Ubuntu 12.10 To Further Binary Blob Handling

[uid313]

VirtualBox guest additions

I think it is a great idea to add VirtualBox guest additions to Jockey.
It would make it easier on novices.

However, I think we need to move away from proprietary drivers.
We need to continue pushing and moving toward blob-free.

[schmidtbag]

I think it is a great idea to add VirtualBox guest additions to Jockey.
It would make it easier on novices.

However, I think we need to move away from proprietary drivers.
We need to continue pushing and moving toward blob-free.

That's an excellent idea. I haven't really used jockey in several years but I'm surprised something like that hasn't been done sooner.

[t.s.]

Absolutely not. It does not matter if you need 100-150 mb more or not. thats a piece of cake today. Also inactive drivers only need space, they are NOT loaded.

For you.. And many-many people here. But there's people that don't have that kind of luxury, you know? For that size, I have to wait for 1 hour to download it.

[uid313]

Why do you need to install VirtualBox guest additions?
Why doesn't it "just work" out-of-the-box?

[AJenbo]

Modems are still used for faxing (yeah apparently that is still being used to) and some phone handling.

Canonical needs to fit Ubuntu on to a single cd for several reasons, so 150MB is a huge 20% of the total budget.

[del_diablo]

For you.. And many-many people here. But there's people that don't have that kind of luxury, you know? For that size, I have to wait for 1 hour to download it.

For me 100mb is about a minutte of download. Might to a good time to consider upgrading your internett connection.

[AJenbo]

For me 100mb is about a minutte of download. Might to a good time to consider upgrading your internett connection.

Not all parts of the world have connections that gets even close to that and as a citizen of those parts you wouldn't have a chance to upgrade.

[del_diablo]

Sucks to be you then.