Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> ____/ Homer on Friday 16 May 2008 04:04 : \____
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that The Ghost In The Machine spake thusly:
>>
>>> Gotta love the "yeah, I want to report my printing experience to HP",
>>> though in all fairness that only tells them how much one prints, as
>>> opposed to *what*.
>>
>> Actually, it does:
>>
>> [quote]
>> The shared information is dependant upon which HP product has been
>> installed. In general, this information includes:
>> [...]
>> . file type and location
>> [/quote]
>>
>> "Location" presumably means path; one may assume the /full/ path,
>> including the file's name.
>>
>>> But what the heck are they going to do with that data?
>>
>> One minute you're printing "puppy.jpg"; the next minute you get an
>> "exclusive offer" for Kibbles ... or more likely Viagra from a Russian
>> Pharma spammer. Hey, dawgies need lovin' too.
>>
>>> The only reason Linux isn't simpler here is presumably because you've
>>> disabled UPnP autodetection
>>
>> Oh believe me, the Linux install /was/ simpler ... *far* simpler, UPnP
>> or no.
>
> I can't comment about Windows, but setting up my scanners and printers in
> GNU/Linux with GNOME and KDE has been a simple GUI thing. No need for
> downloads or disks.
>
> When people have problems doing this with Windows they just phone up some
> helpdesk, so there's no trail of evidence on the Web (WinTroll in COLA like
> carbon-copying online 'helpdesk logs' that are available for the public to
> see, but they just re-report *incidents*, not recurring patterns or anything
> whose nature is statistical).
>
> SUSE (before the deal) made everything simple too. That was back in KDE 3.1
> says (2002-3). It probably depends a lot on the vendor at the end, but I never
> had any issues. The same goes for Webcams.
>
> Had Linux not been easy, Microsoft wouldn't need to have so many Munchkins
> around spreading rumours about and discrediting Linux. Or even *faking*
> problems (Gary M Stewart style).
>
> Hardware support?
>
> Works fine for me. No problem in years.
Sure it does Roy.
FWIW, NOW it works well for me. I have had serious issues with Ubuntu
and CUPS in the past though as a result of them closing off administer
web access to CUPS. It is well documented.
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are near for the BIOS reading inferior OS. It is inevitable.
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