Ubuntu Devs Debate Splitting Linux Firmware to Reduce Size - OMG! Ubuntu
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Ubuntu developers are discussing whether to split the large linux-firmware package into smaller vendor-specific packages to reduce its size.
  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
    7·
    1 day ago

    There’s no linux-firmware package on Debian. I guess that’s one of the major changes that makes Ubuntu different from Debian, under the hood.

    Anyhow, on Debian:

    • firmware-linux: Meta package, depends on:
      • firmware-linux-free (that one really is a sammelsurium)
      • firmware-linux-nonfree: Meta package, depends on:
        • firmware-misc-nonfree (big one, could well be made into a meta package depending on vendor-specific packages)
        • firmware-amd-graphics (another big one)
    • who@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      22 hours ago

      On Debian Bookworm with the non-free-firmware repo enabled…

      $ apt-cache pkgnames firmware | sort 
      firmware-amd-graphics
firmware-ath9k-htc
firmware-atheros
firmware-b43-installer
firmware-b43legacy-installer
firmware-bnx2
firmware-bnx2x
firmware-brcm80211
firmware-cavium
firmware-cirrus
firmware-intel-graphics
firmware-intel-misc
firmware-intel-sound
firmware-ipw2x00
firmware-ivtv
firmware-iwlwifi
firmware-libertas
firmware-linux
firmware-linux-free
firmware-linux-nonfree
firmware-marvell-prestera
firmware-mediatek
firmware-microbit-micropython
firmware-microbit-micropython-doc
firmware-misc-nonfree
firmware-myricom
firmware-netronome
firmware-netxen
firmware-nvidia-graphics
firmware-nvidia-gsp
firmware-qcom-media
firmware-qcom-soc
firmware-qlogic
firmware-realtek
firmware-samsung
firmware-siano
firmware-ti-connectivity
firmware-tomu
      • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
        2·
        9 hours ago

        Yeah I also feel that the splitting is already happening, or has been the case for the longest time. I wonder what’s so different about Ubuntu in that respect.