I agree with Scott completely (if this is not obvious from my own post), but I'd like to add: On Lu, 03 mar 14, 19:03:44, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > When you install you are asked if you want to include the non-free and > contrib repositories. non-free is what it says it, and contrib is > packages required by non-free. I think the question is only asked on expert install. > So Debian *does* include firmware, (both "free" and "non-free"), and the > choice is up to you whether you install it. By default you don't have it > installed, only the main repostitory. You are free to install it at > anytime by editing /etc/apt/sources.list and adding non-free and contrib > to the appropriate repository lines. e.g.:- > deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free But this doesn't solve the need for firmware *during* the install, hence the non-free installer with firmware included as an additional option. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt
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