[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer

[Michael Scherer]

Le jeudi 24 mars 2011 à 11:15 +0100, Thorsten van Lil a écrit :
> Am 24.03.2011 09:57, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
> > 2011/3/24 Ahmad Samir<ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com>:
> >> On 24 March 2011 02:58, Dexter Morgan<dmorganec at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Ahmad Samir<ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Has the Free DVD in Mandriva ever contained non-free firmware?
> >>>
> >>> No, but the question is more , will we provide a "non free" dvd iso,
> >>> and this question is i think interesting.
> >>>
> > A possible solution for people with such a setup could be a non-free
> > "driver cd ISO" which they could include in the installation process.
> >
> 
> What about a DVD including non-free packages but has the option to not 
> install them?
> I think the majority of the users don't care that much about proprietary 
> issues, they just need them for using there wireless card or graphic 
> card. Those how do care can just uncheck the non-free part of the DVD. :)

Well, personally, then I would just continue to use Fedora or others
distribution on my computers, and keep Mageia just for the servers of
the project. 

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Michael Scherer