On 24.03.2011 12:53, Michael Scherer wrote: > 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<[email protected]>: >>>> On 24 March 2011 02:58, Dexter Morgan<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Ahmad Samir<[email protected]> >>>>> 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.
Fedora includes non-free firmware both in repo and medias, so why prefer that? -- Anssi Hannula
