Film Scanner Compatibility

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Hello, I have been using Linux Mint for a year and switched to EndeavourOS with Cinnamon as it seemed less chunky. I haven’t encountered any issues for almost two years. As a simple basic user with minimal needs, I am not very familiar with advanced topics.

I am willing to pay for user interface applications or drivers if needed. My scanning needs are basic, as I do not edit my photos in GIMP or similar applications. I prefer a simple archival approach, which includes scanning, cropping, fixing minor issues like brightness and film curvature, and that’s essentially it.

I am interested in purchasing a film scanner, but the OS compatibility concerns me. Currently, I am considering the Epson V600, but I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has experience using a film scanner with EndeavourOS as their primary operating system.

Has anyone managed to use a film scanner without VirtualBox? If so, could you please share the scanner model, aplications, etc you are using?

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The linux drivers for your eyed Epson scanner come as deb (Debian) and rpm (Redhat/Fedora) packages (I downloaded and extracted the latest driver package from that site to check.)

Myself, I have used debtap on Arch / EnOS to convert the deb-packages to Arch at first, and installing the drivers for my Brother multi-function printer/scanner wasn’t really successful (it only worked partially).

So then I found it easier to just install the dnf-package and install scanner drivers via the dnf package-manager on Arch systems, and it always has worked out-of-the-box on various Arch based computers and virtual machines.

Welcome to the forum, @Caraway!

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1 aur/iscan-plugin-gt-x820 2.2.1-2 [+6 ~0.00]
    iscan plugin for Epson Colorio GT-X820 Perfection V600 Photo scanners

They seem to be in AUR.

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