On 12/10/08 16:53, Celejar wrote:
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:21:26 -0600
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/10/08 16:10, Celejar wrote:
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:05:26 -0600
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wednesday 2008 December 10 15:15:56 lee wrote:
what's the difference between a standard kernel and a kernel that
comes as a Debian package?
The Debian kernel has some non-free (as in: source not available) parts
removed. There are also Debian-specific patches added.
The vanilla kernel has non-free stuff in it? I thought it's all GPL.
Some drivers have firmware blobs encoded in them as really long byte
arrays. They are de jure GPL, but, practically, are closed source.
And Debian removes these, even thought they're technically GPL? Any
examples?
Not that I know of (since I don't use WiFi or anything exotic).
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Jefferson LA USA
How does being physically handicapped make me Differently-Abled?
What different abilities do I have?
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