wink:

Well cheap or not, it is nice to have as many big companies using LibreOffice as possible.

I bet there are a lot of people out there, and on these lists, that are using LO not because of being "cheap". It is nice to have a free office suite but I prefer LO over MS Office. Just like I prefer to use Linux over Win10 because of all of the viruses and other nasties that Windows have, while Linux do not have these things infect their systems.

And the suggestion that the latest crypt virus may have been introduced to computers through a document macro makes me more comfortable using LO without MSO on any win PCs.
Steve

#5

Well, if you look at the CNN Headline News, they have stated that MS has a patch for this virus, but wanted to charge some users for it. The on-air comment seems to say that since MS had the patch, they should have sent it out to ALL MS Windows users. Plus, it the patch was installed, most computers would not have been infected.

Fro me, I use Linux so I do not have the security problems as MS Windows users. I do have Win10, but rarely use it. Most times I just go to the Win 10 partition to run the update app.

#6

Last year, I accidently erased Win10 in an attempt to create a dual boot with Mint 18. It was totally my fault. Now, I'm kind of glad I did it. So far I haven't missed it.

Virgil

#7

I have the other way around.

During an upgrade for Ubuntu, the computer crashed and messes up GRUB. So now I have a 1TB drive with access to only 1/4 of it. The problem is the DVD cannot be set as a boot option. BIOS has a weird way to set devices to be bootable. My other laptop's BIOS is easier. Of course its DVD boot commands will not work with the new ASUS's BIOS. So with this problem I cannot run the repair disk, since it requires to be booted via the CD/DVD drive.

The laptop had been able to boot to from the DVD, which was the way I added Ubuntu in the first place.

If I cannot find the correct BIOS commands - or maybe the GRUB commands - to boot the repair disk, I would remove the hard drive and repair the drive via another Ubuntu laptop. The only problem with that, I would loose my 4 year warranty.

#8

Good day Tim:

         Did you probe usb for boot repair disk (Burn it in a usb flash memory and would be boot there with your Bios). In GNU / Linux you can use UNetbootin, and in windows there are other similar solutions.

I hope this help,

Jorge Rodríguez

#9

I have gone to the BIOS and their "new" style of commands will not allow the what I have seen for booting from the DVD or USB. I can now only boot directly to Windows or a broken GRUB. If I could boot from something other than the hard drive, I would have been able to use my different repair DVDs.

Unless I have and enter the correct BIOS command, which I still have not found, I cannot get it to boot other than the hard drive.

#10

Go to https://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/files/

Download the appropriate 32 or 64 bit iso and create a CD, NOT A DVD.

Suggest ImgBurn if on Windows. http://www.imgburn.com/

If it does boot, use default repair.

If it does not, research online the hot-key for your computer that allows 'boot from CD" or "Select Boot Drive" option during boot.

If this does not work, it is very common for newer computers to boot to USB.

Make bootable USB stick with iso image. See https://unetbootin.github.io/

There are many methods for this in the internet, research until you find the method you will be most comfortable with.

Once the boot has been repaired, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveryMode

Select "network" and then "dpkg".

If dpkg starts to work and fails, restart machine and repeat until it has nothing left to fix.

Hope this helps.

#11

CD or DVD - it still needs to be able to boot from the DVD Drive.

I am still waiting for the laptop's tech people to send me the proper BIOS command and its options to add that to my laptop.

I have several different repair discs - CD and DVD. Without being able to boot from it, they are no use.

#12

I( found out why I could not get the CD/DVD drive to boot - It may be the drive.
I plugged in a USB DVD drive and I was able to boot from it.

So, I let the Asus people know about this problem.