<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yiv8758562354"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="" class="yiv8758562354" id="yiv8758562354yui_3_16_0_10_1415632199244_4"><br style="" class="yiv8758562354"></div><div id="yiv8758562354yui_3_16_0_1_1415632199244_23488" style="" class="yiv8758562354"><span id="yiv8758562354yui_3_16_0_1_1415632199244_23506" style="" class="yiv8758562354">Hello,</span></div><div class="yiv8758562354" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br style=""
class="yiv8758562354"><span style="" class="yiv8758562354"></span></div><div id="yiv8758562354yui_3_16_0_1_1415632199244_23494" class="yiv8758562354" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span id="yiv8758562354yui_3_16_0_1_1415632199244_23493" style="" class="yiv8758562354">I
am absolutely inexperienced with scanners and am still researching
which scanner to purchase in order to scan my 35 mm negatives. My laptop
has Ubuntu 14.04 installed and my
preference is to buy an Epson scanner to use with the laptop. However, I
am nervous about buying a scanner that will not be able to work with
Ubuntu.<br style="" class="yiv8758562354"></span></div><div class="yiv8758562354" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span style="" class="yiv8758562354"><br style="" class="yiv8758562354"></span></div><div id="yiv8758562354yui_3_16_0_1_1415632199244_23497" class="yiv8758562354" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span id="yiv8758562354yui_3_16_0_1_1415632199244_23496" style="" class="yiv8758562354"> I note from <a rel="nofollow" id="yiv8758562354yui_3_16_0_1_1415632199244_23495" style="" class="yiv8758562354" target="_blank"
href="http://download.ebz.epson.net/faq/linux/faq_ls_00002.html">http://download.ebz.epson.net/faq/linux/faq_ls_00002.html</a>
that if I obtain the correct "backend" from Epson I should be able to
get up and running with a model V600. I
have already installed Xsane (the "frontend"?) from the Ubuntu software
centre. Can anyone confirm that the V600 should be OK? Can anyone make
any further recommendations for a suitable scanner for my purposes?<br style="" class="yiv8758562354"></span></div><div id="yiv8758562354yui_3_16_0_1_1415632199244_23498" style="" class="yiv8758562354"> </div><font id="yiv8758562354yui_3_16_0_1_1415632199244_23504" style="" class="yiv8758562354" size="3" face="HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif"><span id="yiv8758562354yui_3_16_0_1_1415632199244_23505" class="yiv8758562354" style="font-size:13px;">Thanks!<br style="" class="yiv8758562354"><br style="" class="yiv8758562354">Roy<span class="yiv8758562354" style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="yiv8758562354" style="color:rgb(0, 191, 191);"></span><span class="yiv8758562354" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);text-decoration:underline;"></span></span></span></font><div style="" class="yiv8758562354" id="yiv8758562354yui_3_16_0_10_1415632199244_6"> </div><div style="" class="yiv8758562354"
id="yiv8758562354yui_3_16_0_10_1415632199244_8"><font style="" class="yiv8758562354" size="3" face="HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif"><span class="yiv8758562354" style="font-size:13px;">Kind regards, <br style="" class="yiv8758562354"><span class="yiv8758562354" style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="yiv8758562354" style="color:rgb(0, 191, 191);">Roy Gardiner</span><span class="yiv8758562354" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);text-decoration:underline;"></span></span></span></font><br style="" class="yiv8758562354"></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>