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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer</H1>
<B>Ahmad Samir</B>
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<I>Thu Mar 24 01:38:41 CET 2011</I>
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<PRE>2011/3/24 JA Magallón <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">jamagallon at ono.com</A>>:
><i> Hi...
</I>><i>
</I>><i> First of all, I have tried alpha2 on a couple systems, and apart from some
</I>><i> glitches it works pretty fine, I could even work regularly on it...
</I>><i>
</I>><i> But there is just one thing that disappointed me.
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</I>><i> It looks that there is no non-free soft in installer DVD. I can live without
</I>><i> nVidia drivers till I add non-free repos and reconfigure X after first boot,
</I>><i> but for that I _need networking_.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I tried this on a laptop and on a non-wired desktop. In both cases the
</I>><i> wireless adapters were recognized, but were not activated because they
</I>><i> needed binary firmware blobs (intel for the laptop, Linksis PCI wifi
</I>><i> card for the desktop). The pain is that the desktop only network is
</I>><i> WiFi, no possibility to run a cable to my router from the opposite corner
</I>><i> of the house :(. So pick your USB stick and take a walk.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I suppose the same problem will be very common, for laptops and desktops.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Is there any possibility to include firmwares in the installed DVD ?
</I>><i> Could the rules be relaxed a bit or not ?
</I>><i>
</I>><i> If people have only one computer, routed via wifi, they are in trouble...
</I>><i>
</I>><i> As I said, you can live with free drivers for graphics, but you can't
</I>><i> without network :)).
</I>><i>
</I>><i> TIA
</I>><i>
</I>><i> --
</I>><i> J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()ono!com>     \               Software is like sex:
</I>><i>                                         \         It's better when it's free
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Has the Free DVD in Mandriva ever contained non-free firmware?
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Ahmad Samir
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