On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Klistvud <quotati...@aliceadsl.fr> wrote: > Dne, 27. 04. 2011 12:36:03 je Andrei Popescu napisal(a): >> >> 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). > > After the recent radeon improvements, my list is even shorter -- although by > only one line: > > i broadcom-sta-modules-2.6.32-5-amd64 > - broadcom-sta modules for Linux (kernel > 2.6.32-5-amd64) > i broadcom-sta-source > - Source for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver > i conky > - highly configurable system monitor (transitional > package) > i firmware-linux-nonfree > - Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux > kernel > i flashplugin-nonfree > - Adobe Flash Player - browser plugin > i ttf-mscorefonts-installer > - Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts > i unrar > - Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version) > > Of which I could easily get rid of ttf-mscorefonts, and potentially of unrar > and conky too (but I'm a huge fan of conky). And this is on a laptop, which > are notorious for requiring proprietary drivers and stuff. > > On my desktop, the list is even more optimistic: > > i flashplugin-nonfree > - Adobe Flash Player - browser plugin > i ttf-mscorefonts-installer > - Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts > i unrar > - Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version) > > of which I could easily discard all but the flashplugin-nonfree (although > it's a piece of software I utterly despise).
can be even shorter if u replace ttf-mscorefonts with ttf-liberation Cheers, Tao -- http://huangtao.me/ http://www.google.com/profiles/UniIsland School of Mathematical Science Peking University -- 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/banlktikctstphs4xc-nyy9tropqwvzt...@mail.gmail.com