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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Printing on Linux (lemmy.ml)

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I've noticed a general sentiment that printing on Linux is (or at least was) extremely cumbersome and difficult. Why is that?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Interesting, I have no problems with a Pixma TS8350. Printing is working as shitty as it has always been on Windows. I have yet to configure the scanner to be fair.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Canon driver needs to be installed on Fedora and has never worked out of the box without some tweaking. Canon is not really in the Linux support game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ii admit it didn't work out of the box on Mint as well, but didn't take more then 10 minutes of tweaking. But yes, I would not call it "Linux-friendly".