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   Message 106,203 of 107,822   
   Philo to Mike Easter   
   Re: Ubuntu, Mint & Fedora   
   02 Jun 24 17:45:07   
   
   From: philo@privacy.net   
      
   On 6/2/24 5:37 PM, Mike Easter wrote:   
   > Philo wrote:   
   >> One thing I liked also was that it automatically detected and   
   >> installed my Brother laser printer that I had quite a bit of   
   >> difficulty to get to work with Ubuntu and Mint   
   >   
   > I recently booted a live Fedora and it easily recognized and embraced a   
   > Canon Pixma printer connected via USB to a WinXP desktop on the same   
   > network.   
   >   
   > I had recently attempted that w/ a MX Workbench which is not 'rigged'   
   > for desktop friendliness as much as admin tasks.  I would've needed to   
   > know more samba than I normally use.   
   >   
      
      
   I'm quite positively impressed.   
      
   If I open a terminal to run an app...if it's not installed, it simply   
   asks if I want to install it...then does so if I choose "Y"   
      
   I'll probably be using Fedora more and more   
      
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