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+ <H1>[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer</H1>
+ <B>Thierry Vignaud</B>
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+ <I>Thu Mar 24 14:22:00 CET 2011</I>
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+<PRE>On 24 March 2011 11:38, Olivier Blin &lt;<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">mageia at blino.org</A>&gt; wrote:
+&gt;&gt;<i> What about a DVD including non-free packages but has the option to not
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> install them?
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> I think the majority of the users don't care that much about
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> proprietary issues, they just need them for using there wireless card
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> or graphic card. Those how do care can just uncheck the non-free part
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> of the DVD. :)
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+</I>&gt;<i> Yep, it could just be an option. The desktop selection step seems to be a
+</I>&gt;<i> good place in the installer to include it, it is visible enough, and
+</I>&gt;<i> right before packages installation. Though it would have to be renamed.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> We could have a checkbox &quot;Install proprietary drivers if needed
+</I>&gt;<i> (non-free software)&quot;, ticked by default.
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+if firmware are needed for network installation, we would need support
+in stage1 instead.
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