[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer

Thu Mar 24 11:23:54 CET 2011

2011/3/24 Thorsten van Lil <tvl83 at gmx.de>:
+> Am 24.03.2011 09:57, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
+>>
+>> 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.
+>>>>
+>> 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.
+>>
+>
+> What about a DVD including non-free packages but has the option to not
+> install them?
+> I think the majority of the users don't care that much about proprietary
+> issues, they just need them for using there wireless card or graphic card.
+> Those how do care can just uncheck the non-free part of the DVD. :)
+
+
+The problem really is to now what is this majority :). SPeaking
+without figures is a bit tricky. I guess Romain will propose some
+investigations on this so that we can find the best solution for end
+users and advanced users.
+
+>
+> Regards,
+> Thorsten
+>
+>
+
+
+
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