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114 CHAPTER 8 GETTING EVERYTHING UP AND RUNNING Figure 8-14. gThumb Image Viewer supports most of the older-generation cameras that connect directly to your computer. Configuring a Scanner Although scanners have fallen out of favor recently with the advent of digital photography, they re vital for getting nondigital photos and old documents onto your PC. A lot of flatbed scanners can be made to work under Ubuntu, but not all types are supported. You can check the list of currently supported scanners by visiting www.sane-project.org/ sane-mfgs.html. Additional models are added to the list all the time, and this is another reason to make sure your system is completely up-to-date (see Chapter 9). The best test of whether your scanner is supported under Ubuntu is simply to test if it will work. Scanning within Ubuntu is handled by the XSane utility. This is a stand-alone program that operates like the TWAIN drivers that you might have used under Windows, except it s a lot more powerful. Tip XSane is even capable of optical character recognition! Simply use the Synaptic Package Manager to download and install the gocrprogram. Then select the OCR button on the toolbar of XSane s image preview window.