[Mageia-dev] Mageia 3 final set of isos

Olivier Blin mageia at blino.org
Thu Sep 20 23:46:44 CEST 2012


Frank Griffin <ftg at roadrunner.com> writes:

> On 09/19/2012 04:20 AM, Pascal Terjan wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Is that necessary? Instead you could have a checkbox "install
>>> optional proprietary software" in the installer.
>> This allows for example magazines to distribute it
>>
> Then put the nonfree and tainted stuff on a separate non-installable
> CD/DVD containing only those packages, and have the installer provide
> an option to use either that or a network-location nonfree/tainted.
> The magazine can distribute the base DVD, and those who want
> nonfree/tainted can simply opt to download the second ISO themselves
> or have the installer connect them to a network nonfree/tainted repo.

How to proceed when the network connection requires a non-free firmware?
For example on laptops with no ethernet connector but just wifi?

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Olivier Blin - blino


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