Comments on: I love it when things Just Work

By: tytso

tytso — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:15:44 +0000

You’re right, the panel in question was system-config-printer.py, and it appears to have been written by Tim Waugh and florian Festi. So the Kudo’s should go to Red Hat. My bad; I should have checked more carefully to give credit where credit was due.

By: Clue Stick

Clue Stick — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:12:41 +0000

I autodetect and configure functionally was developed by the Fedora Project. I think that Tim Waugh of Red Hat was the guy behind it. Why are you thanking the CUPS and GNOME guys?

By: Jef

Jef — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:31:17 +0000

The distribution you should be thanking is Fedora Project which created system-config-printer that Ubuntu is using now.

By: Chris S.

Chris S. — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:50:14 +0000

Would that the wireless worked so weel.

By: The Linux Index » Jeff Waugh: links for 2007-11-12

The Linux Index » Jeff Waugh: links for 2007-11-12 — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:32:13 +0000

[...] I love it when things Just Work “To my astonishment [the printer was autodetected] and 15 seconds later I was able to print to it. Well done to everyone in the CUPS and GNOME community who worked to make this possible!” — Ted T’so loves “Just Works” (tags: gnome cups printing justworks tedtso) Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

By: Enver ALTIN

Enver ALTIN — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:47:58 +0000

I noticed your post through Jeff’s blog and I’d like to cheer up more people. I’m on Ubuntu Hardy Heron and yesterday I tried to plug in some random USB printer whose brand and model I don’t rememer. The printer was automatically detected, configured and ready to print: I did not even sart the system-config-printer utility. It just worked.

Now that is a relief.

By: links for 2007-11-12

links for 2007-11-12 — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:30:13 +0000