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lsfw?lsfw?Posted Mar 1, 2010 19:24 UTC (Mon) by proski (subscriber, #104)In reply to: Linux-2.6.33-libre released by josh Parent article: Linux-2.6.33-libre released Indeed, it would be more useful to show users why their hardware does work. Maybe they could develop a utility to show what firmware was loaded by the kernel during the system uptime, which drivers users it for which devices and what is the legal status of those firmwares. The is a big difference between keeping users informed and keeping users puzzled and annoyed.
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lsfw? Posted Mar 1, 2010 19:32 UTC (Mon) by josh (subscriber, #17465) [Link]
Agreed entirely. I very much appreciate efforts to help users make an informed decision about proprietary software: avoid installing it by default, or installing it silently without the user knowing. However, it helps no one to attempt to keep users ignorant, or let users systems fail to work with no obvious reason why.
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