In alt.os.linux.slackware Matt Payton <mattpayton@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hmm...The OP is using Slack, not Mandrake. I was replying to the
> request for help with LPRng, not CUPS. What exactly does your
> reply have to do with any of that ? Do you have any advice for
> the OP, or do you offer any other help ? What's that ??? Don't
> know where he should click ? Oh well, guess it must be slack's
> fault, not the wiz-bang gui that did who knows what to the config
> files.

Actually the user knows what was done to the config files by the
gui. The config files were made to work.

> I *never* said don't use a gui, or gui's can't get the job done.
> I simply said, don't trust them, which in this case seems to be
> good advice...Even though it was half joking, which should have
> been obvious.

Half joking? The type of user interface does not in any way lead
one to any reasonable conclusions about the quality of algorithms
used in the program.

> Anyway, rather than start some useless flame war, I'll just
> gracefully ignore you, rather than waste any more of my time, or
> of anyone else's who's actually interested in helping someone.

While you would characterize your contribution to this thread as
the start of a "useless flamewar," more responsible and
knowledgeable users would characterize your contribution as
misinformation.

Please stop posting.

cordially, as always,

rm