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I've noticed a general sentiment that printing on Linux is (or at least was) extremely cumbersome and difficult. Why is that?

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[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

apt purge cups-* libcups* libppd*

Thank me later.

[–] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just uninstall cups-browsed, how are you going to print w/o CUPS?

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 month ago

You can't print anymore. Try to use a plotter.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] halm@leminal.space 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, this news cycle may not be the best for CUPS advocacy 😄

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 month ago

It's definitely not helping haha