On Sat, 2016-02-20 at 11:18 +0100, 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? > > Is it intended behaviour? If so, what is the reasoning behind it? > > Is it a bug?
If contrib and non-free are enabled by default in official Debian installer then I would say that yes, it's a bug, as Debian is meant to be free - unless there's been a recent policy change that I haven't noticed. -- Tixy