The new installer.

[Colin Watson]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 06:22:44PM +0530, Owais Lone wrote:
> I wonder what will the new installer install if I check the
> "install proprietary software.". Media codecs? Drivers?
> A lot of my friends have the broadcom wifi in their laptops, the driver is
> shipped with the Ubuntu CD. bcmwl-kernel-source.
> Would be great to have it installed automatically if the hardware is
> detected.

The effect of this option at the moment is to run 'jockey-text -a'
(which should indeed enable the Broadcom driver if necessary and
possible, I believe - though test this!), and to install
ubuntu-restricted-addons if you're using the GTK installer frontend or
kubuntu-restricted-extras if you're using the KDE installer frontend.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]