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[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer

+ Frank Griffin + ftg at roadrunner.com +
+ Sun Mar 27 01:00:27 CET 2011 +

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On 03/26/2011 06:37 PM, Maarten Vanraes wrote:
+>
+> During the times mandriva had several CDs to install it, the new ones often
+> only dl'ed one and complained when stuff didn't work.
+>
+> I forsee possibly here the same issue with this, people will forget to
+> download the extra non_free CD, or do not care about non_free; wipe their
+> windows, install mageia, and have no networking to even get drivers anymore.
+>
+> how would we advertise this anyway? this extra CD contains non_free software,
+> but if you have an machine with networking from vendor X with types Y,Z,...
+> you will absolutely need this to have functional networking?
+>
+> it sounds to me like an awful lot of extra work, and complaints, etc...
+Well, then, maybe what we need to do is say that both ISOs, the 4.7GB 
+primary and the 60 MB(?) secondary ar both required, and let the people 
+who don't need the second one be pleasantly surprised.
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