Examination of a Linux Gui, w/color commentary

[Mark Komarinski]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 01:12:15PM -0500, Jeff Kinz wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 10:32:04AM -0500, Mark Komarinski wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 09:47:23AM -0500, Jeff Kinz wrote:
> > > He is correct about the difficulty his "Aunt Tilly" would have 
> > > trying to use the existing printer over the small network were correct
> > > (Using that interface).
> >  
> > In this case, it's irrelevant.  It's the server that should be configured
> > properly.  The client will pick up on it.
> 
> hmm - I'm not sure Aunt Tilly can configure the server by herself yet,
> and yet clearly a home LAN would need one.  Does it come up by itself?
 
Outside the scope of ESR's argument, but you're right that Aunt Tillie
won't be able to configure a server any more than she could configure an
Apache server.  Once the server is configured, the printers appear on
client machines.  By default, OS X and at least RH9 clients will search
the local subnet for servers.

> > > In the meantime - Does KDEprint show the user a list of the printers
> > > available on the network so that user's can select the one they are
> > > trying to use?
> >  
> > If CUPS knows about the printer, then yes.
> And that requires that someone set up a CUPS server?
 
Yes.  At this point, much of it can be done via the web interface, but
since configuring who can browse the server is a security concern,
it's disabled by default and must be enabled by editing a configuration file
and restarting the server.

-Mark
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