> If the default ISO already included non-free drivers, why would you have to separately enable the non-free repos to get firmware? I'm not 100% sure about thi

> If the default ISO already included non-free drivers, why would you have to separately enable the non-free repos to get firmware? I'm not 100% sure about this but I believe it may enable it for you automatically if non-free firmware was used during the install. I mentioned it just in case. > My Debian 12 install didn't come with proprietary Nvidia drivers The primary problem of the previous non-free driver policy is the lack of network drivers which make it impossible to install nor download the drivers even if you somehow managed to install the OS. This is now resolved. It's not a big deal if the ISO doesn't include every non-free driver out there as long as you can manually install it after the fact.