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 system for months. There was no warning of this major change on the download page, nor during the installation! And the "Why Debian" page on debian.org is now extremely misleading IMO. How is this change to Debian OS not being announced as big red alerts in all those places?? How aptly named BookWORM is.
My system runs great without non-free drivers, and I only want to support hardware manufacturers that use/provide free drivers. Therefore, I've been trying to re-install Debian 12 without all that non-free stuff.
But sadly, installing Debian 12 without the non-free stuff is proving extremely difficult. I'm installing Debian from CD/DVD (as I always have) and it isn't even allowing me to MANUALLY block non-free drivers. I've tried installing 3 times with "firmware=never", and every time I end up with approximately 30 non-free components installed. The installer is ignoring that entry. So is installing a Free Software version of Debian from CD/DVD impossible now?
I do understand the motivation to make Debian easier for more people to use, but doing that by taking away what made Debian special for many existing users doesn't make sense. Debian has now become difficult for me to install -- I've spent days trying to figure this out. Clearly, those in charge of Debian no longer value the values on which Debian was grown. I really hope someone will fork Debian and create a version that's Free Software friendly during the installation. I know about PureOS, but would prefer something that's simply Debian, but Free-Software-Friendly.
In the meantime, with the "firmware=never" option not working, does anyone know of any other way to block non-free drivers when installing Debian 12 from CD/DVD?
FYI, the images I'm using: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/cu ... so-hybrid/
~THANK YOU in advance to anyone who can help~
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My system runs great without non-free drivers, and I only want to support hardware manufacturers that use/provide free drivers. Therefore, I've been trying to re-install Debian 12 without all that non-free stuff.
But sadly, installing Debian 12 without the non-free stuff is proving extremely difficult. I'm installing Debian from CD/DVD (as I always have) and it isn't even allowing me to MANUALLY block non-free drivers. I've tried installing 3 times with "firmware=never", and every time I end up with approximately 30 non-free components installed. The installer is ignoring that entry. So is installing a Free Software version of Debian from CD/DVD impossible now?
I do understand the motivation to make Debian easier for more people to use, but doing that by taking away what made Debian special for many existing users doesn't make sense. Debian has now become difficult for me to install -- I've spent days trying to figure this out. Clearly, those in charge of Debian no longer value the values on which Debian was grown. I really hope someone will fork Debian and create a version that's Free Software friendly during the installation. I know about PureOS, but would prefer something that's simply Debian, but Free-Software-Friendly.
In the meantime, with the "firmware=never" option not working, does anyone know of any other way to block non-free drivers when installing Debian 12 from CD/DVD?
FYI, the images I'm using: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/cu ... so-hybrid/
~THANK YOU in advance to anyone who can help~
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Statistics: Posted by Lux8 — 2024-04-14 18:10 — Replies 7 — Views 100