____/ AZ Nomad on Sunday 24 June 2007 03:14 : \____
> On 24 Jun 2007 01:15:52 GMT, Bilge <dubious@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ...
>>writing your own rules in sendmail.cf: harder than DNS, but trivial cf CUPS
>>Climbing the Eiger backwards: An avalanche _might_ give CUPS an edge
>
>> I mean, how can anyone take something as simple as lpd and /etc/printcap
>>and turn it into somthing more obtuse than a sendmail configuration file?
>>Did a group of people get together and make bets on who could come up
>>with the most bizarre way to accomplish an already existing, simple task?
>>At least Eric Allman had a good excuse and sendmail actually works.
>>GTK and OpenOffice were only the first step toward making linux a free
>>version of windows. CUPS has gotten linux close enough to make me remember
>>why I ditched microsoft 12 years ago. Adios.
>
> I dunno. I've never configured CUPS via editing configuration files. I just
> use the likes of KDE's printer configurator. Took me about five minutes to
> set up three printers. I sure don't miss having to download 200 megabyte
> windows "drivers" for HP printers.
This comes from <dubious@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> . Very dubious. Indeed, front ends to
CUPS handle everything just fine and DDK will improve things further.
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