On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 01:38:24PM +0100, Ansgar wrote:
> Yao Wei writes:
> >> We encourage you to get devices that respects your freedom.
>
> Should this message also be shown when non-free firmware is preinstalled
> in the system for educational purposes?
>
> Or do devices that have pre-install
Yao Wei writes:
> At then, we can let users download the missing drivers from the
> generated webpage, like the following:
>
>> Additional packages for the network interface
>> ==
>>
>> As Debian is the universal operating system, we consider both users
>> and free software important. However,
Hi,
Paul Sutton wrote:
>
>
> On 29/01/2021 03:23, Yao Wei wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Could there be the way that, with installer unable to connect to the
> > internet, it detects the list of missing blobs, and generate a webpage
> > in the thumb drive, and let user plug in another flash drive to d
On 29/01/2021 03:23, Yao Wei wrote:
Hi,
Could there be the way that, with installer unable to connect to the
internet, it detects the list of missing blobs, and generate a webpage
in the thumb drive, and let user plug in another flash drive to download
them.
I agree with this idea, it would
Hi,
Could there be the way that, with installer unable to connect to the
internet, it detects the list of missing blobs, and generate a webpage
in the thumb drive, and let user plug in another flash drive to download
them.
At then, we can let users download the missing drivers from the
generated
On Jan 28, "Daniel S." wrote:
> This image does not provide unfree WiFi firmware.
It is not just about Wi-Fi but also audio, video and wired Ethernet.
> This gives visibility to the actual problem and the only true solution.
There is really no reason to believe that, even with significant
fundi
On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 09:44:36AM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote:
> On 2021/01/28 01:49, Daniel S. wrote:
> > The hope would be that, after collecting a 5 figure sum has been
> > donated, paid developers work on freeing the most common firmware(s).
>
> If that was enough to free up firmware, we'd p
On 2021/01/28 01:49, Daniel S. wrote:
> The hope would be that, after collecting a 5 figure sum has been
> donated, paid developers work on freeing the most common firmware(s).
If that was enough to free up firmware, we'd probably have figured out a
way to pay that right away without even spending
On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 12:49:43AM +0100, Daniel S. wrote:
> * Consider donating $25 to our __free-WiFi-fund__ to free your adapter
> firmware
What fund?
> This gives visibility to the actual problem and the only true solution.
What true solution?
> It works towards a future, where the free image
I'd like to propose a solution that helps both, the user and Debian:
Add a message like this on the downloads page:
##
NOTE:
This image does not provide unfree WiFi firmware.
If you have a WiFi adapter, it will most likely not work. (__learn more__)
* Consider using __this__ image
On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 07:56:30PM +0100, Philipp Kern wrote:
> On 15.01.21 13:42, Ansgar wrote:
> > On Tue, 2021-01-12 at 19:30 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
> >> Ah, yes I also wonder how much the world will improve
> >> if non-free would be split in non-free and non-free-firmware.
> >> Currently
On 15.01.21 13:42, Ansgar wrote:
> On Tue, 2021-01-12 at 19:30 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
>> Ah, yes I also wonder how much the world will improve
>> if non-free would be split in non-free and non-free-firmware.
>> Currently is non free firmware a hugh promoter of non-free in
>> /etc/apt/sources.
On Tue, 2021-01-12 at 19:30 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
> Ah, yes I also wonder how much the world will improve
> if non-free would be split in non-free and non-free-firmware.
> Currently is non free firmware a hugh promoter of non-free in
> /etc/apt/sources.list
I proposed moving non-free firmwa
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 05:14:14PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2021-01-12 16:36 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 02:48:22PM +, Dan Pal wrote:
> >> Hello Debian Developers,
> >
> > Hello World,
> >
> >
> >> I am writing to you from my Debian-Buster 10.6 laptop – tha
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