On 01/27/2015 03:26 AM, Stephan Dörner wrote: > Dear Debian developers, > > I just installed Debian 8 (testing) on a PC of mine with the graphical > installer and the setup ran really smooth - with one exception: It was a big > hassle to find and download the unfree firmware for my Wifi adapter, which I > needed for the installation. > > Here’s a suggestion: Let the installer display a code, which the user can > enter on debian.org - it then automatically shows you the needed files and > let you download them instead of mentioning cryptic file names like > rtl8168e-3.fw and so on.
Here's a suggestion: don't buy any realtek hardware anymore. These cards perform badly, and as you could see, require non-free hardware. You're also voting with the things you buy... Also, another suggestion: write to realtek to complain about it. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54c80bda.5030...@debian.org
