On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 05:41:54AM -0800, wolfi wrote:
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things like PRINTING, which I and many others have been complaining about for what seems a very long time. I hope SuSE "gets it right" in 7.4 or what ever it'll be, along with ROCK SOLID hardware detection and PROPER auto-setup for same, and EASY firewall setup!!! The later is MOST important for newbies. If the next release isn't as it should be, I may take a look at MDK.
Fred
-- Fred A. Miller Systems Administrator Cornell Univ. Press Services fm@cupserv.org
Sad story, you're the only one who responded to this issue at all. I am beginning to feel a little bit ignored here by the SuSE people. There is absolutely no way to make an OfficeJet work with a USB-ohci board, and when I claim this at feedback, the answer is: maybe you compiled your own kernel (which isn't correct), therefore it's your own fault and that's it. Never did one of the SuSE guys take notice of any of my posts here on this list, and the antialiasing story http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/chofman_ttf_72.html still does not contain the hint to hit 'q' for exiting whatever program displays the EULA - I posted this at least five times here and at least twice on feedback. What kind of policy is this, ignoring customer's needs? microsoftish? Anyway, not the way I would expect.
===== Cheers ... Wolfi
I am late to the party on this thread, but I do have some comments. First, printing in general is quite a mess in every version of Linux right now UNLESS you have a native postscript printer, then things are much better. The various combinations of print systems (LPD/LPR, LPRng, CUPS) and filters (magicfilter, apsfilter) and each vendors tweaking of each component makes consistent printing a big issue. I recommend using postscript printers with Linux for now. Second, multi-function devices barely work on Windows, much less on Linux. Most people I know with multi-function devices can't even get them to work right on Windows. You should be able to get basic printing to work, but again through the maze of print systems and filters ending in a PCL print stream. Usually, the fax functions of these devices can be used without using the computer. I missed the posts on antialiasing. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ wielder of vi(m), an ancient and powerful magic pteranadon smiles at me and flies up to god -- d.w.