[Sérgio Saraiva] > Packages software work for all types of hardware (drivers) and that > be the best (ex. flash) for the users.
I am unsure I understand you correctly, but I believe you mean Ubuntu succeed in making hardware work out of the box and provide the best user experience by installing for example Adobe Flash. Please let me know if I misunderstood. We try to get hardware to work out of the box in Skolelinux too, and to provide the best user experience, but do not always succeed. For example the latest change to the CDs and DVD by making sure debian-installer find and uses the firmware packages should get more hardware working out of the box. I know Ubuntu got some tools to make it easier to install non-free X.org drivers when needed, and it would probably be a good idea for someone to look at integrating them into Debian for Skolelinux to use. Flash is a problem because the license from Adobe prohibit us from distributing Adobe Flash, and thus making it impossible for us to include it out of the box. As a workaround, we have spent quite a lot of time and money on improving Gnash, which is a free software alternative for Adobe Flash. If someone could convince Adobe to change their license to allow us to distribute Adobe Flash or even better, release it as free software, we would have the option of distributing it and installing it out of the box. Until Adobe Flash is licensed according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines, I believe we need a free alternative like Gnash, and will continue to work on making it better. :) Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
