The original post: /r/debian by /u/ehraja on 2024-12-26 08:32:58.

How big a task is it to create a debian 12 iso? Starting with debian 12 you get the non free firmware repository on your computer during installation. Only workaround I know about is the firmware=never option. https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/ch02s02.en.html Including non free firmware in the repositories by default had reasons. Better hardware support. However for free software people debian made another step backward. Why didn’t debian also create an iso installing no non free firmware repository? It is one iso every 5 years. Because updates of the iso are not required. Am I ignorant about technical difficulties? Would a no non free firmware iso require its own updating system? Apart from the non free firmware matter, a debian iso also comes with other free software issues. I do not know them all. I can mention firefox and thunderbird. On the other hand the free software issues regarding a debian iso do not seem countless. Would it be a big task to make a free software iso version of debian and call it librean?

Thank you.