> On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:50:07 -0400 <kjetil1...@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 > > -- > > Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/bay148-w6222c20f39e42d2e13017bef...@phx.gbl
