Re: [tlug] refurbished Thinkpad X60 with Coreboot & Linux

[Simon Cozens <simon@example.com>]

On 24/12/2013 11:59, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> "Cheap garbage" *should* work.  Some of us can afford to buy better
> stuff, but our students and friends who work for NPOs can't.  And I've
> actually been quite happy with our Epson EP-804A (~16000 three years
> ago IIRC) -- but I drive it with a Mac.  (Which is one reason why I
> don't recommend 100% free software systems to the above-mentioned
> "clients" any more.  Software freedom is an important property of the
> ecosystem, but it's not the only freedom that matters.  Freedom from
> driver hassles you don't want is another one.)

Ironically, perhaps the one thing that has really advanced the printing 
experience in Linux [*] was the adoption of CUPS by an evil, proprietary 
fruit-flavoured computer company, who have worked hard to make damned sure 
that as many printers as possible Just Work on their operating system.

[*] for Ubuntu users, I mean, rather than for those with the time and 
inclination to lovingly hand-craft a GhostScript configuration.