On 21/09/2021 16:56, Brad Rogers wrote:
Finally, let us not forget that even the official installers seek to install non-free blobs to get certain hardware working where necessary. The installation inevitably stalls at that point. Hardly a good first impression.
Many Linux distributions are made that way. After all, we want to come away from closed source software. Debian tries to avoid all closed source and/or non-free software, as per The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG): https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines -- With kindest regards, Piotr. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀