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[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago (15 children)

If self-hosting is going to become commonplace, then it needs to be easier than setting up a network printer. People should be able to just buy a computer (maybe a laptop for integral screen and UPS) preloaded with something like Yunohost, but with a sleek GUI. It has to have good wizards that walk you through everything including setting up a domain and email.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 months ago (8 children)

I feel attacked by this post. I self host Home Assistant, recursive proxy servers, RSS readers, photo managers, vscode, media servers, download managers, backup solutions, git, password databases, economy trackers… And if I need to print from my macbook I have to email the file to myself because in twenty years I haven’t ONCE been able to host my printer on the network in a way that works for more than three days before randomly breaking.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Hello brother. 🙏 May I talk to you for a minute about our lord and savior Brother Laser Jet Printer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I said I’ve been trying for 20 years. Obviously it’s a Brother.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

For real, how is it that Brother makes the only printer that everything from my phone to my servers can use without problems. Bonus points for not gouging on toner.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Xerox has been great for me. They dont just make giant copiers you need a forklift to deliver and a giant service contract. They still make small home office desk printers.

After wiring up to my network and giving it a static, it's just worked, for all devices for everyone. No need to download or install anything either.

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