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Auteur: Didier Kryn
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Aan: dng
Onderwerp: Re: [Dng] straw poll, non-free firmware for installers
Le 06/06/2015 21:01, Alberto Zuin - liste a écrit :
> When we have to install a distro on "special hardware" (an old dell
> server?) it's always an annoying thing to use a second pc to download
> the ethernet drivers, copy them to an USB key and so on.


     Not even an old Dell server :-) The stock Dell server. Probably all 
models.


     Firmware in devices is the opposite of an old feature; it is a new, 
very sensible, industrial trend which is going to reach pretty much 
every piece of hardware. It is important for Devuan to devise a 
sustainable policy with regard to them.


     Didier