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Non-free software in "introduction to the world of Free Software"?Non-free software in "introduction to the world of Free Software"?Posted Apr 1, 2004 11:38 UTC (Thu) by ranger (guest, #6415)Parent article: New Linux Distributions: A Short List of Keepers Simple: both come pre-configured with a variety of non-free, but essential applications Highly recommended; either of them is perfectly suitable for new Linux users as a painless introduction to the world of Free Software. Hmm, those two sentences don't quite seem to fit together .... yet they are a welcome change when compared to all major distributions Maybe you are referring to the "GPL" releases of major distributions (such as Mandrake Linux) which have a policy that no non-free software may be present. Of course, in the "commerial" releases of Mandrake Linux (and many other distributions), all the software (NVidia/ATI display drivers, winmodem drivers, NForce chipset drivers, proprietary applications such as Acrobat Reader, RealPlayer, the Flash Plugin etc) do come integrated with the distribution (and the proprietary drivers configured to work out-the-box). For instance, AFAIK the commercial version of MandrakeMove uses the NVidia drivers out-the-box.
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