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Installation • Re: Setting firmware=never allows non-free firmware installation on Debian 12

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I've been a Debian user for 10+ years because I'm a Free Software supporter. I wasn't aware of the "vote" last year to change Debian's policy on non-free, and was shocked to discover I've been running a bunch of non-free drivers on my]
Good to hear from a long-time free software supporter. Small corrections though: vote was is 2022 and this is not about drivers but about firmware. It is unfortunate but at least intel-microcode is somewhat necessary if you have an Intel CPU and want to avoid some of the hardware security issues that it fixes.

Statistics: Posted by lindi — 2024-04-14 22:41



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