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> it doesn't solve the problem that this post is talking about; when devices have no pre-installed firmware and expect you to upload (proprietary) firmware on e
by outsomnia 4y ago
> it doesn't solve the problem that this post is talking about; when devices have no pre-installed firmware and expect you to upload (proprietary) firmware on every boot. This is usually things like WiFi chips, GPUs, Ethernet etc.
Same as Fedora, Debian seems to package linux-firmware?
https://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-misc-nonfree https://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-misc-nonfree
- pabs3 4y agoRight, and linux-firmware contains mostly proprietary firmware. There is a small amount of libre firmware in it but that doesn't get built from source. The post is about directing users to an installer ISO that installs the proprietary firmware by default.
- outsomnia 4y agoI see, thanks for explaining.