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    Asking a Linux user to recommend a printer (tesseract.dubvee.org)
    submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
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    BTW, I've had my Brother laser MFP for 11 years and still on the original toner.

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    [–] Blue_Morpho 33 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Interestingly a Lemmy user in another thread has a very negative view of Brother because he only uses Brother cutting machines (for craft projects) and it's filled with DRM and HP style lock in.

    [–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

    We need to lobotomize our "smart" devices ...

    [–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    There need to be open source "smart" devices. Like, I've read and edited the source code running on my 3D printer. I was able to do that in my own home because it's got an Arduino Mega for a motherboard.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    ESPHome has entered the chat.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    I have a couple ESP32s, and the main thing that concerns me is that they utterly rely on the ESP-IDF toolchain. It runs on Espressif's RTOS basically no matter what. They're capable if weird little microcontrollers but they just slightly sketch me out.

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    its why i dont like buying by brand, but rather specific product.

    buying by brand gives companies a pass when they push out a shit product.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

    Their sewing machines are crap, too, from what I've heard. Shouldn't assume their whole product line is worthwhile.