[plug] Mandrake 7.2 CUPS print driver

mark mark at omninet.net.au
Fri Nov 17 14:05:20 WST 2000


Leon Brooks wrote:
> 
> mark wrote:
> > I have just installed Mandrake 7.2 its a big improvement on 7
> > It detected and set up the ata66 controller on my MB straight up
> > brilliant :).
> 
> > Is there a known problem with the new CUPS printer driver and SO5.2
> 
> Not AFAIK. But if you have an insoluble problem with CUPS, you can revert to
> lpd.
> 

Definitely broken.  Pity it would have been a near perfect system....(

The output from the CUPS drivers is very good.

Star office via lpd is a bit sad really.

> --
> If the hackers release the source [to Windows or MS-Office] into
> the "wild", we're likely to see a similar situation to DeCSS[...]
>     -- The Dodger, on the Oct2000 Microsoft crack
> How the hell am I going to get all that bloatware on the back of
> a t-shirt?! -- nick_davison, in reply



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