On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 10:14:21PM +0100, Luca Capello wrote: > > > It would have been best for him to download the ISO with non-free > > > firmware embedded, do you know how he made the decision to download > > > the ISO without non-free firmware? > > > > Every time I need a Debian ISO, it takes me minutes to find it. > > I didn't even know, that there were an ISO with non-free firmware. > > > > There should be a beautiful ISO download page, e.g. > > https://www.debian.org/download[s]/ > > with all architectures and supported releases, similar to > > https://www.ubuntu.com/download > > or > > https://linuxmint.com/download.php > > Like the following? > > <https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/> Note "I didn't even know, that there were an ISO with non-free firmware." And I'm 100% sure someone who wants to install Linux for the first time won't even think about whether they need some special non-official image to do that. > However, given that no one reads the documentation today, but it relies > on search engines, the first result in DuckDuckGo (and FWIW in Google as > well) for "Debian Firmware" gives... This implies someone will actually search for that before trying an install and asking why there is no network. -- WBR, wRAR
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