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I bought one of these because it was like $30 and needed it to print off some stuff with color. I had immediately taken the sticker off even realizing until aft

I bought one of these because it was like $30 and needed it to print off some stuff with color. I had immediately taken the sticker off even realizing until after the fact that they try and limit it to WiFi only. It worked immediately plugging it in to USB on my Linux laptop, so yea.. I guess its only there for people that don't know better?

mbreese 3y ago
> plugging it in to USB on my Linux laptop I think this is the key part... I haven't installed a printer driver from the manufacturer in years. Using CUPS through my Mac or Linux machines "just works". The crazy bloatware drivers are almost always associated with Windows, so if you're using Linux or a Mac, there isn't much of a risk here, is there? Linux even more so...
- quickthrower2 3y ago
  Didn’t a closed and unfixable printer driver kick off the free software revolution?