Debian WAS KDE based live cd

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Wed Dec 20 09:29:25 MST 2006


JT Moree wrote:
> The default Debian install will NEVER setup flash and nvidia proprietary
> drivers.  Some other distros do.  Ubuntu has such things available by
> just installing those packages--and then they work.  Normally I have to
> recompile kernels to get nvidia stuff to work on Debian.
> 
> Another example, the sarge version of Debian does not and never will
> automatically setup a wireless card that uses ndiswrapper.  Some distros
> manage to do this  (like MEPIS).  I doubt etch does it automatically
> either but I haven't tried.

All of these are the same example- Debians FOSS-only policy in action.
http://www.us.debian.org/intro/free

With a Debian machine you have to willfully choose to go outside the
realm of FOSS.

~Ben

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