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Re: [LUG] Dell Running Linux Survey

 

> This is because Debian want people to be able to use what they want.
> Are you suggesting that allowing people to use non-free software with
> any degree of facilitation is a bad thing?

Matt is referring to binary blobs of non-free software shipped in the
Linux kernel within Debian GNU/Linux. Not "non-free" but stuff in
mainstream Debian.

Debian has again decided they will ship these in Etch.

There are a fair few mainstream network cards and other things that only
work with non-free firmware loaded, so not shipping it would break quite
a lot of Debian installs.

Matt is wrong, just not in this way ;)

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