[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer

Thu Mar 24 13:24:30 CET 2011

On 24.03.2011 12:53, Michael Scherer wrote:
+> 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. 
+
+Fedora includes non-free firmware both in repo and medias, so why prefer
+that?
+
+-- 
+Anssi Hannula
+