On Monday 27 July 2015 19:30:20 Glenn English wrote: > On Jul 27, 2015, at 11:49 AM, Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > On 27 July 2015 at 18:27, Mark Allums <m...@allums.xyz> wrote: > > On 07/27/2015 08:46 AM, Hans wrote: > > Am Montag, 27. Juli 2015, 08:13:29 schrieb john vera: > > > > In one word, drivers. > > > > > > > > Don't we mean: firmware. Nonfree firmware was removed from Debian main > > for some silly reason. A lot of hardware needs it to function. > > > > > > I agree. Having to install the firmware manually to get X11 working is > > a bit Arthur Tuttlesque. > > > > Why not go the whole hog and install Gentoo instead? > > Guys, this is not tough. Just put "non-free" in your apt sources file > line(s), and you'll never see the difference. The firmware in not > unencumbered; it's $free, but not beer free. You can get it any time you > ask for it.
That is indeed no big deal. But this thread is about the absence of the firmware in the installer, which can be a right royal PITA, and is certainly inconvenient. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201507272307.20453.lisi.re...@gmail.com
