At Wed, 5 Jan 2005 it looks like Miguel Mendez composed: > On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:10:46 -0800 > "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > A bit OT but wanted to throw my $0.02 anyway... > > > CUPS is unnecessary. unnecessary software complicates the machine > > and makes it harder to troubleshoot. I don't personally care much > > for this. > > I don't understand where all this animosity against CUPS comes from, but > it's not the first time I've seen people flaming against it. If you > don't like it, don't use it. CUPS is very easy to troubleshoot, perhaps > you didn't bother reading the man pages. Enable debugging log mode and > read the logs, all the info is there. > > Setting up my USB laserprinter takes 10 seconds with CUPS. Drop the ppd > file, point the browser at localhost:631 and configure the printer. > Done. The computer is a tool to get the job done, and most people have > better things to do than spend more time than needed setting up their > printer. It's also worth mentioning that Samba 3.x and CUPS integreate > seamlessly.
I must chime in here. I was bragging about how, on the first try, I got CUPS to print with "Solaris-8 (x86)" from my Netscape browser. I don't want to start a flame war but anyone who's tried to get "ink jet" printers to work _first_try_ on Solaris(x86) will probably be nodding their heads in agreement. NOW, I also totally concur with KIS[s] and the reasons for not getting too heavy into overhead. Hell, I still prefer PINE as my MUA just because it was the first one I ever used on Unix. Namaste -- |<----------------------"Word-Wrap-At-72-Please"---------------------->| Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 -o) San Francisco CA 94121 /\ "UNIX, A Way Of Life." _\_v http://billschoolcraft.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
