Wow! So much of <span class="translation">righteous wrath</span> in one post. Impressive.<br>However, this is no place to discuss how much exactly Linux (Windows/Mac) sucks (or not). Honestly, I'd suggest /dev/null.<br>
FWIW, I don't like Ubuntu (pretty intensively) and don't use it. I see about any other major distro as better alternative.<br><br>On your particular problem - if your hardware vendor doesn't support Linux - don't use that hardware or don't use Linux. It really does save your braincells.<br>
<br>There are no better solutions for native use than were posted already. If these are outdated - ask someone who actually own one of these Canon MP130s to make an update or do it yourself or pay someone to do it. I think of one pretty affordable solution: get a working MP130, a PC with your version of Ubuntu installed, and lure some local nerd who'll do it for beer.<br>
<br>Wine doesn't support Windows drivers because it often requires superuser access and Wine is working only in userspace - this is official policy. If this particular driver doesn't require superuser rights - I can imagine some solution involving starting a driver with Wine at boot time and setting up some virtual printer with CUPS that filter everything through that driver. Not very reliable solution though and definitely harder to implement than making a facelift for native driver installation procedure (have you tried Turboprint by the way?).<br>
Anyway the most interesting part would be to have scanner working because there is no native driver for it in Linux. I don't know the current status of TWAIN support in Wine.<br><br><br>-- <br>Best regards,<br>Danila Sentiabov aka dsent<br>