Re: Can't get started
On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 09:58:36AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> The netinst CD is for installation from the network. It is
> purposefully stripped down.
>
> It does not contain non-free firmware, including the firmware
> that must be loaded on some Intel wifi devices to get them to
> work.
>
> You probably want a full installer with lots of packages on it,
> and especially a version which includes non-free firmware.
Note that these two things are orthogonal. You can get an unofficial
CD-sized installer with non-free firmware, but without desktop
environments and other large packages. Or you can get a DVD-sized
installer with desktop environments but without non-free firmware.
Or you can get a DVD-sized installer with both.
The official Debian installers lack non-free firmware packages for
philosophical reasons, not size reasons.
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