[clug] Free ubuntu

David Symons david.symons at liberatedcomputing.net
Mon Nov 20 19:31:39 GMT 2006


On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 19:53 +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> Fredd wrote:
> 
> > Regarding non-free drivers, as I understand it, Ubuntu doesn't contain any  
> > when it ships, or when  downloaded.
> 
> Incorrect.
> 
> Ubuntu includes a number of non-free drivers, some of which are enabled
> by default

Which has led to the birth of a (FSF supported) derivative project "to
take all the binary blobs out of a rather popular distribution and make
it all free":

  http://www.gnewsense.org/

Cheers, Dave.
-- 
David Symons
Canberra, Australia
http://www.liberatedcomputing.net



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