Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:59:00 -0700 From: Darren <freebsd@bitfreak.org> To: Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg <listsub@401.cx> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What sort of market does FreeBSD provide ... ? Message-ID: <44C51874.5090509@bitfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <44C4B638.5090401@401.cx> References: <BAY106-F349A8B8482E37935299FB5A4650@phx.gbl> <20060724003805.B17979@ganymede.hub.org> <44C4B638.5090401@401.cx>
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Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: > Why not make it part of the installer? > Present a screen at the end of the installation that briefly > explains the idea, and then let the user chose to view the > information about to be sent, refuse to send it or simply accept to > send it. This of course requires the machine to be connected during > the install, which is not a problem during ftp-installs but might be > a problem for users installing from cd. Or, currently, any machine with a wireless NIC, since sysinstall does not handle ifconfig wireless settings well or wpa_supplicant settings at all. One of the most common family of cards, the Intel PROWireless series, requires a firmware blob that AFAIK can't be legally packaged with the CD.
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