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Re: [LUG] Looking for a new printer

 

On 13/12/11 17:50, bad apple wrote:
>>>>>
> I tried to use software center in ubuntu to install drivers for a
> mfc-j615w and it really does not like the .deb file provided by brother.
> 
> 
> Well, there's part of your problem right there - software center is one
> of the useless pieces of crap that immediately needs to be removed from
> any vanilla ubuntu install, along with ubuntu-one, overlay scrollbars,
> unity and a whole bunch of other rubbish. Inexplicably lots of the
> useful stuff that you will actually need on any linux box is missing
> from ubuntu these days so the first thing I find myself doing is
> something like:
> 
> apt-get install openssh-server nfs-kernel-server build-essential
> linux-headers-`uname -r` gnome-shell awesome zsh wget synaptic htop
> gitcore cvs wireshark
> 
> That lessens the initial pain of ubuntu somewhat but you'll still need
> ubuntu-tweak and a whole bunch of PPAs added before the system is even
> usable, let alone bearable.
> 
> I certainly don't want to start a distro vs distro flamewar in a printer
> thread, but I really struggle to see why anyone would use ubuntu over
> vanilla debian these days. Actually, I'm not even sure why anybody would
> choose ubuntu over *any* other linux or BSD flavour, apart from
> (undeserved) name recognition.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Mat
> 
That is very interesting. I used kubuntu for many years but now I use
Mint. Is that any better, even though it is based on Ubuntu?

Thanks

Neil

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