Thanks for the replies. I may not actually need any additional packages from contrib or non-free. But I hope I am not missing anything like proprietary hardware drivers, or add-ins required to play proprietary media formats, for example.
I did try to install in expert text mode first, but when it asked which kernel should be installed, I decided to let the install program decide that, so I re-did the install using the default text install mode. And as for the freeness of Debian: that's why I am using it. I strongly support Debian, EFF, RMS, etc. On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello. > > I did a fresh install of Debian 7.0.0 (Wheezy), using the > debian-7.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso. > > In the past , during the install process, it would ask if the user wanted > to include the contrib and non-free repositiories. Not this time. The > install went okay, but only included packages from the main repository. > > If I manually added "contrib" and non-free" to /etc/apt/sources.list, and > did apt-get update, then apt-get upgrade, would that add the missing > contrib and non-free stuff? And would that mess up the already installed > system? > > >
