> I wish CUPS would not be installed by default I don't. CUPS does not harm (it's lightweight and quiet), and I don't want to have to install it or configure i

> I wish CUPS would not be installed by default I don't. CUPS does not harm (it's lightweight and quiet), and I don't want to have to install it or configure it if I ever need to use a printer. Drivers should be installed automatically too, so I don't have to think about it. I install whatever mainstream distro, connect to whatever printer there is at the place I am with my laptop and it should just work. People have other things to do than (finding out how to) configure a printer and install packages for that. Distros cannot assume people will know in advance what printer they will need to use with a laptop. For a desktop computer, it's slightly different, but still, common things just need to work out of the box, life is too short for fiddling for most people (I like fiddling though, but only when I choose to do it). On less mainstream / more KISS distros, it would be okay (better) not to install CUPS by default though.