Interesting .....

[Jerry McBride]

On Tuesday 24 July 2007 08:26:13 pm Collins Richey wrote:
> On 7/24/07, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 24 July 2007 05:45:14 pm Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> > > On 7/24/07, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 24 July 2007 08:41:35 am Ben Duncan wrote:

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> Just to emphasize Collins' viewpoint:
>

Yeah!

> 1. CUPS, when it's working, is great.

That's the way it is too. When things connect, no problems... then that one 
day that you need to get something done... the print server is done... and 
god help you to get it back on line fast! 


> 2. I haven't used LPRNG in years.
> 3. Lonni has been extremely lucky if he never encountered problems.
> 4. Over the past few years (Gentoo, miscellaneous, and now
> Debian/Ubuntu), at least once per year, CUPS has been broken over
> several dot releases. Eventually they get it right, and all is
> goodness again.
> 5. IMO, CUPS has the poorest internal testing of any open source
> product I've encountered. They release unimaginable schlock. Even
> plain vanilla HP Laserjets stop working.
> 6. The latest version on Ubuntu Gutsy is surprisingly error free. For
> the very first time, I was able to add my Epson CX4200 via gui with no
> problems. Maybe they've turned over a new leaf.

Can you tell me what version it is? I'd be willing to have a second or third 
look....




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