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Re: cupsys installation



On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@vianet.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 01:11:56PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote:
>> Is there any way to install cups without introducing any of the X11
>> libraries?
>>
>> I am trying to set this up on a headless box that doesn't have the
>> resources available for needlessly running X11.
>>
>
> If you have a resource-limited box, you probably don't want to run CUPS.
> What is it you're trying to do.  CUPS is only one of a few print spooler
> systems available.

I've never found CUPS to be hard on resources - even on old boxes, and
the alternatives are all rather lame....  IMO

Brian


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