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   <H1>[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer</H1>
    <B>Thomas Backlund</B> 
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    <I>Thu Mar 24 10:15:10 CET 2011</I>
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<PRE>Wolfgang Bornath skrev 24.3.2011 10:57:
&gt;<i> 2011/3/24 Ahmad Samir&lt;<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com</A>&gt;:
</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> It can't be &quot;free&quot; and have &quot;non-free&quot; firmware... previously the
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> firmware only were on the Live CD's. I am not sure anything has been
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> changed in that regard (i.e. I didn't see the matter get discussed
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> yet).
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</I>&gt;<i> Correct. It's the same dilemma you have in Mandriva. You either need a
</I>&gt;<i> cable attached to use the free edition or you have to use the &quot;ONE
</I>&gt;<i> Edition&quot; and install all the needed software later (ex:
</I>&gt;<i> system-config-printer, which is not on the ONE cds). If you want to
</I>&gt;<i> have a free distribution there's no way around this as long as there
</I>&gt;<i> is the need for non-free firmware to use certain hardware.
</I>&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;<i> A possible solution for people with such a setup could be a non-free
</I>&gt;<i> &quot;driver cd ISO&quot; which they could include in the installation process.
</I>&gt;<i>
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This is actually a very good idea, and already supported by the 
installer, so it should work nicely...

I think this is the way to do it...

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Thomas
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