▲ 807 ▼ LibreOffice is right about Microsoft, and it matters more than you think. (www.xda-developers.com) submitted 1 year ago by Mrkawfee@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 138 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago (6 children) Just curious, what brand of printer do you have? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (5 children) Brother. Weirdly, the scanner setup was completely painless and even easier than in wondows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago I've got a brother printer as well and it was the only driver I had to hunt down and install. Everything else has worked out of the box (Mint). permalink fedilink source parent [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) I did not even notice putting in a driver for my brother but I use it by usb. Is this more a wireless thing? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) No, the generic usb driver wouldn't work for me. I only was able to get it to print a test page weirdly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I had a way different experience and its kinda funny as I use an lts distro that is even out of date for that. I have things that would not print properly in windows and it was easier to do it with linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Once I got it up and running, it has been like you described, way better than windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (5 children) Brother. Weirdly, the scanner setup was completely painless and even easier than in wondows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago I've got a brother printer as well and it was the only driver I had to hunt down and install. Everything else has worked out of the box (Mint). permalink fedilink source parent [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) I did not even notice putting in a driver for my brother but I use it by usb. Is this more a wireless thing? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) No, the generic usb driver wouldn't work for me. I only was able to get it to print a test page weirdly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I had a way different experience and its kinda funny as I use an lts distro that is even out of date for that. I have things that would not print properly in windows and it was easier to do it with linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Once I got it up and running, it has been like you described, way better than windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago I've got a brother printer as well and it was the only driver I had to hunt down and install. Everything else has worked out of the box (Mint). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) I did not even notice putting in a driver for my brother but I use it by usb. Is this more a wireless thing? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) No, the generic usb driver wouldn't work for me. I only was able to get it to print a test page weirdly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I had a way different experience and its kinda funny as I use an lts distro that is even out of date for that. I have things that would not print properly in windows and it was easier to do it with linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Once I got it up and running, it has been like you described, way better than windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) No, the generic usb driver wouldn't work for me. I only was able to get it to print a test page weirdly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I had a way different experience and its kinda funny as I use an lts distro that is even out of date for that. I have things that would not print properly in windows and it was easier to do it with linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Once I got it up and running, it has been like you described, way better than windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I had a way different experience and its kinda funny as I use an lts distro that is even out of date for that. I have things that would not print properly in windows and it was easier to do it with linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Once I got it up and running, it has been like you described, way better than windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Once I got it up and running, it has been like you described, way better than windows. permalink fedilink source parent