Why would anyone punish themselves by using Linux?
If you insist on running some form on Unix then use a Mac like I do.
It's professionally done and has a consistent UI that actually works.
Screw Linux and leave it to people who enjoy fixing things that should
work, like printing for example.
Why would anyone punish themselves by using Linux?
If you insist on running some form on Unix then use a Mac like I do.
It's professionally done and has a consistent UI that actually works.
Screw Linux and leave it to people who enjoy fixing things that should
work, like printing for example.
On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 04:39:43 -0000 (UTC), Klink wrote:
Why would anyone punish themselves by using Linux?
If you insist on running some form on Unix then use a Mac like I do.
It's professionally done and has a consistent UI that actually works.
Screw Linux and leave it to people who enjoy fixing things that should
work, like printing for example.
Printing on Linux is actually a lot simpler than it is on Windows
nowadays.
At Sun, 1 Feb 2026 04:39:43 -0000 (UTC), "Klink" <yikes@n0mail.org> wrote:
Why would anyone punish themselves by using Linux?
If you insist on running some form on Unix then use a Mac like I do.
It's professionally done and has a consistent UI that actually works.
Screw Linux and leave it to people who enjoy fixing things that should
work, like printing for example.
You are a very funny lady. 😜
(The joke, of course, is that Linux printing uses CUPS -- same
as MacOS.)
On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 04:39:43 -0000 (UTC), Klink wrote:
Why would anyone punish themselves by using Linux?
If you insist on running some form on Unix then use a Mac like I do.
It's professionally done and has a consistent UI that actually works.
Screw Linux and leave it to people who enjoy fixing things that should
work, like printing for example.
Printing on Linux is actually a lot simpler than it is on Windows
nowadays.
Why would anyone punish themselves by using Linux?
If you insist on running some form on Unix then use a Mac like I do.
It's professionally done and has a consistent UI that actually works.
Screw Linux and leave it to people who enjoy fixing things that should
work, like printing for example.
On 2026-02-01 04:14, vallor wrote:
At Sun, 1 Feb 2026 04:39:43 -0000 (UTC), "Klink" <yikes@n0mail.org>
wrote:
Why would anyone punish themselves by using Linux?
If you insist on running some form on Unix then use a Mac like I do.
It's professionally done and has a consistent UI that actually works.
Screw Linux and leave it to people who enjoy fixing things that should
work, like printing for example.
You are a very funny lady. 😜
(The joke, of course, is that Linux printing uses CUPS -- same
as MacOS.)
CUPS--the Common Unix Printing System...
...is an Apple product.
:-)
Michael Sweet, who owned Easy Software Products, started developing CUPS
On 01 Feb 2026 13:33:59 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:
On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 04:39:43 -0000 (UTC), Klink wrote:
Why would anyone punish themselves by using Linux?
If you insist on running some form on Unix then use a Mac like I do.
It's professionally done and has a consistent UI that actually works.
Screw Linux and leave it to people who enjoy fixing things that should
work, like printing for example.
Printing on Linux is actually a lot simpler than it is on Windows
nowadays.
I very seldom print anything, like maybe once every couple of years. I
was pleasantly surprised when I turned on the old Samsung 310CLP and
plugged in the USB cable LibreOffice recognized it and printed the form.
Sort of. I mean it printed the form, plus sort of an overlay of previous parts of the form. The printer needs some serious maintenance.
15 or 20 years ago I hated trying to print anything on Linux. It's come
a long way.
The original design of CUPS used the Line Printer Daemon protocol (LPD),
but due to limitations in LPD and vendor incompatibilities, the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) was chosen instead.
but every so often I come across a Cyanide & Happiness comic I like, so
I print it and post it in my classroom for the kids to get a chuckle.
On 2/1/26 2:39 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2026-02-01 04:14, vallor wrote:
At Sun, 1 Feb 2026 04:39:43 -0000 (UTC), "Klink" <yikes@n0mail.org>
wrote:
Why would anyone punish themselves by using Linux?
If you insist on running some form on Unix then use a Mac like I do.
It's professionally done and has a consistent UI that actually works.
Screw Linux and leave it to people who enjoy fixing things that should >>>> work, like printing for example.
You are a very funny lady. 😜
(The joke, of course, is that Linux printing uses CUPS -- same
as MacOS.)
CUPS--the Common Unix Printing System...
...is an Apple product.
:-)
Michael Sweet, who owned Easy Software Products, started developing CUPS
in 1997 and the first public betas appeared in 1999.[5][6] The original design of CUPS used the Line Printer Daemon protocol (LPD), but due to limitations in LPD and vendor incompatibilities, the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) was chosen instead. CUPS was initially called "The Common UNIX Printing System". This name was shortened to just "CUPS" beginning
with CUPS 1.4 due to legal concerns with the UNIX trademark.[7] CUPS was quickly adopted as the default printing system for most Linux
distributions. In March 2002, Apple Inc. adopted CUPS as the printing
system for Mac OS X 10.2.[8] In February 2007, Apple Inc. hired chief developer Michael Sweet and purchased the CUPS source code.[9] On
December 20, 2019, Michael Sweet announced on his blog that he had left Apple.[10][11] In 2020, the OpenPrinting organization forked the
project, with Michael Sweet continuing work on it. Apple retained the
builds for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS with latest release of Apple CUPS
being version 2.3.6 on May 25, 2022.
<<<
Another Apple buyout Alan's giving them credit for being their
"product", wow.
On 2026-02-01 12:58, Joel W. Crump wrote:
On 2/1/26 2:39 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2026-02-01 04:14, vallor wrote:Michael Sweet, who owned Easy Software Products, started developing
At Sun, 1 Feb 2026 04:39:43 -0000 (UTC), "Klink" <yikes@n0mail.org>
wrote:
Why would anyone punish themselves by using Linux?
If you insist on running some form on Unix then use a Mac like I do. >>>>> It's professionally done and has a consistent UI that actually works. >>>>> Screw Linux and leave it to people who enjoy fixing things that should >>>>> work, like printing for example.
You are a very funny lady. 😜
(The joke, of course, is that Linux printing uses CUPS -- same
as MacOS.)
CUPS--the Common Unix Printing System...
...is an Apple product.
:-)
;
CUPS in 1997 and the first public betas appeared in 1999.[5][6] The
original design of CUPS used the Line Printer Daemon protocol (LPD),
but due to limitations in LPD and vendor incompatibilities, the
Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) was chosen instead. CUPS was
initially called "The Common UNIX Printing System". This name was
shortened to just "CUPS" beginning with CUPS 1.4 due to legal concerns
with the UNIX trademark.[7] CUPS was quickly adopted as the default
printing system for most Linux distributions. In March 2002, Apple
Inc. adopted CUPS as the printing system for Mac OS X 10.2.[8] In
February 2007, Apple Inc. hired chief developer Michael Sweet and
purchased the CUPS source code.[9] On December 20, 2019, Michael Sweet
announced on his blog that he had left Apple.[10][11] In 2020, the
OpenPrinting organization forked the project, with Michael Sweet
continuing work on it. Apple retained the builds for macOS, iOS, and
iPadOS with latest release of Apple CUPS being version 2.3.6 on May
25, 2022.
<<<
Another Apple buyout Alan's giving them credit for being their
"product", wow.
Yes.
Apple bought it from Michael Sweet...
...in 2007.
It's now 2026.
Do you suppose that in the 18+ years since Apple purchased the source
code that there's been no development?
On 2/1/26 8:56 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2026-02-01 12:58, Joel W. Crump wrote:
On 2/1/26 2:39 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2026-02-01 04:14, vallor wrote:Michael Sweet, who owned Easy Software Products, started developing
At Sun, 1 Feb 2026 04:39:43 -0000 (UTC), "Klink" <yikes@n0mail.org> >>>>> wrote:
Why would anyone punish themselves by using Linux?
If you insist on running some form on Unix then use a Mac like I do. >>>>>> It's professionally done and has a consistent UI that actually works. >>>>>> Screw Linux and leave it to people who enjoy fixing things that
should
work, like printing for example.
You are a very funny lady. 😜
(The joke, of course, is that Linux printing uses CUPS -- same
as MacOS.)
CUPS--the Common Unix Printing System...
...is an Apple product.
:-)
;
CUPS in 1997 and the first public betas appeared in 1999.[5][6] The
original design of CUPS used the Line Printer Daemon protocol (LPD),
but due to limitations in LPD and vendor incompatibilities, the
Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) was chosen instead. CUPS was
initially called "The Common UNIX Printing System". This name was
shortened to just "CUPS" beginning with CUPS 1.4 due to legal
concerns with the UNIX trademark.[7] CUPS was quickly adopted as the
default printing system for most Linux distributions. In March 2002,
Apple Inc. adopted CUPS as the printing system for Mac OS X 10.2.[8]
In February 2007, Apple Inc. hired chief developer Michael Sweet and
purchased the CUPS source code.[9] On December 20, 2019, Michael
Sweet announced on his blog that he had left Apple.[10][11] In 2020,
the OpenPrinting organization forked the project, with Michael Sweet
continuing work on it. Apple retained the builds for macOS, iOS, and
iPadOS with latest release of Apple CUPS being version 2.3.6 on May
25, 2022.
<<<
Another Apple buyout Alan's giving them credit for being their
"product", wow.
Yes.
Apple bought it from Michael Sweet...
...in 2007.
It's now 2026.
Do you suppose that in the 18+ years since Apple purchased the source
code that there's been no development?
Microsoft did work on DOS, too, would you give Gates credit for coding
it initially?
CUPS--the Common Unix Printing System...Michael Sweet, who owned Easy Software Products, started developing
...is an Apple product.
:-)
;
CUPS in 1997 and the first public betas appeared in 1999.[5][6] The
original design of CUPS used the Line Printer Daemon protocol (LPD),
but due to limitations in LPD and vendor incompatibilities, the
Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) was chosen instead. CUPS was
initially called "The Common UNIX Printing System". This name was
shortened to just "CUPS" beginning with CUPS 1.4 due to legal
concerns with the UNIX trademark.[7] CUPS was quickly adopted as the
default printing system for most Linux distributions. In March 2002,
Apple Inc. adopted CUPS as the printing system for Mac OS X 10.2.[8]
In February 2007, Apple Inc. hired chief developer Michael Sweet and
purchased the CUPS source code.[9] On December 20, 2019, Michael
Sweet announced on his blog that he had left Apple.[10][11] In 2020,
the OpenPrinting organization forked the project, with Michael Sweet
continuing work on it. Apple retained the builds for macOS, iOS, and
iPadOS with latest release of Apple CUPS being version 2.3.6 on May
25, 2022.
<<<
Another Apple buyout Alan's giving them credit for being their
"product", wow.
Yes.
Apple bought it from Michael Sweet...
...in 2007.
It's now 2026.
Do you suppose that in the 18+ years since Apple purchased the source
code that there's been no development?
Microsoft did work on DOS, too, would you give Gates credit for coding
it initially?
Did I give credit to Apple for initially coding CUPS?
Or is that just something you imagined in your fanaticism?
On 2/1/26 9:54 PM, Alan wrote:
CUPS--the Common Unix Printing System...Michael Sweet, who owned Easy Software Products, started developing >>>>> CUPS in 1997 and the first public betas appeared in 1999.[5][6] The >>>>> original design of CUPS used the Line Printer Daemon protocol
...is an Apple product.
:-)
;
(LPD), but due to limitations in LPD and vendor incompatibilities,
the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) was chosen instead. CUPS was
initially called "The Common UNIX Printing System". This name was
shortened to just "CUPS" beginning with CUPS 1.4 due to legal
concerns with the UNIX trademark.[7] CUPS was quickly adopted as
the default printing system for most Linux distributions. In March
2002, Apple Inc. adopted CUPS as the printing system for Mac OS X
10.2.[8] In February 2007, Apple Inc. hired chief developer Michael >>>>> Sweet and purchased the CUPS source code.[9] On December 20, 2019,
Michael Sweet announced on his blog that he had left Apple.[10][11] >>>>> In 2020, the OpenPrinting organization forked the project, with
Michael Sweet continuing work on it. Apple retained the builds for
macOS, iOS, and iPadOS with latest release of Apple CUPS being
version 2.3.6 on May 25, 2022.
<<<
Another Apple buyout Alan's giving them credit for being their
"product", wow.
Yes.
Apple bought it from Michael Sweet...
...in 2007.
It's now 2026.
Do you suppose that in the 18+ years since Apple purchased the
source code that there's been no development?
Microsoft did work on DOS, too, would you give Gates credit for
coding it initially?
Did I give credit to Apple for initially coding CUPS?
Or is that just something you imagined in your fanaticism?
Did you snip the rest of what I wrote because you can't address it,
Usenet troll paid by Apple to annoy us everyday?
On 2026-02-01 19:11, Joel W. Crump wrote:
On 2/1/26 9:54 PM, Alan wrote:
CUPS--the Common Unix Printing System...
...is an Apple product.
:-)
Michael Sweet, who owned Easy Software Products, started;
developing CUPS in 1997 and the first public betas
appeared in 1999.[5][6] The original design of CUPS used
the Line Printer Daemon protocol (LPD), but due to
limitations in LPD and vendor incompatibilities, the
Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) was chosen instead. CUPS
was initially called "The Common UNIX Printing System".
This name was shortened to just "CUPS" beginning with CUPS
1.4 due to legal concerns with the UNIX trademark.[7] CUPS
was quickly adopted as the default printing system for
most Linux distributions. In March 2002, Apple Inc.
adopted CUPS as the printing system for Mac OS X 10.2.[8]
In February 2007, Apple Inc. hired chief developer Michael
Sweet and purchased the CUPS source code.[9] On December
20, 2019, Michael Sweet announced on his blog that he had
left Apple.[10][11] In 2020, the OpenPrinting organization
forked the project, with Michael Sweet continuing work on
it. Apple retained the builds for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS
with latest release of Apple CUPS being version 2.3.6 on
May 25, 2022. <<<
Another Apple buyout Alan's giving them credit for being
their "product", wow.
Yes.
Apple bought it from Michael Sweet...
...in 2007.
It's now 2026.
Do you suppose that in the 18+ years since Apple purchased
the source code that there's been no development?
Microsoft did work on DOS, too, would you give Gates credit for
coding it initially?
Did I give credit to Apple for initially coding CUPS?
Or is that just something you imagined in your fanaticism?
Did you snip the rest of what I wrote because you can't address it,
Usenet troll paid by Apple to annoy us everyday?
Answer my questions.
Your other stuff was a pivot...
...as you always do.
1. "Do you suppose that in the 18+ years since Apple purchased the
source code that there's been no development?"
You didn't answer: you pivoted.
2. "Did I give credit to Apple for initially coding CUPS?"
You didn't answer.
3. "Or is that just something you imagined in your fanaticism?"
You didn't answer.
Alan wrote:
On 2026-02-01 19:11, Joel W. Crump wrote:
On 2/1/26 9:54 PM, Alan wrote:
CUPS--the Common Unix Printing System...Michael Sweet, who owned Easy Software Products, started
...is an Apple product.
:-)
t;
developing CUPS in 1997 and the first public betas
appeared in 1999.[5][6] The original design of CUPS used
the Line Printer Daemon protocol (LPD), but due to
limitations in LPD and vendor incompatibilities, the
Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) was chosen instead. CUPS
was initially called "The Common UNIX Printing System".
This name was shortened to just "CUPS" beginning with CUPS
1.4 due to legal concerns with the UNIX trademark.[7] CUPS
was quickly adopted as the default printing system for
most Linux distributions. In March 2002, Apple Inc.
adopted CUPS as the printing system for Mac OS X 10.2.[8]
In February 2007, Apple Inc. hired chief developer Michael
Sweet and purchased the CUPS source code.[9] On December
20, 2019, Michael Sweet announced on his blog that he had
left Apple.[10][11] In 2020, the OpenPrinting organization
forked the project, with Michael Sweet continuing work on
it. Apple retained the builds for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS
with latest release of Apple CUPS being version 2.3.6 on
May 25, 2022. <<<
Another Apple buyout Alan's giving them credit for being
their "product", wow.
Yes.
Apple bought it from Michael Sweet...
...in 2007.
It's now 2026.
Do you suppose that in the 18+ years since Apple purchased
the source code that there's been no development?
Microsoft did work on DOS, too, would you give Gates credit for
coding it initially?
Did I give credit to Apple for initially coding CUPS?
Or is that just something you imagined in your fanaticism?
Did you snip the rest of what I wrote because you can't address it,
Usenet troll paid by Apple to annoy us everyday?
Answer my questions.
Your other stuff was a pivot...
...as you always do.
1. "Do you suppose that in the 18+ years since Apple purchased the
source code that there's been no development?"
You didn't answer: you pivoted.
2. "Did I give credit to Apple for initially coding CUPS?"
You didn't answer.
3. "Or is that just something you imagined in your fanaticism?"
You didn't answer.
Holy schitt's creek!
You are one hell of a used dooooshbag Alan.
So what is wrong with you?
OCD?
Maybe you are an Aspie?
ADHD?
Whatever your ailment is you should seek out treatment because you are clearly miswired. A defect. A freak. A fool.
On 2026-02-01 04:14, vallor wrote: ||[. . .] |
At Sun, 1 Feb 2026 04:39:43 -0000 (UTC), "Klink" <yikes@n0mail.org> |
wrote: |
|
| ||| CUPS--the Common Unix Printing System... |
(The joke, of course, is that Linux printing uses CUPS -- same |
as MacOS.) |
| ...is an Apple product. |
|
:-) |
On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 15:58:10 -0500, Joel W. Crump wrote:
The original design of CUPS used the Line Printer Daemon protocol
(LPD),
but due to limitations in LPD and vendor incompatibilities, the
Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) was chosen instead.
Ah, yes, that piece of crap... It's amazing how much Linux pain from 25
or more years ago I repress. Probably why I avoid Gentoo, Linux From
Scratch,
and the manual installation of Arch.
On 01 Feb 2026 23:47:22 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:
but every so often I come across a Cyanide & Happiness comic I like, so
I print it and post it in my classroom for the kids to get a chuckle.
Never heard of that one...
https://explosm.net/comics/play-dead#comic
https://explosm.net/comics/a-priest-a-pastor-and-a-rabbi#comic
On 2 Feb 2026 01:19:04 GMT, rbowman wrote:
On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 15:58:10 -0500, Joel W. Crump wrote:
The original design of CUPS used the Line Printer Daemon protocol
(LPD),
but due to limitations in LPD and vendor incompatibilities, the
Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) was chosen instead.
Ah, yes, that piece of crap... It's amazing how much Linux pain from 25
or more years ago I repress. Probably why I avoid Gentoo, Linux From
Scratch,
and the manual installation of Arch.
Larry "Farley Flud" Pietraskiewicz assured us that you're not a man unless you make the Linux experience as painful as possible. He should know,
being the ultimate man and all.
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