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Re: How long to setup a new system?



 On Jan 30, 2008 5:57 AM, Jarod Wilson <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> Fedora does distribute binary firmware images for enabling certain 
> hardware (mostly wireless devices), but only with the permission of 
> the respective owners of the firmware and a few other restrictions, 
> detailed at the link below. 
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#head-adf31c383612aac313719f7b4f8167b7dcf245d2

So, then, it appears that Canonical actually supports a freer distro 
that you think.  Ubuntu may make some compromises, but users do have 
the choice to also use Gobuntu.  Do Fedora users have the choice not 
to use binary-only firmware?  For instance, has the Fedora team 
developed a "completely free" distro as Canonical has?  I don't think 
you can continue to make your previous argument, because Ubuntu users 
actually are given a choice, whereas on the other hand, Fedora users 
are not :-)  Just my two cents... 
-- 
Kristian Erik Hermansen 
"Know something about everything and everything about something." 

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