On 2006-10-07, Oleg Verych wrote: > binary-firmware must be removed, or 15+ years of Debian are wasted If you want to re-live the past 15 years, take your own advice: > let them have own built kernel and do it yourself. As for me, I want to make progress, to etch and a 2.6.18 kernel. The debian kernel maintainers have a practical solution, and I agree with them.