Am Mittwoch, den 15.08.2012, 20:21 +0200 schrieb Bjørn Mork: > The driver firmware request is required to enable those who want to load > the optional firmware. Just ignore it if you don't want to. I'm not saying debian installer shouldn't recommend / ask for non-free firmware at all [1] but I do care about my freedom as software user. My notebook has an Intel WLAN adapter and a Realtek NIC – debian installer tells me in both cases that my hardware needs proprietary software to operate even if the consequences of not installing the non-free firmware are completely different. My WLAN adapter doesn't work at all when I decide not to install the firmware. I don't think that it's a good solution to seperate non-free firmware just to tell users to provide it while installation process. In my opinion debian (installer) should provide more information about the concrete consequences of not installing a specific firmware file: Will the device work at all? What are the probable limitations? Debian (installer) should enable users to make a decision here. Instead right now it seems like the safe way in each and every case is to install proprietary firmware – and everyone who decides not to install it is on his/her own. This is just my opinion (and that's why I reported this bug with severity: wishlist). [1] http://tinyurl.com/bp6pz9b
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