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   Carlos E.R. to grinch   
   Re: Setting up a usb scanner in Leap 16   
   28 Nov 25 03:18:00   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-11-27 20:28, grinch wrote:   
   > On 27/11/2025 18:48, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2025-11-27 16:34, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:   
   > dule.   
   >>   
   >>> Maybe it's time to think about moving on, not that I want to.   
   >>> I had a look at Kubuntu a few years back and was very happy that my   
   >>> test was on a machine where I did not care about the data, or pretty   
   >>> much anything else.   
   >   
   > Just installed the latest version of Kubuntu it offers nothing OS leap   
   > 16 does not except DEB's rather than RPM's.There is no K "Yast"   
   >   
   > The KDE desktop system settings can manage most things but not scanners   
   > it seems.   
   >   
   > I will probably build a spare leap 15.6 box and keep it just for   
   > scanning until Leap 16 catches up.   
   >   
   > Tried installing Yast on Leap 16 ,it installed no problem  but nothing   
   > actually happed when I tried to run it.>   
      
   You may have got YaST in text mode, so call it from a terminal.   
      
      
   >> To me YaST was what made SUSE* different and Therefore better. If it   
   >> is gone, nothing locks me here anymore.   
   >   
   >   
   > My thoughts exactly +1   
   >   
   >   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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