Onno (VK6FLAB)

Anything and everything Amateur Radio and beyond. Heavily into Open Source and SDR, working on a multi band monitor and transmitter.

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  • How would you suggest I respond in the future?

    We have a person, claiming that CUPS doesn’t work and they now uninstall it on every installation.

    There is no context, no data, no information that suggests what the issue is, what they tried, when this occurred, on which platform, under which conditions.

    In other words, the user was essentially saying “CUPS sux”.

    Having used Linux as my main system for over 25 years, that sentiment did not match my own experience, does not help anyone, not me, not the user and not the OP who was trying to solve a problem, let alone anyone else reading along.

    I responded accordingly.













  • Except that in civil discussion with experts, other ideas are what helps people arrive at a solution suitable for them and their situation.

    I’ll also add that I’ve been a Linux user for 25 years and the toxicity you claim in relation to the Linux community is in my experience not evident as a “major reason”, instead I’ve found it to be innovative and flexible with a wide perspective and approach to problem solving.

    Are there dickheads in the Linux community? Yes, just like there are everywhere in society.


  • What are you attempting to achieve by opening this list of urls?

    What is the difference between running this script and setting this list as either a bookmark, or the homepage in your browser?

    What does your network have to do with the reachability of these sites?

    If you’re managing the privacy of your own network, why are you not monitoring those services?



  • Not to rain on the parade, but in my experience, having had to email customers in bulk … sending tickets and logistics requirements for large events … I can tell you that self hosting this is a complete and utter waste of time.

    You’ll get blocked before the first batch of emails leave your mailer.

    Not even paid MailChimp or Campaign Monitor could guarantee delivery.

    The problem is not the platform for sending email, it’s the centralised nature of email hosting, much of it is behind Google and Microsoft hosted services.


  • I’ve run my business for over 25 years, and I haven’t had a printer in over two decades. I have needed to print something less than half a dozen times since making the decision to not replace it. Instead I print to PDF and if I need actual physical paper, I’ve put a PDF on a USB flash drive and taken it to my local office supplies store to print on demand.

    I have a scanner, it’s been used perhaps a dozen times in the same period.

    In other words, have you considered not buying a printer?