Am 2004-05-15 22:18:16, schrieb Francesco Paolo Lovergine: >On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 07:02:03PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: >> >> I think, there is realy no problem to put closed-source firmware in >> "non-free" but make it easy to get the firmware downloaded (with wget) >> if we can not distribute it with Debian (like the mgmt.o) >> > >The problem is that some of that firmwares are needed e.g. for some >ethernet cards (which could cause installation of the system impractical >or difficult on many off-the-shelf systems) or for common graphic cards. If they need Firmware on Start-Up for installation, how do you install M$ Win eXPlode ? I do not know any hardware which does not work with the c...y Win... So the $WINUSER mut install Windows andafter this he mut install a closed source Driver... This -eq with Debian main/non-free >That's not a simple problem of 'modules'. In some cases it could require >to patch properly and rebuild the X server, the kernel or what else. >Of course all that could be done, but I personally cannot find a good >reason why John Newbie could be find convenient to do that, instead of >installing Fedora or what else. > >And what if next processors will require downloading firmware to work? Brain Oops ! microde ? >Francesco P. Lovergine Greetings Michelle -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/3/88452356 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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