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| DATE | 2005-04-10 |
| FROM | Billy
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] SuSE and Emperor Linux
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Ron Guerin wrote:
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> Ruben Safir wrote:
>
>>> You don't strip Debian down to make it free, the most you can do is
>>> "taint" it with non-free software outside the core/base.
>>
>>
>> Not according to Richard. In fact they had a considerable dispute until
>> Richard started his own Free version of Debian.
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>
> That must have been a very long time ago. As you know there's only been
> 3 releases in the last six years and Woody and Sarge have been
> all-free. At this point, Debian is "purer" than Richard is, as they
> have rejected the FDL as non-free. They're also going to rip out every
> bit of binary firmware from the drivers following the release of Sarge,
> which is further than anyone's ever gone in the name of Free Software
> purity so far as I know. Most Debian users don't seem to be exactly
> looking forward to that, but the Debian Developers took a vote, and
> that's what's going to be done.
>
>> Not with all the drivers set up for the laptop. There are no free
>> drivers for the majority of the wifi cards, and the video cards.
>
>
> There's no question that caveat emptor is the rule there. I regularly
> run Debian's nv driver and there's nothing wrong with it and no need for
> me to run anything else. If however I wanted to play games and do 3D
> stuff (which is not ever going to be the case) then I'd have to go do
> battle with the crappy (free as in beer) nVidia driver that everyone
> seems to say is so wonderful, but personal experience with it taught me
> otherwise. Similar situation with the wireless.
Agreed about the nVidia sekrit driver.
I use it for my mythTV, and it seems to be the cause of KERNEL(!) crashes
during extended video playback (e.g. watching TV!). Gotta switch
to my ATI card ASAP, though TV out is sketchy on those, too.
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