Re: Firmware stuff - was systemd fight
On Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:33:44 -0800
"Arnold Bird" <arnoldbird@cosmicemail.com> wrote:
> Is it not in the unfree repository?
> Alot of stuff was moved there.
AFAIK, it's not in the repos at all, just distributed by Brother.
> --- celejar@gmail.com wrote:
>
> From: Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Firmware stuff - was systemd fight
> Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:36:13 -0500
>
> On Mon, 3 Mar 2014 17:10:46 +0800 (WST)
> Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > Debian 6 apparently made most printers "paperweight" or "sopmetimes
> > works", in functionality.
> >
> > Something significant, changed between Debian Linux 5 and Debian Linux
> > 6, that reduced the functionality of the operating system.
> >
> > The device is a Samsung CLX3185FW, and it had drivers that worked with
> > Debian 5.
> >
> > The printer, and, from what I have seen, it equally applies to most
> > printers that were "Linux-compatible" is/are not compatible with Debian
> > Linux after Debian Linux v5.
>
> ?! I'm running amd64 Stable, and my Brother works just fine, with
> drivers provided by the manufacturer. I really don't think that "most
> printers" are no longer compatible with Debian.
>
> Celejar
Celejar
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