On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 04:32:31PM -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Oct 03, 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > 1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb > > > 2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install > > > > Of course, such manual install of `.deb` files means that you won't > > automatically get future updates, e.g. to fix security bugs. > > Given our friends at Brother don't have any repositories at all, this is > somewhat a moot point. > > > To add insult to injury, such `.deb` files often contain proprietary code, > > of course. > > Nobody said Brother's printer/scanner driver was open source in the > first place.
Nevertheless, the reminders are spot-on, for potential buyers to bear in mind. Informed consumers and that. Cheers -- t
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