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Idea
#10027: Download hardware drivers as needed
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Written by nelson.blaha the 19 Jun 08 at 07:26.
Category: Hardware support.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
What is with all the packages installed by default for various printers? When I plug in a peripheral the drivers should be fetched. Until then, I have no need for them.
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fordplay wrote on the 19 Jun 08 at 08:44
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If your connected to the internet at the time. Not all the world is connected to the internet all the time. Hence comman printers should be included by default.
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Warbo wrote on the 19 Jun 08 at 10:03
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I think as much hardware should be supported by default as possible as long as such support:
a) doesn't take up significant amounts of room
b) doesn't cause instability
c) doesn't overcomplicate the majority of user's computing if the hardware is long-obsolete (for example, forcing everyone to choose whenever they log in an X server using a serial mouse or an X server using PS/2 or USB would be an overcomplication. Stupid example I know :P )
This is because networking is not yet universal, Ubuntu is becoming popular in Africa where this is a very obvious issue.
There is a fourth issue with drivers and that is to do with the license, but Ubuntu has a clear policy here already (use whatever is needed to get the hardware going, so that Free Software can be run on it, although "getting it going" is subjective)
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zooounds wrote on the 19 Jun 08 at 18:46
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Yeah, it's like 0.01% of your harddisk space...
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