Showing posts with label Linux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Linux. Show all posts

Monday, January 19, 2026

Canon CanoScan D2400UF

Canon CanoScan D2400UF

I have an ancient scanner, a Canon CanoScan D2400UF. I bought it to allow me to scan 35mm slides. I think I had Windows 95 the last time I tried to use it. Being old, I thought I'd try it in Linux first. It's not even mentioned on http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#SCANNERS. So, no luck there.
However, the Canon website has drivers for it, for 

  • Windows Vista (32-bit)
  • Windows XP (32-bit)
  • Windows Me (32-bit)
  • Windows 2000 (32-bit)
now where can I get a 32-bit Windows/XP from?  Because I'm not going near the others. 
 
The options are:
  • Acquire and build a Windows/XP (virtual) machine
  • Purchase a 35mm slide scanner that will work on modern systems. 

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Dropbox

Suddenly I have a notice telling me that my Dropbox is linked to too many accounts.  No information about what the limit is, no advanced warning of the change.  I searched and found the limit on another site, because It's hard to find on Dropbox.

Until this moment, I had been really happy with Dropbox, and have my five devices working well.  Now, I assume if two unlink for some reason, I will not be able to get them back in.  The limit is 3, apparently.

So be it.  I assume that Dropbox will now go the same way as Evernote, who put similar restrictions in place.  I don't use it any more and have copied all the data to other places, some to Dropbox!  So, now I'm looking for an alternative.  I need something that can share between Windows (2 devices), Android (2 devices) and Linux - Ubuntu (1 device).  They seem hard to find.