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minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·24 hours agoThere’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)
minus-squarewho@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-216 hours agoOn 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
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoYeah 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.
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:
On Debian Bookworm with the non-free-firmware repo enabled…
$ apt-cache pkgnames firmware | sortfirmware-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-tomuYeah 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.