[ubuntu-za] Maverick too much promoting non-free? (was: DRM and software licensing )

[Quintin van Rooyen]

On 6 October 2010 12:57, Helge Reikeras <helge.reikeras at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi Quintin
>
> Just out of curiosity, exactly why do think the tick box is more of a
> problem than the software center?
>
> I think we might have to swallow our pride in this case, and regard it as a
> means to an end; improving the user experience and growing the market share
> for Linux. I think Ubuntu is aiming for somewhere in between Debian and
> Mint. The difficulty of consuming media in formats requring "non-free"
> codecs is likely the most common user complaint with Ubuntu.
>
> I never said that the tick box was bad, in fact I think it is a great
feature, did I say so in the blog entry?

Cheers.

Q


> Regards,
> Helge
>
> On 06/10/2010 11:51, Quintin van Rooyen wrote:
>
> When you install Maverick, there is a tick box in the installer itself
> asking if you want to install the codecs.
>
> See a screenshot here :
> http://g33q.co.za/2010/09/19/impressions-ubuntu-10-10-maverick-meerkat-beta-with-screenshots/(shameless blog punt.)
>
> That is good enough IMO.
>
> Regards
>
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