On Jul 27, 2015, at 11:49 AM, Michael Fothergill <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 27 July 2015 at 18:27, Mark Allums <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/27/2015 08:46 AM, Hans wrote: > Am Montag, 27. Juli 2015, 08:13:29 schrieb john vera: > > In one word, drivers. > > > > Don't we mean: firmware. Nonfree firmware was removed from Debian main for > some silly reason. A lot of hardware needs it to function. > > > I agree. Having to install the firmware manually to get X11 working is a > bit Arthur Tuttlesque. > > Why not go the whole hog and install Gentoo instead? Guys, this is not tough. Just put "non-free" in your apt sources file line(s), and you'll never see the difference. The firmware in not unencumbered; it's $free, but not beer free. You can get it any time you ask for it. -- Glenn English -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
