RE: Why doesn't debian remove the proprietary software from it's servers?
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:50:07 -0400 <kjetil1001@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I ran this command on my laptop, and the returned list includes:
>
> gdb-doc - The GNU Debugger Documentation
>
> ?Why the hell is gdb-doc not free?
I was wondering the same thing about the gcc-doc package.
>
> >On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 06:36, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Mi, 27 apr 11, 12:09:56, Klistvud wrote:
> >>
> >> Seems a quite reasonable policy to me. Of course, we all wish we
> >> could run free software ponly on our machines, but the time doesn't
> >> seem ripe for that.
> >
> > But we are getting closer every year:
> >
> > $ aptitude search '~s"non-free|contrib"~i!~M'
> > i firmware-iwlwifi - Binary firmware for Intel Wireless 3945, 4
> > i flashplugin-nonfree - Adobe Flash Player - browser plugin
> > i nvidia-glx - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
> > i nvidia-settings - Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics d
> > i opera - A fast and secure web browser and Internet
> > i skype - Skype
> > i sun-java6-plugin - The Java(TM) Plug-in, Java SE 6
> > i unrar - Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free versio
> >
> > of these I could get rid of Opera anytime (I don't actually use it, but
> > I test it from time to time) and probably the Java plugin (I don't even
> > recall why it's installed).
> >
> > There is work in progress for replacements for the nvidia driver and the
> > flash plugin (but still not entirely there).
> >
> > firmware-iwlwifi will be tough, because Intel claims it has to do with
> > (FCC?) compliance and unrar because it's still quite widespread (but
> > actually useless for compressed movies and mp3s, so it's more of a user
> > education thing).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andrei
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