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aki posted an update 02/02/2025 21:39
What means free and non free debian. Is free debian is fully open source and no free means not fully open source some packages and drivers will closed source ? I am very confused free and non free means.
aki posted an update 02/02/2025 21:39
What means free and non free debian. Is free debian is fully open source and no free means not fully open source some packages and drivers will closed source ? I am very confused free and non free means.
The “non-free” repository for Debian includes software that doesn’t meet the definition of “free” according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines, but are still legal to be distributed by Debian.
If you are thinking of installing Debian or trying a live ISO boot (with option to install), practically speaking you may need to use the non-free ISO if you have any hardware that uses proprietary drivers for which a free driver version is not available in Debian. Since Debian’s website is rather confusing in the way you navigate to the ISO files, here is a direct link to the non-free ISO files if you need it.
https://www.debian.org/social_contract