On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 22:07:27 (+0000), Ramon Mulin wrote: > The DVD-1 image is coming with contrib enabled on the cd-rom, > security and update lines. This is normal?
AIUI the selection of software on DVD-1 is designed to give as comprehensive a collection as possible, based partly on popularity, so that the occasions on which DVD-2, 3… need to be mounted are minimised. As many people will wish to install some non-free software (which can't be included), there are packages from contrib (dependencies of non-free) which make the grade for inclusion on DVD-1. > The netinstall image is just with main. In contrast, the netinst image has been pruned to a minimal set of packages that are able just to install a system, which can then, in turn, install anything and everything else from the internet. Unsurprisingly, just installing a Debian system can be achieved using only Debian software, ie from main. During the installation, you can add non-free (pulls in contrib) to your own list of sources. However, because so many people run machines having hardware devices that require non-free firmware blobs /before/ any initial installation step, (mainly laptops being installed over WiFi), the website also offers unofficial netinst images which include collections of such firmware. AFAICT there are no packages from contrib required, because each (free) device driver already includes the ability to load its own non-free firmware blob. > P.S.: Sorry for my english. It's fine. Cheers, David.
