I’m just tired. On the last post about having Linux at our work, many people that seems to be an IT worker said there have been several issues with Linux that was not easy to manipulate or control like they do with Windows, but I think they just are lazy to find out ways to provide this support. Because Google forces all their workers to use Linux, and they have pretty much control on their OS as any other Windows system.
Linux is a valid system that can be used for work, just as many other companies do.
So my point is, the excuse of “Linux is not ready for workplaces” could be just a lack of knowledge of the IT team and/or a lack of intention to provide to developers the right tools to work.
I can’t even get installers designed for Windows 7/8.1 to run. It’s just a software to use the scan feature of a printer. No errors, no logs. Cups works perfectly with it.
And that’s why Windows is dropping support for 3rd party print drivers; they’re shitty and unnecessary
It’s not even drivers really, printing works fine. The printer itself works fine without the software. It just needs an extra program to scan.
Now, a generic driver which adds support for scanning without third party software, so drivers which can interface directly with Windows’ scanning service, would probably solve that problem. But considering that the Software for the printer stopped at 7/8.1, it’s a pretty old printer even if they stopped support immediately after releasing it (which they didn’t). So I doubt M$ will be able to provide as much support for nearly as many printers as Linux got over the years by the community.