[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer

Thu Mar 24 11:53:06 CET 2011

Le jeudi 24 mars 2011 à 11:15 +0100, Thorsten van Lil a écrit :
+> 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. :)
+
+Well, personally, then I would just continue to use Fedora or others
+distribution on my computers, and keep Mageia just for the servers of
+the project. 
+
+-- 
+Michael Scherer
+
+