For Ubuntu:
Partial  list of scanners:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsScanners
Printer support is very comprehensive.
Folder views are "remembered". I don't know about position.
You won't have any problem accessing files.
Quicken doesn't seem  to support Linux
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Learning Linux
From: Computer9f <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, October 20, 2009 8:50 am
To: [log in to unmask]

I too, would like to learn/switch to Linux for the same reason - Windows
intrusiveness. I have three primary concerns:

1. RELIABLE, SAFE access to my current files (can their formats be
converted? on a dual boot, can the same files be accessed by Windows AND
ALSO by Linux?).

2. Future access to files created by Quicken (for tax purposes)

3. The operation/drivers for my peripherals....

(Epson Scanner, HP Printer - although I could switch my printer since I
don't like it, I like my scanner very much and tried many before
choosing it (I do NOT want a "combo").)

Oh, and one other pretty big issue, considering the way I work....

4. I have every window remember it's own settings and position, so that
"My Computer" always comes up in the same size and position on my
screen, set to the "list" format, sorted by filename; while another
folder comes up in it's own size and position, perhaps set to "detail"
format showing only the date column and sorted by date. Can you do this
with Linux?

Anyone have knowledge of any of these issues with Linux?

Thanks,
Anna Summers

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