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No restricted package dependencies with ubuntu-desktop  
Written by noodlesgc the 15 May 08 at 20:09. Category: Others. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
Ubuntu is supposed to be free software, yes sometimes we absolutely need wireless drivers, .rar extractors, or Adobe flash plugins. However, these packages should not be dependencies of the ubuntu-desktop meta- package.
Try installing the program VRMS ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrms ) and you will see that ubuntu-desktop depends on some non-free art, and linux-restricted modules.

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