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Re:Linux is Not Windows by mdaniel on Sunday June 12, 2011 @07:54AM (#2646324)
Yes, you just learned the very thing that is under debate here: that unless your mom trolls though HN discussions, she would never guess that opening a web browser and navigating to that cryptic URL is the mechanism for installing a printer.

Oh, sorry, I left out the "click shit" part. Do some of that, too.

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Re:Linux is Not Windows by gmartres on Sunday June 12, 2011 @08:19AM (#2646353)
More importantly, you left out the "minimal Debian box" part. With modern desktop environments, you can just plug your printer, wait a few seconds for it to tell you it's installed, and your done. Way easier than on any other OS.
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Re:Linux is Not Windows by idonthack on Sunday June 12, 2011 @08:08AM (#2646337)
That's the configuration mechanism in a minimal system where just about everything is disabled. In any kind of system that a novice would be using, it shows up in all the expected places.
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