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   On 2/1/24 9:40 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > On 01/02/2024 06:32, 68g.1499 wrote:   
   >> On 1/30/24 6:05 PM, Scott Alfter wrote:   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>> Chris Green   wrote:   
   >>>> I can't us Pi Imager because it's very broken on Ubuntu:-   
   >>>   
   >>> Sounds like something you should take up with the Ubuntu packagers.  I   
   >>> maintain a Gentoo ebuild for rpi-imager (it's in my overlay...sudo   
   >>> eselect   
   >>> repository enable salfter && sudo emaint sync -r salfter), and it   
   >>> works like   
   >>> a champ.   
   >>>   
   >>> More recently, I've migrated my print server (an ancient RPi Model B)   
   >>> from   
   >>> Raspbia^H^H^H^H^H^H^HRPi OS to Alpine, and it's running headless.  The   
   >>> Alpine install needed to be done on a spare Raspberry Pi, but once it   
   >>> was up   
   >>> and running with ssh access, I was able to do the rest of the setup   
   >>> over the   
   >>> network.  Once I had it configured as I wanted it, I brought the   
   >>> MicroSD card   
   >>> over to another computer to image it and shipped the image home so I   
   >>> could   
   >>> blast it onto an SD card.  It's a much lighter-weight system   
   >>> now...could put   
   >>> it on a 128MB SD card, if I had one that small. :) The server runs   
   >>> headless,   
   >>> with just two printers, a network cable, and a power supply plugged in.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>    Ok ... I'm not gonna ask why you'd want a completely separate   
   >>    print server, based on an old Pi, rather than just printing   
   >>    directly from/to whatever   :-)   
   >>   
   > It avoids massively long printer cables obviously, when you have a   
   > pre-existent network of some sort...   
      
      
      Um ... printers have come with network ports/wi-fi for at   
      least 15 or more years now. You don't need "long cables",   
      except for ethernet, and thus the printer can be 300+ meters   
      away in the junk shed and work just fine. You can see and   
      print to it from any PC-like-thing directly.   
      
      Now if you have one of those old OKI pin printers (they   
      still have their place and they still sell them) with RS-232   
      then you may need a cheap adapter (or two) but you can still   
      plug 'em into the ethernet or at least a modern box and   
      share 'em out.   
      
      So ... well, I promised not to ask   :-)   
      
      The increasing difficulty with "headless" is more of an   
      issue these days IMHO. I rarely did totally headless, but   
      on a few lower-powered (Pi) units that was the better   
      way to go to save resources. Even 'simple' GUIs are   
      cpu/memory-hogs at the least.   
      
      For easy headless in the near future ... might want to   
      look at the BSDs ...... some pain, some gain ......   
      
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