Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa"

From	Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa"
Date	2017-02-03 15:40 +0100
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On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 12:16:47PM +0100, albcares wrote:
> 
> One more thing: do these answers mean that Mint is considered compatible
> with the mailing-list?
> 

Not really. Mint has its own support structure and while it is based on 
Debian, it isn't Debian. That said, the denizens of this mailing list 
are a tolerant bunch in general, and if you approach them with respect 
and with decent-quality evidence of what the problem is and what you 
have done so far, as you did, there is usually someone who can help :)

I'd say if there is a Mint question that seems like a general Linux 
question and/or is not related to something you KNOW to be different 
between Mint and Debian, it isn't outrageous to ask here, if you can't 
get help from the Mint community for some reason. Worth acknowledging at 
the outset that it is related to Mint though, as you did.

I've done worse, by approaching the list for problems with a LFS box, 
where the Debian connection was tangential to say the least, and got 
help. I was very upfront about that fact though, and if I had been told 
to eff off, I would have taken my medicine and effed off. Didn't happen.

Mark

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troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" albcares <acbangher@gmail.com> - 2017-01-31 12:50 +0100
  Re: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-01-31 13:00 +0100
    Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" albcares <acbangher@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 09:40 +0100
      Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-02-01 12:30 +0100
        Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" albcares <acbangher@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 22:30 +0100
          Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-02-02 11:40 +0100
            Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" albcares <acbangher@gmail.com> - 2017-02-03 12:20 +0100
              Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-02-03 13:50 +0100
              Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-02-03 15:40 +0100

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