From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: juh Subject: bug#35915: Please provide an installer with non-free drivers Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 12:37:18 +0200 Message-ID: <18075d76-d9b5-05d6-e21e-28b6afed4a88@mailbox.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:35281) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hUvAw-0001ph-C1 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 26 May 2019 11:35:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hUvAu-0004VA-Fv for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 26 May 2019 11:35:06 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:37906) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hUvAt-0004TS-2O for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 26 May 2019 11:35:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hUvAs-0002LJ-ST for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 26 May 2019 11:35:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53414) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hUqie-0004Ta-Re for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 26 May 2019 06:49:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hUqWu-0007AE-VZ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 26 May 2019 06:37:30 -0400 Received: from mx1.mailbox.org ([2001:67c:2050:104:0:1:25:1]:10438) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hUqWu-0006z8-Di for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 26 May 2019 06:37:28 -0400 Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org (smtp1.mailbox.org [IPv6:2001:67c:2050:105:465:1:1:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CEF4C4EE41 for ; Sun, 26 May 2019 12:37:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.240]) by spamfilter04.heinlein-hosting.de (spamfilter04.heinlein-hosting.de [80.241.56.122]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id iJ_1-Z6QIDDp for ; Sun, 26 May 2019 12:37:19 +0200 (CEST) Content-Language: en-GB List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 35915@debbugs.gnu.org Dear developers of Guix, I am very much in favour of Open Hardware and Free Software, and I appreciate every effort to foster free software. That in advance. Guix is not just another Linux distribution, but something new that supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management and declarative system configuration. This is really exciting. If Guix were just another distro focusing on free software, there would be no need for a nonfree installer iso. But in case of Guix I think it is missing. Please consider that using hardware that is supported by free drivers is a privilege. Many people cannot afford a computer with supported hardware, others are not able to look for the right components, and compare long lists of supported hardware with the specs from computer shops, and last but not least many people just got a computer from others =E2=80=93 as a gift maybe. They all have to stick with their hardw= are and they should not be excluded from the exciting Guix approach. I think that many of them would give Guix a try if it was installable in a way like debian is installable with their firmware driver iso: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmw= are/ I see that it is possible to make a custom kernel for Guix: For eg. https://gist.github.com/TeMPOraL/306bbb7c627ab0d32fa84af831963563 It would be really nice to have at least an unofficial installer with nonfree drivers. If there is a nonfree installer iso please make a note on the webpage. Thanks a lot juh