On 05/10/2010 01:50 AM, Paul Wise wrote: > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:01 AM, Bernd Zeimetz <be...@bzed.de> wrote: > >> Right. It works, but it is an annoying extra step to do. And I had more than >> one >> customer asking me why Debian is forcing them to do such an extra step and >> why >> they should not just use Ubuntu. > > Tell them to blame their hardware vendor for not releasing the > firmware as free software. It is rare to see that, but it does happen: > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170.fw > http://packages.debian.org/sid/all/firmware-linux-free/filelist
Using only 'free' software might make them happier, but the first thing people look for is less pain in the ass while installing and maintaining a system. We are not in a perfect world unfortunately, so blaming the hardware vendor is not the first option people choose. Using a just working installer is the option. -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprints: 06C8 C9A2 EAAD E37E 5B2C BE93 067A AD04 C93B FF79 ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bea8b4f.3020...@bzed.de
