Subj : Re: MX Linux
To : Gerrit Kuehn
From : Dan Clough
Date : Sat Jul 24 2021 09:40 am
-=> Gerrit Kuehn wrote to Dan Clough <=-
GK> The repository management allows to use standard Debian packages
GK> as well as MX-provided things and flatpaks. I didn't really use the
GK> latter before, but it had stuff like discord and zoom available, so I
GK> didn't have to download and install these manually.
GK> As a follow-up: We have several HP printers here, so installing
GK> hplip is the way to go. We have one old MFP among these that
GK> requires the additional hplip binary plugin to allow scanning
GK> over network (which is a very nice feature we rely on heavily).
GK> This plugin didn't install properly, but that's probably more
GK> HP's fault (hp-setup needs to install it). Actually, I have never
GK> been able to get it installed without any manual interaction on
GK> any system I tried (be it FreeBSD, Gentoo, Sabayon, MX or
GK> whatever). On the bright side, the "usual" tricks worked here,
GK> too, so I could just use the commandline to get everything going.
GK> Now I have both xsane and HP's simple scanner tool using the MFP
GK> scanner over the network.
Sweet. I also use an HP MFP over the network for scanning, but just do
it through the printer's "webscan" function via a browser. Works fine
for the simple scanning I do occasionally.
Sounds like another "+" in the MX column. ;-)
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