And now that bug was gone. But I swear "Linux" showed up as a version of Windows I could choose. As well as every Mac OS.

Apparently the drivers only support Windows 10. What in the what.

@onf Windows 8+ shouldn't even require driver installation for a given printer. I thought "Windows handles everything for you" 🙃

@trevdev I wouldn't know anyway, but it's certainly an option on the driver site.

@onf Seems to me the only hardware guaranteed to cause compatibility struggles is a printer, regardless of the system. Hurray!

@trevdev Ironically I've used the Linux driver and guess what... zero problems. 

@onf Not surprised. My house runs on Linux mainly because I can always figure stuff out. I am extremely biased, though.

@trevdev Ah. All I need is... like, $1000, and then I can give up Windows for everything but retro computing.

@onf Why the big expense...and why no retro computing? Are you trying to run MS-DOS?

@trevdev Big expense is to replace old and decaying (and some incompatible with Linux) hardware. What I'm saying about retro computers... modern Linux distros don't run so well when you have less than 1GB of RAM. And you won't be able to play many of your favourite retro PC games. (And anyway, the ones that do work on Linux usually work well on modern PCs too.)

@onf Usually the older the hardware, the better Linux runs. I'm surprised! My current Linux runtime is around ~228MB. It's the software that runs on it that goes way beyond the 1GB cap. Just opening chrome immediately consumes a gig. Depending on how old the game is, you can still dos-box it. Linux has a way to go before it runs all the things, for sure. Totally not trying to sound righteous - I promise! I've stopped supporting software developers who exclude Linux to create hope for more later.

@trevdev Oh, here's something I forgot though. Some older hardware did get left behind in the proprietary dust. In particular a ton of GPUs in the 2000s.

@onf You can cherry pick your kernel version for those unique cases - and use older nvidia versions. That being said, this process is more hands on than the average/mean user is willing to take on.

@trevdev I'm aware that's possible. In fact I did try using a version of CentOS from the 2000s. But it was too out of date. NOTHING written in this decade would run. I don't think I even managed to compile anything recent.

@onf Aw, super sad. Here I thought legacy hardware was a proudly supported thing.

@trevdev Unfortunately the support doesn't just self-materialize. It requires someone who understands the hardware to write good free code for it. What is supported works great! You can make some weird hardware configs that wouldn't otherwise be possible.

@onf Fortuantely Linux is still a growing community. I'm mostly concerned with Web Development, but I'm learning C/C++ on the side. Watch out!

@trevdev Well, here's the thing. Support for a lot of current hardware is crap enough so people are focusing on making current stuff work so Linux is attractive for an average user. Who would develop a driver for a GPU discontinued 10 years ago?

@onf  ....probably not. I mean, not unless I'm the one trying to use it.

@trevdev If you want to improve support for obsolete hardware then go for it! Otherwise... I mean, I probably would pay someone to write free drivers if I could afford it.