On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 11:18 AM, <jds1...@telenet.be> wrote: > I downloaded and installed the latest Debian CD image > (http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.3.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-8.3.0-amd64-CD-1.iso) > > Installing to bare metal enables the components main contrib and non-free. > > Installing to a virtualbox virtual machine only enables the main component, > not contrib nor non-free. > > Why is that?
Maybe your hardware requires (or can benefit from) non-free drivers, while the virtual machine can only emulate hardware with free drivers and firmware.
