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One Year Later - CUPS Admin Still Lacking?

Posted by Cliff on from the still-working-on-an-intuitive-gui dept.

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?

8 of 447 comments (clear)

  1. It depends... by It+doesn't+come+easy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does monitoring breast size at the beach constitute a CUPS admin duty?

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    1. Re:It depends... by Eunuchswear · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      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.

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  2. A CUPS How-To by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    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
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    1. Re:A CUPS How-To by heauxmeaux · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      errrr...correction:

      Step 3: Print all the gay porn .tiffs' you can handle!
      Fuckin apple fags. Get a room.

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  3. Right... by JediTrainer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And a year (and many complaints/jokes) later, Slashdot Admin Still Lacking too...

    Nothing to see here. Please move along.

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  4. If I had a dime by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For everything thing someone bitched about linux, I'd have some dimes.

  5. Aunt Ethel ... by GNUALMAFUERTE · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.

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  6. Re:Offtopic but ... by JAppi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm proud of you.