Thx in advice.

  • loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    8 months ago

    I wouldn’t recommend Debian to a noob if they’re installing themselves and have no-one to help, because depending ln their hardware, wifi might not work out of the box, and maybe even not ethernet either. Of course it can all be worked out, but I don’t think having to solve that would make a good first Linux experience. If it’s the iso version with the proprietary firmware already in it’s maybe…

    • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      because depending ln their hardware, wifi might not work out of the box, and maybe even not ethernet either

      I never experienced this with tons of machines, besides Debian now comes with proprietary blobs for that kind of hardware out of the box as well.

      . If it’s the iso version with the proprietary firmware already in it’s maybe…

      That ISO no longer exists. It’s all now on the base image.

      UPDATE 10 Jun 2023: As of Debian 12 (Bookworm), firmware is included in the normal Debian installer images. Source: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/

      “The Debian official media may include firmware that is otherwise not part of the Debian system to enable use of Debian with hardware that requires such firmware.” Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/debian-includes-proprietary-code

      • loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        8 months ago

        Strange, because I installed Debian on a laptop just about a month ago, and the ethernet worked, but not the wifi. I had to follow the advice from this thread to get it working. So either this specific driver is too rare for Debian to have bothered putting it in their default non-free repo, or I somehow downloaded an outdated iso by mistake…