On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 02:45:33PM -0700, Justin The Cynical wrote: > Chris Davies wrote: > [snip] > >> If I wasn't such a diehard Debian advocate, I'd have seriously considered >> moving to another distribution. On the other hand, I can completely >> understand /why/ Debian installations no longer include non-free >> software. I'm not completely sure where I sit on the Convenience vs >> FOSS seesaw. > > From my own personal experience, the grass isn't any greener on the > other side of the install disc. I have experimented with CentOS > installs within VM's and compared to this annoyance in Lenny, Lenny is > still a walk in the park. > > While there is a tarball available for the firmware that was moved > around > (http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/lenny/current/), > I do feel that the issue is big enough that a bigger warning should be > made in the install notes > (http://debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/). maybe there should be a how to to change the image to include the firmware deb ? This could be added on site. Another thought for remote install's what baout pxe-boot and add it to that image > > > > -- "The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany" - George W. Bush 05/05/2006 Washington, DC
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