Re: [trinity-users] How to remove or not install CUPS? (standard install)

On Thursday 19 March 2020 03:22:03 am Snidely Whiplash wrote: You’re not the only one. The maintainer of CUPS (Apple employee) proposed several years back to remove, in 2020, all existing CUPS code that supports any ‘not-new’ printer. He basically ignored anyone who disagreed with him and presented rebuttals and arguments ‘for’ that were smoke and mirrors. (My interpretation, you’ll need to check the support queue yourself. But when the maintainer states that “Common” doesn’t mean “common” it’s pretty safe to say the handwriting is on the wall. Yes, unless he deleted it since, that what he wrote, and it’s also when I gave up.)

My last interaction with this CUPS issue was in ~2018 when my previously working under CUPS printer stopped working and that support queue/post was what I was ultimately pointed at to ‘help’ me. Blatantly, from my perspective, CUPS is completely useless, and will be more so after that change is made, so... Q1: Is there a way to not install CUPS during a standard install of TDE? Why waste the space and CPU cycles... Q2: Anyone have a recommendation for a CUPS replacement? There’s nothing wrong with my 7 year old printer (which I now have to send files to a windows box to print...).