Am Donnerstag, den 10.06.2010, 19:24 +0200 schrieb Remco:
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 19:10, Remco <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 18:53, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Once again:  those are bugs.  Let's just focus on solving the problem in 
> >> the existing kernel instead of adding another one.
> >>
> >> It's more difficult to segregate the non-free material so it can be 
> >> provided via the restricted repository for those that want it than it is 
> >> just to rip it all out,  but that's the way to support both freedom of 
> >> software and freedom of choice.
> >>
> >
> > Agreed. My lingering question is, does this bug actually exist? I was
> > under the impression that all the non-free parts were already removed
> > when the "free-only" option was selected.
> 
> Debian, for example, separates the firmware into a free and a non-free 
> variant:
> http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware-linux
> 
> Ubuntu does not use those package names. Where did the firmware end up
> in Ubuntu?

Just search for package with 'firmware' in its name. We have
linux-firmware in main and linux-firmware-nonfree in multiverse.

-- 
Benjamin Drung
Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Maintainer (www.debian.org)

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