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I'm JUST trying to install my printer driver what's going on? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/bazzite@lemmy.world
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I'm following this guide and trying to print anything, a jpeg, a webpage, results in this format page and then 100's of blank pages.

Why does everything on Linux have to be so hard?!

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[–] [S] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Unfortunately It doesn't seem to find mine like that, and I'll be honest I think I was just grumpy that this isn't a simple, "click on the executable" system like windows, this is my fiancees PC, but issues like this are why I'm hesitant to actually switch to Linux in the first place

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    In that case maybe Linux is not ready for you yet. You might have to give it a few more years.

    Bazzite in particular is a bit unique, so you will find even less help online. I have to agree with the other users here, maybe try with Linux Mint instead.

    Or if you'd really want to insist with Bazzite, you could try with layering. But keep in mind that layers are temporary, and you have to reapply your layer every time you install a system update. Let us know if you really want to try this way, I couldn't find an easy step-by-step guide, but someone else might be able to write one for you.

    EDIT: oh another thing... printers are removed on Linux. Unfortunately printer companies do not seem to like open-sourcing their drivers, and Linux support is sometimes bad or none at all. Do not expect this many issues with everything. Linux is usually pretty nice after all.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    If you layer packages with rpm-ostree, they are not temporary. Although, I would try to keep it to only things in the distros default repos because dependency issues will just cause updates to no longer apply.

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