Comment 541 for bug 1
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| Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote Re: [Bug 1] Dell: one step forward, two steps back | #541 |
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(Get the code!)
The question of OEM's adding proprietary bits to Ubuntu has been the
subject of long discussions here. In the end we concluded that customers
always have the option of buying the systems and installing Ubuntu
themselves, without those. Most folks who are primarily freedom-focused
and self-powered will do that, and many of them then add Flash in any
event. But folks who are buying a complete solution have said they want
the DVD playback, and want it pre-installed for them.
Ubuntu itself is unaffected by this decision. Folks who want Linux, with
those capabilities installed, can get it.
Mark