On Dec 4, 2009, at 9:57 PM, aurele wrote:
On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 16:07 -0800, Jason Self wrote:
Recommending nonfree software is certainly not good, but maybe
it's a good idea to leave the non-free hardware detection code in
place and instead change the message to encourage the user to use
free software- loving hardware? :)
I think there's some potential here.
Hi Jason,
I think it should be a good idea to keep this and modify to
proprose the free-hardware at this place. To prove that their is
always a free solution.
-- aurele
I was thinking that the message could start the same way ("Some of
your hardware needs non-free firmware files to operate.") But end
differently, of course. This seems like a perfect opportunity to
alert/educate users as the hardware is detected, while the install is
happening, rather than afterward when they ask "why doesn't my WiFi
card work?"
They could (hopefully) be made understand that it's the manufacturer
of their WiFi card that's causing their problems by requiring
non-free software, not gNewSense. Perhaps also referring them to
http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/net/wireless/cards.html or whatever.
I don't know, sometimes I have crazy ideas but this seems like too
good an opportunity to pass on.