Re: Help - 13-year Debian veteran can't install Jessie
On Jul 27, 2015, at 11:49 AM, Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> wrote:
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> On 27 July 2015 at 18:27, Mark Allums <maa@allums.xyz> wrote:
> On 07/27/2015 08:46 AM, Hans wrote:
> Am Montag, 27. Juli 2015, 08:13:29 schrieb john vera:
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> In one word, drivers.
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> Don't we mean: firmware. Nonfree firmware was removed from Debian main for some silly reason. A lot of hardware needs it to function.
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> I agree. Having to install the firmware manually to get X11 working is a bit Arthur Tuttlesque.
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> Why not go the whole hog and install Gentoo instead?
Guys, this is not tough. Just put "non-free" in your apt sources file line(s), and you'll never see the difference. The firmware in not unencumbered; it's $free, but not beer free. You can get it any time you ask for it.
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Glenn English
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