On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 10:57:47AM +0300, Hakan Bayındır wrote: > > > As everybody knows, Debian is also releasing the said firmware as > > > compressed > > > archives and these are visible in the download page [0], however usage and > > > documentation is neither clearly documented, nor easy for the beginners or > > > casual users. > > (it's documented at https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s04 > > for a separate drive, there may be some documentation about putting the > > files to the installation drive but at that point the user should just > > burn the firmware ISO) > > I know it's documented, but it's buried deep down. It's linked in the same yellow block on the page you linked as the archive itself. I mean, I agree it's not good but most of places on debian.org that are related to downloading are not good. At least https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ is now just two clicks away from the main page.
> In my ideal world (for newcomers), the link should produce the file > directly, not the directory, or they get the tool, insert a USB drive, and > viola. They should just get the firmware ISO and burn it instead of fiddling with all of that. -- WBR, wRAR
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