On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 01:04:47PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > 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.
btw, http://blogs.gnome.org/otte/2010/05/09/whose-fault-is-it/ Michael -- 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/20100512112419.gc4...@nighthawk.chemicalconnection.dyndns.org
