In a strangely related story... I've got an ancient P-III/866 running CentOS5 that is used as a print server for the home network. I've got a wacky old Brother DCP-7020 connected to it, and have CUPS handling the printing. It uses some proprietary drivers from Brother that are available as RPM and DEB. Everything is working well, but change is inevitable.
My wife is the proud owner of a new iPad and wants to do printing. Some initial Googling says I should get a newer version of the OS so I have a newer version of CUPS. Then I can get Avahi to publish the printer and then the iPad should see it. Another change that would be nice, getting network scanning to work using SANE. Does anyone have a recommendation: CentOS6 vs Ubunutu12.04 vs <your-favorite-distro-here>? On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Steven S. Critchfield <[email protected]>wrote: > I have done fresh installs from software meant for Centos5 to Centos 6, > but the Centos5 was already 5.7 or 5.8. > > Main thing I know about Centos6 is that you get upstart by default. > > Even with Centos6, I notice they are still in the 2.6 kernels. They are > starting to look old even compared to Debian Stable. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > anybody done this kinda thing. Color me cautious. > > > > Howard > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] For more options, visit this > > group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > -- > Steven Critchfield [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed -- thomas jefferson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
