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When I first upgraded to Ubuntu 8.04 I was caught in the rapture of a true Linux zealot. Flowers abounded and I am sure that I heard the sound of music. This was quickly erased by the proceeding 2.5 hour marathon to re-install my HP 1020 printer. This process was made all the more painful by the fact that the problem was caused when my printer ran out of paper. The printer froze in an error state and the only solution was to run HP-Setup and re-install the printer again. This is patently ridiculous. Before the Windows fan boys start rubbing their hands with glee - I do not blame Ubuntu for this, this appears to be a problem specific to the 1020 in Linux. Apparently problems can arise because the 1020 does not have it's own firmware and has to have the driver related info fed from the PC.The other issue relates to a conflict between CUPS and the HP software regarding the  USB connection. I cannot go into more detail because I was starting to fall asleep and with the printer re-installed I really didn't care for more information.

As of last night, my printer works perfectly. I re-installed Virtual Box and my Windows XP emulation works well too. There are a few areas that I wish that Ubuntu was more Windows-like and that OpenOffice was more MS Office like but as it stands I am very happy to have a PC which is spyware and virus free.