Idea #10596: Allow User to Choose between a Free or Non-Free installation

This idea is a duplicate of idea #2092: Restricted-Wizard during/after installation.

Written by retj the 2 Jul 08 at 01:41. Category: Installation.
Related to: Live CD installer. Status: New

Description

I think would help a LOT to have the option on Ubuntu's installer to have both options:

1.- Install Ubuntu with only FREE Software
2.- Install Ubuntu with Propietary Drivers and Multimedia Codecs.

This would be a huge improvement and could give a little more sense of freedom when you're about to install the distro.

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Creo que Ubuntu deberia tener como opciones de instalacion las siguientes:

1.- Instalar Ubuntu solo con Software libre.

2.- Instalar Ubuntu con Controladores Propietarios y Codecs Multimedia.

Esto seria un gran pogreso y podria dar una pequeña sensacion de libertad extra al momento de instalar la distribucion.

==============UPDATE===========================

Maybe th installer asks the user to download the codecs?

Tags: Codecs Free Gobuntu Install Propietary

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Rinzwind wrote on the 2 Jul 08 at 05:05

And who do you suggests pays the fee for "Propietary Drivers and Multimedia Codecs"? That is the whole problem: canonical does not want to pay for something like that so it is never going to happen. Since having a download with 'Propietary Drivers and Multimedia Codecs' also opens a path to a claim by the people that 'own' these drivers and codecs.

It is not possible without spending alot of money.

Jadd wrote on the 2 Jul 08 at 08:43

Ubuntu is already including as much proprietary code as it legally and philosophically dares, for example, it includes some closed-source Intel wireless drivers. If you want a strictly free as defined by the FSF Ubuntu, use the F6 option to install only free componants or use GnuSense.

Eldmannen wrote on the 2 Jul 08 at 12:18

This will just confuse people.

Better have it like it is now.
Fresh install is free.
Then if you try to play an proprietary media file, it offers to download the codec for you.

dragoninsane wrote on the 2 Jul 08 at 13:01

i dont know how it works for linspire,mepis,mint,pclinuxos and some other not so popular distro's that ship full/partial support for multimedia support.some play audio,some both.even zenwalk has video support,i would have giveup the thought if it was something like ipod support on linux but multimedia is most essential thing to works in daily life,server edition would sound more reasonalble not to support,but desktop surely needs it.

Vadim P. wrote on the 2 Jul 08 at 13:19

You can already do this... press F8 or something during boot or something and choose 'free software only' if you really, really want only it.

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