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Debian Linux accepts proprietary firmware in major policy change. Instead of being made entirely of free software, the next release of Debian Linux, Bookworm, will include proprietary drivers and... (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 2 years ago by lysy@szmer.info to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] Peter1986C@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So they are now kind of like Fedora or Linux Mint. On the upside, that could mean that if (any of) the Debian forks would somehow collapse, it should be easier for users to go "back" to Debian.

[–] lisko@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Maybe this is a nail in Ubuntu's coffin

[–] Seldon@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The benefit using Linux Mint (at least what I have seen) is that multimedia codecs are optional on install, which is totally fine in my opinion.

[–] Peter1986C@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Mint is a fine distro. My comment was more like a "what if" scenario.