Re:Debian 12 “Bookworm” Released
by cesarb on Saturday June 10, 2023 @10:25AM
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> I've never had a computer which would work with the official ideologically-pure installer.
I had more than once, back when I first installed Debian in the late 1900s and early 2000s, and I believe my experience wasn't unique.
Back then, not requiring any loadable firmware was common; the hardware either didn't require firmware, or came with the full firmware in a ROM chip in the device itself. And that explains the issue: Debian is an old distribution, coming from these times when not having non-free firmware (or even any firmware at all) in the distribution was viable, and often fully usable.
Re:Debian 12 “Bookworm” Released
by NikkiA on Saturday June 10, 2023 @02:04PM
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Same, and I used to keep a little cache of 'known working without firmware issues' wlan cards (pcmcia), I probably still have some somewhere; though I don't think I have any pcmcia capable laptops anymore
I had more than once, back when I first installed Debian in the late 1900s and early 2000s, and I believe my experience wasn't unique.
Back then, not requiring any loadable firmware was common; the hardware either didn't require firmware, or came with the full firmware in a ROM chip in the device itself. And that explains the issue: Debian is an old distribution, coming from these times when not having non-free firmware (or even any firmware at all) in the distribution was viable, and often fully usable.