Okay. So I call Dell and tell them what happened to set up the return for the printer. The rep asks me thrice if I'd like to just run windows vista. I tell him thrice I'll be running linux, and there is no driver for this printer that I can find. After several holds on the phone line he states dell doesn't support linux. I tell him that's fine. He repeats the question: would I like to run windows exclusively? No, I would not. I'll be running linux. Then he tells me I should probably just return the whole system and get an entire system custom made, compatible with linux.
Just a few days ago I didn't know anything about drivers or USB ports or anything else on the inside of a computer. So I thought I'd request your wisdom: is it really necessary to return the entire system? I understand the rep can't help me if there's a problem but...this whole thing needs to be replaced? Or is a puter a puter? I mean, isn't just a printer with a working driver all I need?
I thought I'd consult you fine ladies and gentlemen and see what you think.
