Re: Help - 13-year Debian veteran can't install Jessie

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Monday 27 July 2015 19:30:20 Glenn English wrote:
> On Jul 27, 2015, at 11:49 AM, Michael Fothergill 
<michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > 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:
> >
> > In one word, drivers.
> >
> >
> >
> > Don't we mean: firmware.  Nonfree firmware was removed from Debian main
> > for some silly reason.  A lot of hardware needs it to function.
> >
> >
> > ​I agree.  Having to install the firmware manually to get X11 working is
> > a bit Arthur Tuttlesque.
> >
> > 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.

That is indeed no big deal.  But this thread is about the absence of the 
firmware in the installer, which can be a right royal PITA, and is certainly 
inconvenient.

Lisi