[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer

Thu Mar 24 11:38:28 CET 2011

Thorsten van Lil <tvl83 at gmx.de> writes:
+
+> 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. :)
+
+Yep, it could just be an option. The desktop selection step seems to be a
+good place in the installer to include it, it is visible enough, and
+right before packages installation. Though it would have to be renamed.
+
+We could have a checkbox "Install proprietary drivers if needed
+(non-free software)", ticked by default.
+
+-- 
+Olivier Blin - blino
+