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Those how do care can just uncheck the non-free part of the DVD. :) +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Well, personally, then I would just continue to use Fedora or others +</I>><i> > distribution on my computers, and keep Mageia just for the servers of +</I>><i> > the project. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Fedora includes non-free firmware both in repo and medias, so why prefer +</I>><i> that? +</I> +I know, I likely use them for my wifi card (Atheros AR5008) and also use +external ones for my dvb card ( aver-tv red hd+ ), and my webcam +( iSight ). + +But my issue is not about non-free firmwares and those who use them or +not, but about the gradual move to non-free packages on the free dvd iso +( <A HREF="http://netsplit.com/2006/11/27/slippery-slopes/">http://netsplit.com/2006/11/27/slippery-slopes/</A> ). + +When I started at Mandrake Linux, there was no non-free repository. Then +one day, non-free was created, and then soon, it was activated by +default for the free version. Then I opened this bug, +<A HREF="https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=40033">https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=40033</A> , who took 2 years to be +fixed. And what I just see is yet another push to bury a little bit more +values I care. + +-- +Michael Scherer + +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="003596.html">[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="003615.html">[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#3613">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#3613">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#3613">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#3613">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |