On Sat, Nov 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > As I move closer to this effort, I am fielding questions / comments from > the engineer who will actually do the heavy lifting...but who has never > installed Linux before. > > One of them I hope I answered correctly. > Debian still provides a variety of drivers for hardware, making it less > likely one need hunt down a Linux edition of things, is that correct? > I am referring to say onboard sound, and built in Ethernet infrastructure. > I feel this differs from say finding a packet driver for a card, something > often needed in DOS. > Debian 13 includes the non-free-firmware repo. The non-free-firmware provides, as the name says, non-free firmware drivers. In The GNU/Linux ecosystem Debian has some of the best hardware support available. Debian is of course The Universal Operating System. The only thing I have had to hunt down in years was a Cannon all-in-one printer/scanner driver. > > Second, are there specific install options clearly intended for the cli > interface? > Meaning, in the install process, you can choose which..desktop if You > will, > is intended? > > As a quick reminder, I will be accessing this machine via a creative ssh > door. My hope is to find a shell or cli environment, with the programs I > require using. > Does the question make sense? > > Kare > > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
