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Shuttleworth clarifies Ubuntu's stance on proprietary drivers

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DesktopLinux.com; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
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Ubuntu's Technical Board has decided not to activate proprietary video drivers by default in the upcoming Ubuntu 7.04 ("Feisty Fawn") release. Some people have interpreted this to mean that Feisty won't include these drivers, or that Ubuntu was backing away from proprietary drivers. Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu's founder and backer, however, has now taken pains to tell the public that Ubuntu will continue to include and use proprietary software for "essential hardware."

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Egon_Spengler ·
"Blobs are good, blobs are great, let us thank MS for our blobs. Amen"

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