The images here were put together by the debian cd team, using debian cd and other software. This is an official debian image build and so only includes free software. Unofficial nonfree images including firmware packages here are some extra images, equivalent to the normal images we produce regularly except in that they also include non free firmware to make things easier on some systems requiring proprietary but redistributable firmware. For convenience for some users, there is an alternative unofficial netinst cd build which includes non free firmware for extra support for some awkward hardware. This single cd contains just the minimal amount of software to start the installation and fetch the remaining packages over the internet.
This is an official debian image build and so only includes free. Get an os composed of software packages released as free and open source software. Welldefined boundaries between firmware and software do not exist, as both terms cover some of the same code. In this video i take a look at a different debian installer that includes non free drivers out of the box. Debian details of package firmwarelinuxnonfree in buster. There are linux distributions that are based on debian. A paragraph explaining debian s position on non free firmware, the url to the firmware page in the wiki and a button to opt out of the install would be ideal imo.
I am getting these warnings every time i update my initramfs images with updateinitramfs on my dell poweredge t20 server running gnulinux debian buster 10. A network install or netinst cd is a single cd which enables you to install the entire operating system. But every time you install, users are faced with driver issues. Or get a wifi dongle that is supported by free software. Unofficial nonfree images including firmware packages here are some extra images.