It’s been probably 2 years since I’ve formatted both my parents computers. I must say that the version of Linux Mint 4 I had installed, ran with very few glitches. The hardware running on their computers is getting a bit dated, so I wanted to install a more lightweight desktop (XFCE or Fluxbox).

Since Jaunty was just released last week and I am only at home for a few more days, I decided to go with Xubuntu 9.04 rather than wait for Linux Mint to come out with a XFCE flavor. All in all I was happy with the install and setup. Everything was detected, even two of the older AGP video cards. The one thing I suspected to have problems with was the Samsung SCX 4100 hooked up to my dads computer (and shared through CUPS to my mothers). I would usually have to install the Unified Samsung Linux Drivers to detect the printer, however to my surprise Jaunty detected a printer (when I told it to look), and then displayed a list of drivers. But to my dismay, there was no SCX-4100, only SCX-4200. Since the two printers are almost identical in function (the same cannot be said for aesthetics) I decided to tell Jaunty that it was an SCX-4200 and print a test page. Lo and behold I had the printer test page in my hands.

Additionally, to switch from Letter to Legal was much more simple and didn’t require changes to CUPS settings. I just did it within the printer properties (from the program I was printing) and it worked like a charm. I suspect that because I didn’t use the Unified Samsung Linux Drivers, that changing between letter and legal was allowable through the Ubuntu Printer GUI rather than the CUPS web interface.

Hopefully that helps answer some of your questions.