in the case of using notebooks, we highly recommend checking if Linux will run 

properly. Additional work might be required to have a customized version of a 

distribution that supports all components.

4.6.2  Peripheral extensions

When you look into the client landscape, you will recognize that many users not 

only have a desktop computer, but also different kinds of peripherals. Examples 

include:

Locally connected printers

Print servers

Scanners

Plotter

Card readers

Digital cameras

While planning the migration, it is important to assess this peripheral hardware in 

the same way that you assess the client hardware. Considerations on that are 

given in 4.1.2,  Assessing the client hardware  on page 39.

Especially in cases of cheap peripherals, we recommend building a list of 

approved and standardized devices and aligning this with your inventory. If some 

existing peripherals are hard to support in Linux it is probably cheaper buying 

new devices that are known to run under Linux.

Information about open source projects that support peripheral extensions can 

be found on the following Web sites:

Common Unix Printing System (CUPS, see 7.5,  How to use network printers 

in the domain  on page 147, too):

http://www.cups.org

Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE):

http://www.sane project.org

M.U.S.C.L.E.   Project for integrating Smart cards:

http://www.linuxnet.com

Unix SmartCard Driver Project:

http://smartcard.sourceforge.net

Project gphoto2   Supporting digital cameras:

http://www.gphoto.org

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