Debian 'jessie' 8.1.0 with non-free firmware included

[Snowhog]

I had downloaded and dd'd the Debian 'jessie' KDE iso to a USB stick to try out. My laptop is connected wirelessly only, and that .iso doesn't contain any non-free firmware, and my wireless requires such. So, for me, it was going to be a no-go. But, turns out, Debian does provide a 'jessie' release that includes non-free firmware. It works for me! In 'live mode' from the USB stick, it recognized my wireless. I setup our home network and voila; connected to the Internet! I'm going to install it as my secondary OS. I obtained the .iso I needed here:

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/un...64/iso-hybrid/

[vinnywright]

I had downloaded and dd'd the Debian 'jessie' KDE iso to a USB stick to try out. My laptop is connected wirelessly only, and that .iso doesn't contain any non-free firmware, and my wireless requires such. So, for me, it was going to be a no-go. But, turns out, Debian does provide a 'jessie' release that includesnon-free firmware. It works for me! In 'live mode' from the USB stick, it recognized my wireless. I setup our home network and voila; connected to the Internet! I'm going to install it as my secondary OS. I obtained the .iso I needed here:

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/un...64/iso-hybrid/

Humm I should have looked harder ,,,,,,,,for the cdimage you found .

but to be honest it was not that hard to add it later (the firmware) ,,,, the firmware-iwlwifi package has no depends so ,,,,,,, if you Dl it do the install then add it with apper you would be good ....... after a "modprobe -r iwlwifi ; modprobe iwlwifi" so the current and not working iwlwifi module will get removed then re-added ,thus picking up the new firmware.

FYI my Debian-8-KDE is still working great after a month of playing with it .


the only thing I havent been able to find so far(that I use) is a live-USB making program so it's "dd" for now .

VINNY