One Year Later - CUPS Admin Still Lacking?

DopeyDad asks: "OK, it was close to a year ago (Eric's site says July 2004, but I'd swear the original rant came earlier last year) that Eric Raymond's tirade on the unfriendly status of configuring the CUPS printing system on Linux was published. Well, I've been struggling with setting up a new laptop and getting it to talk to my print server, using Fedora Core 3, and nothing seems to have changed -- the admin items for adding a printer are exactly as Eric described them back then -- unclear, confusing, and no where near as friendly as their Win* equivalents. Definitely not something I'd expect my Aunt Ethel to be able to figure out. What's going on here? Granted, FC3 is ready to be replaced, but I don't see any CUPS updates for it. Is work being done with CUPS to address Eric's original complaints, or has this issue fallen off the radar?" For those who are still frustrated with the CUPS GUI, how would you improve it?

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A CUPS How-To

[American AC in Paris]

How To Make CUPS "Just Work":
A Guide For Linux Users

1. Save up $500.
2. Buy a Mac.
3. There is no step three! *sniff*

flame off

Aunt Ethel ...

[GNUALMAFUERTE]

Then your Aunte shouldn't use a computer, or should only operate, and have a sysadmin to administrate it. A computer is NOT a toy, and the companys that try to turn it into one just so they can also profit from the iliterate masses are just giving knifes to monkeys.

Re:Offtopic but ...

[JAppi]

I'm proud of you.

Re:It depends...

[Eunuchswear]

This gets moderated offtopic. Fucking tightarsed slashdot wankers.

I'm so glad I'm banned from moderating 'cos I never have to worry about losing my sense of humour.