[Gllug] Desktops with preinstalled linux

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:36:38PM +0000, John Edwards wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:06:41PM +0000, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> > 2009/11/25 Christopher Hunter <cehunter at gb-x.org>:
> >>
> >> HP also provide very capable software for their printers under Linux!
> >>
> > 
> > I am not sure if the software is provided by HP or not. It might be
> > provided by open source developers.
> 
> From /usr/share/doc/hplip/copyright:
> 
> --------
> Copyright:
>   Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Hewlett-Packard Company
>   Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

The actual drivers are closed binary blobs -- this, in part, so that they
can continue to place yellow dots for printer tracking:

	http://www.seeingyellow.com/

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