[sf-lug] Debian 10 out on ...

[aaronco36]

Ended up being in SF all-day today instead of in Berkeley, where another 
Linux event was being held today [01]

Six of us were at Cafe Enchante for today's meeting [02] including Jim S. 
Jim S and perhaps some others indicated that discussion regarding the 
thread 'sf-lug.com disabled...' [03][04][05] should probably continue 
online.  WiFi was way okay at Cafe Enchantay (<G>).


Rick M wrote at [06]:
> Again, I have to ask:  Why not favour the unofficial images
> that differ only in adding back the omitted non-free
> firmware BLOBs?
> https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/

Yep, similar to the link I previously provided within [07], namely [08].
IMHO, the biggest advantage of having those "omitted non-free firmware 
BLOBS" available, as described within [09], is for those times that 
inevitably arise that I'm either troubleshooting or installing Debian on 
that netbook or laptop that has that non-recognized internal WiFi adapter 
(::cough cough:: _Broadcom_ adapters :cough cough:: :-< )

AAMOF, after downloading the latest 10.0.0 Buster stable [10] multiarch 
netinstall image including firmware from [08] and performing the standard 
steps to verify the authenticity of this downloaded Debian CD ISO as 
described in [11], I then dd'd this image to several purple-colored USB 
sticks which I then offered to both Bobbie S and Jim S at today's meeting.

FYI, for the very few who may not realize this, one can update one's 
10.0.0 Buster stable machine following the original installation by 
performing the /etc/apt/sources.list archive edits as more fully described 
in [12] Slightly more advanced Debian users may also eventually decide to 
rather have a mixed partial Buster-stable and partial Bullseye-testing 
[13] system, so these users may then wish to follow the steps at [14] for 
Apt-Pinning of both Buster and Bullseye entries in the /etc/apt files -- 
this Apt-Pinning guide for Beginners brught courtesy of Rik M within his 
useful Debian FAQ webpage [15].

-A


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References
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[01]https://fosstodon.org/@berkeleylug/102379232992648151
[02]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2019q3/014251.html
[03]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2019q3/014242.html
[04]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2019q3/014243.html
[05]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2019q3/014244.html
[06]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2019q3/014249.html
[07]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2019q3/014239.html
[08]https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/10.0.0+nonfree/multi-arch/
[09]https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware
[10]https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/
[11]https://www.debian.org/CD/verify
[12]https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02#_debian_archive_basics
[13]https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/
[14]http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html
[15]http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Debian/
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