Debian to support non free firmware in "12"

So I did my usual update (dist-upgrade) and received a message stating there’s a new repo for Debian users → deb Index of /debian bookworm main non-free-firmware
All you need to do (according to this page non free chapter ) is add a file to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/and name it no-bookworm-firmware.conf with APT::Get::Update::SourceListWarnings::NonFreeFirmware “false”; inside it. I tested this to see if I quit getting the “warnings” about the new repo and it does shut them up.
There’s other things (like pip) that changed in Debian 12 (Bookworm) you can see them here: Chapter 5. Issues to be aware of for bookworm for those planning to go to Bookworm it’s great reading.
Me I’m hoping I can quit referring people to the part of the release notes telling them to enable the non free repos and run isenkram-cli to get their firmware, but it’s a hope :wink: cause nobody RTFMs
Have a great day :upside_down_face: :grin: :grin:

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This is cool! So now Debian, although it’s the parent of Ubuntu, has moved in a more Ubuntu-like direction. It is allowing Debian to be a more user-friendly install experience since Ubuntu can already be easily installed on hardware without requiring the modification of firmware software.

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Well kinda cool, it’s because of all the proprietary stuff that’s being sold. It’s gotten to be an act of God installing on a laptop because of that crap. The actual debate about this has been 5 years at least. So they had to so peeps could have their wireless connection work after installing.

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I perfectly understand that the

no-bookworm-firmware.conf

approach would mute the warnings. I think it is not the best way to go. As you are disabling the non-free-firmware repo, it can easily cause compatibility issues with the hardware. I would prefer to use the isenkram-cli to manage the firmware in order to avoid hardware not functioning properly down the line.

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I’ve also updated a couple of my servers from Debian 11 to 12 lately and I saw the annoying warning when trying to run the apt update command. Luckily, the warning included the documentation link that you mentioned, and I could hide the messages.

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