Dear developers, if like to here an opinion from the useer side, please listen.
I made many installations of debian in the last years, mostly notebooks preinstalled with windows. What often lacks is, that on many newer notebooks the network card is not accessible. Either due of missing firmware or because the network card is not included in the old installer kernel (speaking of debian/stable). This includes wireless and wired cards. Especially Intel, Atheros and Realtec cards are involved in this issue. So, if you ask me, what should be improved: 1. For installation the latest kernel should be used. Can be deinstalled after installation. 2. All (and I mean ALL!) firmware should be available on the installer. This means not, they should be installed. It should be installable, but must not forcely be installed. Maybe it CAN be installed, when it is needed during the installation. 3. Kernel developers (and that is only a suggestion!), should take care , that "debian/stable" kernels support newest hardware. Just my 2 cents Best regards Hans