"Johann Horwath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if the user accepts the license there should be an easy > install/download-possibility of those closed-source-software, so that the > user feels, he/she has a fine system. :-) > > so the system (debian) is out of problems generally (imo) [...]
Not really. You leave debian developers doing more work to support that black box software. In some cases, you cannot tell whether the easy install/download has worked properly or caused problems. The uneasy compromise of 'add non-free and install if you know what you're doing' seems better than your suggestion. > i would love an installation-process (and a hardware-recognition after > installing) where i - the user - was informed about many (every?) thing. > maybe there could be a list of all hardware that was detected, what > categories this hardware is belonging to and what software is and could be > installed to get it running. Try the hardware-recogniser at http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ [...] > and for each "category" there should be a list of possible > software-packages, and i - the user - could take the ones, which fits best. Try aptitude. Regards, -- MJ Ray - see/vidu http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Somerset, England. Work/Laborejo: http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ IRC/Jabber/SIP: on request/peteble -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
