2024: The year of desktop FreeBSD?

[kpedersen]

Agreed. I have a few people on my ignore list, the majority are easily forgotten.

Even with silly stuff like a certain member's reddit spam, I tend to not bother blocking people. I prioritise reading contiguous unbroken threads since on the whole it is generally of high quality on these forums (even some of the thread diversions can yield some really interesting info).

 

[Zagzigger]

Working for me, despite the attachment, which I shot yesterday afternoon whilst adding a queue for an HP printer. Clearly, something wrong.

It's the type of bug that I ignore (sorry). I have huge stashes of screenshots and other mementos that relate to bugs, or possible bugs. I refrain from reporting the vast majority of things.

Zagzigger please note, this is not to suggest that you're doing anything wrong (or lacking in knowledge). I can't find a print-related topic from you, if you'd like to begin one and ping me from there, I might be able to help.

Thanks for asking. From the FreeBSD download for 14.1, it turns out it needed several (well at least one) more pkg for printers - and I think it was cups-filters. As soon as I installed it, CUPS found the correct driver (well, one close enough) and it worked. My printer is an XP-4205 and the printer driver I am using is XP-4200 series.
What seems to be the case here is that distributions such as GhostBSD intelligently follow up on the hardware analysis but creating the most like configuration files and downloading the most likely pkgs (or ports - but I have seldom used that route). For me, there's nothing clever in finding the right pkg or editing configuration files - it just takes time and some knowledge of how FreeBSD is constructed. However, I do think FreeBSD could do a better job in making the whole thing easier. It's probably safer for an automated process to address configuration e issues - not to say a huge saving on time. Mistakes in auto-configurations are always spotted early by gurus and others- and the total time saving is enormous.
Thanks again for your time.

 

[astyle]

Thanks for asking. From the FreeBSD download for 14.1, it turns out it needed several (well at least one) more pkg for printers - and I think it was cups-filters. As soon as I installed it, CUPS found the correct driver (well, one close enough) and it worked. My printer is an XP-4205 and the printer driver I am using is XP-4200 series.
What seems to be the case here is that distributions such as GhostBSD intelligently follow up on the hardware analysis but creating the most like configuration files and downloading the most likely pkgs (or ports - but I have seldom used that route). For me, there's nothing clever in finding the right pkg or editing configuration files - it just takes time and some knowledge of how FreeBSD is constructed. However, I do think FreeBSD could do a better job in making the whole thing easier. It's probably safer for an automated process to address configuration e issues - not to say a huge saving on time. Mistakes in auto-configurations are always spotted early by gurus and others- and the total time saving is enormous.
Thanks again for your time.

For printing specifically, you might find this thread to be of interest: Thread airprint-seems-to-be-the-new-standard-for-printing.94865

 

[Zagzigger]

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The rules might embody that sentiment, or something like it.

I shan't count the number of people who have taught themselves that rule-breaking might be a norm without consequences.

From before I changed my name and personality at The FreeBSD Forums:

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To the people who found it impossible to be nice; to the people who simply loved to bring negativity and thanklessness:

• I hope that you few people are, in recent months, enjoying the consequences.

I hope that you few do, because the consequences create a poorer, narrow-minded space.

I know what you mean, but some people never really learned the rules of argument - and often that is not their fault.
For me, arguments and differences of opinion are illuminating and give depth to understanding. Otherwise, there would be no point - one can just read the manual.
Sad really, those who can't argue their point are almost always reduced to ad hominem statements, which reflect on them rather than their opponents.
In my time, I've been personally insulted by some very important people - and I'm proud of it.
To all the onlookers, they lost - if that means anything.

 

[Jose]

Please save your time and ignore my postings in future.
Thanks.

Your wish is my command!

 

[Cath O'Deray]

… I'm extremely upset …

The comment that followed neither alleviated the upset, nor impressed me.

Mean-mindedness in The FreeBSD Forums is an illness.

In parting, birdie wrote:

"It's the first time in my entire life that people instead of sticking to the topic are discussing the OP instead.".

 

[kpedersen]

In parting, birdie wrote:

"It's the first time in my entire life that people instead of sticking to the topic are discussing the OP instead.".

Don't be naive. This guy is a known troll (and you are aware of this). The most common action is as seen here:

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/member/16528-birdie

*banned*

We tried to give him the benefit of the doubt by engaging with his "loaded" thread topic and tried to turn it into something positive (which I think we did quite successfully), luckily he saw himself out once he saw his trolling had failed. Not sure why you are dredging up random history.