On 4 March 2010 18:23, Jeremy Olexa <darks...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 17:04:17 +0000 (UTC), Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> > wrote: >> Indeed. Some (many?) of us use printing uncommonly enough that it's >> cheaper to put it on a thumb drive and take it to a printer than buy a >> printer -- and pay for another $10-30 ink cartridge every time we want >> to print something, because the last one dried up between uses. > > Similarly, I have never *owned* a printer because work or school always > has had free printing. So, my opinion is that the Gentoo default of > USE=cups in desktop profiles is bogus for *my* Gentoo desktops.
Exactly. The last time I owned a printer is over 5 years ago. So I don't think cups warrants to be in the standard desktop profile. Cheers, -- Ben de Groot Gentoo Linux developer (qt, media, lxde, desktop-misc) ______________________________________________________
