351: Interview with Till Kamppeter & Michael Sweet of OpenPrinting, Making Linux Printing Just Work

https://youtu.be/CLEMiM0L2Jk

On this episode of Destination Linux (351), we have an awesome interview lined up for you. We are being joined by 2 members of the OpenPrinting project to talk about their work making Printing on Linux so easy and just works. Lets get this show on the road toward Destination Linux!

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Special Guests:

Till Kamppeter
Michael Sweet
Link: https://openprinting.github.io/

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Destination Linux 351 Intro
00:00:38 Community Feedback
00:07:46 NAMECHEAP - [ link ]
00:08:44 OpenPrinting Interview
00:09:03 What was your first experience with open source software?
00:24:38 What is the OpenPrinting organization and what services do they provide to the community?
00:38:53 Till, can you tell us about your work on Linux Mandrake?
00:45:02 LINBIT - [ link ]
00:46:20 What are some of the biggest challenges getting drivers to work on Linux?
00:53:10 How has Apple made AirPrint so good?
01:02:19 If you were in the market for a new printer, what brand would you be looking at?
01:08:32 What do you think the future holds for printing as a whole?
01:16:59 What kind of contributions would you ask for and how can they get in touch?
01:21:03 Did Apple make CUPS?
01:28:26 Lightning Round
01:31:25 Outro