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:Linux.com: Ubuntu Says No to Non-Free Video Drivers for Feisty
Linux.com: Ubuntu Says No to Non-Free Video Drivers for Feisty
Feb 14, 2007, 17 :30 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (5221 reads)

(Other stories by Joe Brockmeier)

"Ubuntu CTO Matt Zimmerman has announced two Ubuntu Technical Board decisions that will affect the upcoming Feisty Fawn release, due out in April of this year. For the Feisty release, proprietary video drivers are out of the default install, and the PowerPC port of Ubuntu is being downgraded to an unofficial release.

"The Ubuntu Technical Board comprises Zimmerman, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth, and Ubuntu developers Scott James Remnant and Matthew Garrett. I chatted with Zimmerman to fill in a few details that weren't in today's announcement..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
...is going to have to be called "Dubiou ...   Feisty + 1...   
Rochester
Feb 14, 2007, 18:53:29
 
This is such nonsense.  The drivers that ...   open source silliness   
CForeman
Feb 14, 2007, 19:12:35
 
Summa summarum: typical Debi-li-an NONSE ...   Drivers not included - STUPID!   
Dandy
Feb 14, 2007, 20:17:23
 
But the thing is that there will be at l ...   It is pretty dumb....   
Jeff Cobb
Feb 14, 2007, 22:00:23
 
When a person says, "ok, go over to Wind ...   If we build it...   
Jose
Feb 15, 2007, 07:56:11
 
> The drivers that are installed by defa ...   Re: open source silliness   
blackhole
Feb 15, 2007, 12:36:56
 
> What a curious statement! If you want  ...   Re: Re: open source silliness   
CForeman
Feb 15, 2007, 16:35:41
 
Could it be that Mark S. is playing a ne ...   Tactical deference?   
Ronald Trip
Feb 15, 2007, 17:15:08
 
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