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<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Jeremiah Summers <jmiahman@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Mageia general discussions <mageia-discuss@mageia.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sun, September 19, 2010 3:15:51 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Mageia-discuss] FSF backing would be a huge boost for Mageia<br></font><br>
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> On Sep 18, 2010, at 10:42 PM, Praveen A <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:pravi.a@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:pravi.a@gmail.com">pravi.a@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Dear Mageia folks,<br>
>><br>
>> I believe getting FSF support for Mageia would be a huge boost for our<br>
>> distro. Also there is no major distro in the list of FSF approved<br>
>> distributions, yet. We could be the first major/established distro<br>
>> (well we have the legacy from Mandrake days) there. We are very close<br>
>> already, I believe we have to let go of only non-free firmware from<br>
>> the kernel.<br>
>><br>
>> Here is the FSF guidelines<br><span>
>> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html">http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html</a></span><br>
>><br>
>> Can we commit to these guidelines?<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks<br>
>> Praveen<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Please NO! I have watched this ruin other Linux distributions when it comes to usability. Let's look at it from a community stand point and not some hippies agenda. Thanks.<br><br><br>+1 The ease of installing multimedia codecs and graphics card drivers is one of the things I have always loved about Mandriva.<br>
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