That firmware-ath9k-htc isn't installed by default seems to be confusing downstream users, particularly on derivatives that are designed to be free software only and FSF-endorsed. Trisquel explicitly makes an effort to include it [1], but PureOS does not (yet) [2], and their docs seem to reflect an understanding that all general-purpose free firmware is installed by firmware- linux-free [3].
I'm notifying the distros and hardware vendors one by one of the situation, but it would be more worthwhile if my change could be merged in Debian. [1] https://gitlab.trisquel.org/trisquel/trisquel-packages/-/blob/master/10.0/ trisquel-meta/debian/control [2] https://tracker.pureos.net/T496 [3] https://tracker.pureos.net/w/troubleshooting/missing_firmware/
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