Canon driver sucks! Won't work on platform other than i386!


	Canon driver sucks! Won't work on platform other than i386!

kntyskw

9-6-2007 2:22 PM

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kntyskw says:

I was trying to use Canon Pixus 560i on my linux box which has mips-based CPU. The genuine driver is provided, however, it contains binary, closed-source libraries, and therefore, my linux box can't use it... Canon driver sucks!!

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