On 09/20/2012 07:33 AM, Digigold wrote:
Another vote to incorporate non-free as much as possible. Someone
coming from Mint/Ubuntu etc. is probably not going to stick w/Mageia
if the X server fails on first boot or their WiFi requires excessive
tinkering. Some students may not have access to wired Ethernet
connections and depend on WiFi, hence making net-installs for non-free
drivers a catch 22.
~Digigold
On 09/20/2012 05:46 PM, Olivier Blin wrote:
How to proceed when the network connection requires a non-free
firmware? For example on laptops with no ethernet connector but just
wifi?
Like I said earlier, this is especially true with students. e.g. The
public schools in my area all have WiFi, every student does not have
access to an Ethernet jack however. Installation media w/o the non-free
drivers could easily be a deal-breaker for a lot of kids. I think it's
important to expose those young impressionable minds to Mageia before
they get poisoned with Ubuntu, Mint and the likes. ;P
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/"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back
to its old dimensions."/
*~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.*
