[Mageia-dev] Mageia 3 final set of isos

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi,

On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:33:02 -0400
Digigold <digigold808 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 09/19/2012 04:31 AM, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> >
> > for "normal install" DVDs I guess we need to add nonfree firmwares
> > to the isos in separate media with an option to enable/use them in
> > the install phase as some hw need it to actually work.
> > (IIRC tv had something like this in progress)
> >
> Another vote to incorporate non-free as much as possible.  Someone 
> coming from Mint/Ubuntu etc. is probably not going to stick w/Mageia
> if the X server fails on first boot or their WiFi requires excessive 
> tinkering.  Some students may not have access to wired Ethernet 
> connections and depend on WiFi, hence making net-installs for
> non-free drivers a catch 22.
> 

+1. I agree with that.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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