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7/19/2025, 9:08:22 PM
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>That is no longer true, because Debian has changed its policy. In Debian 12, initially, the installer offered to install nonfree firmware whenever some hardware devices “needed” that.
>Since then, there has been another change for the worse. Debian now recommends preferentially a new installer program which, on most computers, installs all the nonfree firmware without even asking.
>It is no longer easy to install only the free packages of Debian. There are ways to request this, but they require specific knowledge. See Optionally Free Is Not Enough. In effect, Debian has become more like the other nonfree distros.
>That is no longer true, because Debian has changed its policy. In Debian 12, initially, the installer offered to install nonfree firmware whenever some hardware devices “needed” that.
>Since then, there has been another change for the worse. Debian now recommends preferentially a new installer program which, on most computers, installs all the nonfree firmware without even asking.
>It is no longer easy to install only the free packages of Debian. There are ways to request this, but they require specific knowledge. See Optionally Free Is Not Enough. In effect, Debian has become more like the other nonfree distros.
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