Ubuntu is not free.

[ubuntu at rio.vg]

meets at free.fr wrote:
> 
> _Translation_ : 
> knowing that it's not easy to install a proprietary
> software does not interest me. What interest me is to get the
> information. So, if I wish, I can install, for example, the ipw2100-fw
> driver, I invoke pacman -S ipw2100-fw. On the other hand, a message
> warns me that the driver is not free. Far from the Ubuntu methods ;)".
> 

Please write a new ipw2100 firmware in a clean room environment and
release it under the GPL, then Ubuntu will no longer need to rely on
non-free software.

That is the only solution.  Just read through this list, how many
entries are there for wireless networking issues posted?  And you want
to force Ubuntu to make it _MORE_ difficult?

I ask you this: If my only networking is a card that requires that
ipw2100 firmware, how the hell am I supposed to download it?  Network
drivers _must_ be on the CD.