I’m following this guide and trying to print anything, a jpeg, a webpage, results in this format page and then 100’s of blank pages.
Why does everything on Linux have to be so hard?!
I’m following this guide and trying to print anything, a jpeg, a webpage, results in this format page and then 100’s of blank pages.
Why does everything on Linux have to be so hard?!
Unfortunately I have never seen anything like that happens before. Keep in mind that Bazzite is an immutable os, so you can’t make system changes like on other systems.
Your best option is to look for a driver on the Fedora repository (documentation).
Or you could layer that driver you found, but it would be uninstalled next time you update the system.
Unfortunately you picked a distro that doesn’t allow much customization. This is the price you pay for a system that is almost impossible to break.
But…
As a counter example, I installed Bazzite on my dad’s laptop. Previously it was Windows for games + Mint for internet and productivity; now it’s Bazzite for everything. A couple days ago he was dealing with some important documents, he had a guest that needed a print. He called me “(My name) what did you do to the computer? I can’t print anymore!”. Panic 😫 There and then, I realized I completely forgot about the printer. On Mint I had to install proprietary drivers to make it work. So I rushed there, fully prepared for a fight with the system. But no, I just pressed “Add printer”, Bazzite automatically detected it from the same network, and with a second click I added it to the system. 1 minute later my dad managed to print, the guest was happy, my dad was happy, I was happy. Bazzite is amazing.
For reference, the printer is an Epson ET-2815.
Unfortunately It doesn’t seem to find mine like that, and I’ll be honest I think I was just grumpy that this isn’t a simple, “click on the executable” system like windows, this is my fiancees PC, but issues like this are why I’m hesitant to actually switch to Linux in the first place
In that case maybe Linux is not ready for you yet. You might have to give it a few more years.
Bazzite in particular is a bit unique, so you will find even less help online. I have to agree with the other users here, maybe try with Linux Mint instead.
Or if you’d really want to insist with Bazzite, you could try with layering. But keep in mind that layers are temporary, and you have to reapply your layer every time you install a system update. Let us know if you really want to try this way, I couldn’t find an easy step-by-step guide, but someone else might be able to write one for you.
EDIT: oh another thing… printers are removed on Linux. Unfortunately printer companies do not seem to like open-sourcing their drivers, and Linux support is sometimes bad or none at all. Do not expect this many issues with everything. Linux is usually pretty nice after all.
If you layer packages with
rpm-ostree, they are not temporary. Although, I would try to keep it to only things in the distros default repos because dependency issues will just cause updates to no longer apply.I want to believe you, I really do, but I’ll have to see it first