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Yes, proprietary hardware support out of the box, and pre-installed option by the few OEMs that sell GNU/Linux computers.
by pjmlp 25d ago
Yes, proprietary hardware support out of the box, and pre-installed option by the few OEMs that sell GNU/Linux computers.
- PunchyHamster 25d agoMy nvidia GPU worked just fine. Debian has non-free repo you know...
- pjmlp 25d agoI know how well it has worked in practice since the Walnut Creek CDROMs were a thing.
- LtWorf 25d agoNowadays the non-free-firmware repo is active by default, so the normal official debian image actually works. It used to be the case that the normal download from the homepage was often useless because it didn't support most networking hardware, but this is no longer the case now.
- spider-mario 25d agoHow long ago was that? I tried Debian about 15-20 years ago and I don’t recall encountering that issue. (The issue I do remember encountering was random kernel panics that I didn’t have with Ubuntu on the same machine.)
- monegator 25d agoas soon as wifi became a widespread thing, you had to add the required package to the installer. It stopped being an issue with bookworm
- LtWorf 25d agoGot to love this website :D Downvoted for completely true information with no ideological spin :D :D :D