I have a new install of Debian 12 Bookworm, and I have added the nonfree firmware sources to my sources list.

However, when I run apt search firmware-linux I see three options

firmware-linux

firmware-linux-free [installed, automatic]

firmware-linux-nonfree

I would like to use nonfree firmware, but I am confused by that first option. what does firmware-linux include or not include that is different from firmware-linux-nonfree? Which should I install?

  • @VeraxisOP
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    111 months ago

    Okay, this makes sense. So it might need to be installed as a dependency for something else?

    • @Hawke
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      211 months ago

      It wouldn’t be needed unless something else depends on it.