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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer</H1>
<B>Anssi Hannula</B>
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<I>Thu Mar 24 13:24:30 CET 2011</I>
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<PRE>On 24.03.2011 12:53, Michael Scherer wrote:
><i> Le jeudi 24 mars 2011 à 11:15 +0100, Thorsten van Lil a écrit :
</I>>><i> Am 24.03.2011 09:57, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
</I>>>><i> 2011/3/24 Ahmad Samir<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com</A>>:
</I>>>>><i> On 24 March 2011 02:58, Dexter Morgan<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">dmorganec at gmail.com</A>> wrote:
</I>>>>>><i> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Ahmad Samir<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com</A>> wrote:
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</I>>>>>>><i> Has the Free DVD in Mandriva ever contained non-free firmware?
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</I>>>>>><i> No, but the question is more , will we provide a "non free" dvd iso,
</I>>>>>><i> and this question is i think interesting.
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</I>>>><i> A possible solution for people with such a setup could be a non-free
</I>>>><i> "driver cd ISO" which they could include in the installation process.
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</I>>><i> What about a DVD including non-free packages but has the option to not
</I>>><i> install them?
</I>>><i> I think the majority of the users don't care that much about proprietary
</I>>><i> issues, they just need them for using there wireless card or graphic
</I>>><i> card. Those how do care can just uncheck the non-free part of the DVD. :)
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</I>><i> Well, personally, then I would just continue to use Fedora or others
</I>><i> distribution on my computers, and keep Mageia just for the servers of
</I>><i> the project.
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Fedora includes non-free firmware both in repo and medias, so why prefer
that?
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