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I'm not sure we have the same experience on Mac. Everything I ever plugged in there works, from Arduino to Androids to USB sound cards, DVBT/SDR tuners, webcams

by xgbi 10y ago

I'm not sure we have the same experience on Mac. Everything I ever plugged in there works, from Arduino to Androids to USB sound cards, DVBT/SDR tuners, webcams, or USB ethernet adapters, even my little USB scanner. I migght have had problems with Wifi, but it was usually the same in linux with the ndiswrapper dance. I even plugged a Social Security card reader (Frenchman here) in there and it was detected correctly as a serial adapter.

taeric 10y ago
Oddly, the number one "I can't believe this doesn't just work category" is printers. It is frustrating that I can just start printing from my ubuntu machine, but have to figure out how to get the right drivers for my other machines. As a standard caveat, I don't actually use that many devices on my network. So, YMMV. A lot.
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago
  To contrast, IME, CUPS is a pain. Absolutely awful. Printing Just Works everywhere except Linux. And I'm using an EPSON printer, too.
  - nine_k 10y ago
    Funnily, macOS uses CUPS internally, iirc.
  - taeric 10y ago
    I'm pretty sure if you are ever at a point where you know the name of a service implementation, it likely forced you to use it in anger. Which is to say, I had forgotten printing was with CUPS since it has been a long time since I had to mess with it. Hate to hear it went so poorly for you.
  - type0 10y ago
    Here is a guy also being terribly disappointed with Linux about CUPS to the point that he said he will stop using it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0chgyL7u4Qs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0chgyL7u4Qs For me personally, I would rather buy a new printer, the freedom of being able to change the software to run the way I want it is worth so much more.
- sevensor 10y ago
  Anecdotal support: after Vista broke printing for half of the world's terrible cheap inkjets, I spent nearly a decade using terrible cheap inkjets I picked up for next to nothing on craigslist. They almost universally had Linux drivers, and when the ink ran out I would get another one.
theandrewbailey 10y ago
Same on Windows. A device is quite unusual if it doesn't fit into the existing USB device classes. The only drivers I've needed to install are video drivers, and even then it's only to fully use that shiny Nvidia chip to its fullest. I didn't spend $500 to only push 2D.
Torgo 10y ago
Every time a friend of mine updates his Mac's operating system, a piece of his music equipment stops working.

by xgbi 10y ago

taeric 10y ago

Oddly, the number one "I can't believe this doesn't just work category" is printers. It is frustrating that I can just start printing from my ubuntu machine, but have to figure out how to get the right drivers for my other machines. As a standard caveat, I don't actually use that many devices on my network. So, YMMV. A lot.

qwertyuiop924 10y ago
To contrast, IME, CUPS is a pain. Absolutely awful. Printing Just Works everywhere except Linux. And I'm using an EPSON printer, too.
- nine_k 10y ago
  Funnily, macOS uses CUPS internally, iirc.
- taeric 10y ago
  I'm pretty sure if you are ever at a point where you know the name of a service implementation, it likely forced you to use it in anger. Which is to say, I had forgotten printing was with CUPS since it has been a long time since I had to mess with it. Hate to hear it went so poorly for you.
- type0 10y ago
  Here is a guy also being terribly disappointed with Linux about CUPS to the point that he said he will stop using it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0chgyL7u4Qs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0chgyL7u4Qs For me personally, I would rather buy a new printer, the freedom of being able to change the software to run the way I want it is worth so much more.
sevensor 10y ago
Anecdotal support: after Vista broke printing for half of the world's terrible cheap inkjets, I spent nearly a decade using terrible cheap inkjets I picked up for next to nothing on craigslist. They almost universally had Linux drivers, and when the ink ran out I would get another one.

theandrewbailey 10y ago

Same on Windows. A device is quite unusual if it doesn't fit into the existing USB device classes. The only drivers I've needed to install are video drivers, and even then it's only to fully use that shiny Nvidia chip to its fullest. I didn't spend $500 to only push 2D.

Torgo 10y ago

Every time a friend of mine updates his Mac's operating system, a piece of his music equipment stops working.