ok, I will bite ;) I will happily switch to Linux as soon as installing print drivers is as easy as on Windows. And to be honest: Word and Excel far exceeds Libreoffice. So for now I will keep running Linux on servers and Windows on desktops :)
On Fedora and since forever, every time I plug a printer in, the system offers me to install the drivers for this printer, just a click away. Since say 10 years, I had less issues with printers on Linux than on Windows.
@Marius @Ren what is this “installing print drivers” you are talking about?
I've just bought a new printer, I've connected it to the local network (not even to the computer), and the print dialog was showing it, with full supports for its various features, no installation required
(I'm not sure what would happen for scanners: the one I have is just a printer, and the scanner I have is pretty old (and does require installing a couple of packages from the distribution))
@valhalla because judging by the replies here I have an old printer, and my Ubuntu laptop did not recognize it. Trying to follow the vendor insrructions it said I should download some package and just compile it. After an hour or 2 of trying I just moved on. Linux just isn't for me 🙂
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Marius
in reply to Ren • • •I will happily switch to Linux as soon as installing print drivers is as easy as on Windows. And to be honest: Word and Excel far exceeds Libreoffice. So for now I will keep running Linux on servers and Windows on desktops :)
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in reply to Marius • •@Marius @Ren what is this “installing print drivers” you are talking about?
I've just bought a new printer, I've connected it to the local network (not even to the computer), and the print dialog was showing it, with full supports for its various features, no installation required
(I'm not sure what would happen for scanners: the one I have is just a printer, and the scanner I have is pretty old (and does require installing a couple of packages from the distribution))
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