Re: Proposal for restricted drivers policy adjustment

2009-01-19 Thread Martin Pitt
Markus Hitter [2008-11-20 16:48 +0100]: BTW, are those proprietary drivers stored for distribution on a Ubuntu server or are they downloaded from the original source each time? They are on the Ubuntu archive server, since they need some modifications and the DKMS packaging. Martin --

Re: Proposal for restricted drivers policy adjustment

2008-11-20 Thread Chris Coulson
2008/11/9 Michael Hrabanek [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have been thinking recently about the restricted driver policy. It's nice to get hardware directly not supported by kernel to work at least by using non-free drivers, but on the other side this could be two-edged and lead to ignorance from hw

Re: Proposal for restricted drivers policy adjustment

2008-11-20 Thread Ian Lynch
On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 13:29 +, Chris Coulson wrote: Michael, What you seem to be suggesting is nothing short of harrassment. Although free drivers are nice, some manufacturers will probably never provide free drivers (Nvidia, for example). That is their own choice, Maybe a better

Re: Proposal for restricted drivers policy adjustment

2008-11-20 Thread Markus Hitter
Am 20.11.2008 um 14:29 schrieb Michael Hrabanek: When our voices will be loud enough we can make change and get rid of proprietary drivers. BTW, are those proprietary drivers stored for distribution on a Ubuntu server or are they downloaded from the original source each time? The later