Available Media
Here you have the list of available repositories. Not all repositories
are available, according to which media you use for installing. The
repositories selection determines which packages will be available for
selection during the next steps.
The Core repository cannot be disabled as it
contains the base of the distribution.
The Nonfree repository includes packages that
are free-of-charge, i.e. Mageia may redistribute them, but they contain
closed-source software (hence the name - Nonfree). For example this
repository includes nVidia and AMD graphics card proprietary drivers,
firmware for various WiFi cards, etc.
The Tainted repository includes packages
released under a free license. The main criteria for placing packages in
this repository is that they may infringe patents and copyright laws in
some countries, e.g. multimedia codecs needed to play various
audio/video files; packages needed to play commercial video DVD's,
etc.