Comments on: multimedia codecs http://wonkabar.org/archives/248 linux, databases, cartoons and cornflakes Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:26:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: zsitvaij http://wonkabar.org/archives/248#comment-6014 zsitvaij Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:34:15 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/archives/248#comment-6014 The easiest way to do that would be with Paludis, a different package manager from the default. You can set the licenses you consider free enough, and it will only install software which fit that. The easiest way to do that would be with Paludis, a different package manager from the default. You can set the licenses you consider free enough, and it will only install software which fit that.

]]> By: Aaron http://wonkabar.org/archives/248#comment-5984 Aaron Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:44:10 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/archives/248#comment-5984 I've been curious about Gentoo, and I've wanted to set it up for a while. Now, my partner at work is installing it as the base system on his workstation, so I'm going to have to give it a try in a VM on my box. However, you know me. I'm not crazy about all the closed-source proprietary stuff. Is there a way to install completely Free Software, as defined by the FSF in Gentoo? Video, audio, etc drivers, as well as just plain packages? I’ve been curious about Gentoo, and I’ve wanted to set it up for a while. Now, my partner at work is installing it as the base system on his workstation, so I’m going to have to give it a try in a VM on my box.

However, you know me. I’m not crazy about all the closed-source proprietary stuff. Is there a way to install completely Free Software, as defined by the FSF in Gentoo? Video, audio, etc drivers, as well as just plain packages?

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