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[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Is it true that Bookworm contains non free software in the default release? If so this is sad to hear.

Non-free firmware, not software. Wi-Fi firmware, GPU firmware, CPU microcode, that sort of thing. Made unfortunately necessary by modern hardware.

I suffer with systemd

What's the problem?