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Completely untrue nowadays... (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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They work better in Linux than Windows, not to mention backwards compatibility.

EDIT: I may be wrong about newest printer models, 2020 and above.

EDIT2: Hardware problems are an entirely different issue.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

With cups it's pretty much painless on linux form me, though some distros have a very restrictive firewall configuration out of the box, so you have to whitelist it before using. Not too complicated, but can be very frustrating for new users who never touched a firewall before.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

ufw ring a bell ๐Ÿ˜’... yeah, being uncomplicated doesn't mean it's not working.