[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer

Thu Mar 24 09:57:17 CET 2011

2011/3/24 Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com>:
+> On 24 March 2011 02:58, Dexter Morgan <dmorganec at gmail.com> wrote:
+>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com> wrote:
+>>>
+>>> Has the Free DVD in Mandriva ever contained non-free firmware?
+>>
+>> No, but the question is more , will we provide a "non free" dvd iso,
+>> and this question is i think interesting.
+>>
+>
+> It can't be "free" and have "non-free" firmware... previously the
+> firmware only were on the Live CD's. I am not sure anything has been
+> changed in that regard (i.e. I didn't see the matter get discussed
+> yet).
+
+Correct. It's the same dilemma you have in Mandriva. You either need a
+cable attached to use the free edition or you have to use the "ONE
+Edition" and install all the needed software later (ex:
+system-config-printer, which is not on the ONE cds). If you want to
+have a free distribution there's no way around this as long as there
+is the need for non-free firmware to use certain hardware.
+
+A possible solution for people with such a setup could be a non-free
+"driver cd ISO" which they could include in the installation process.
+
+-- 
+wobo
+