---
id: 25
title: "The great non-free-firmware transition"
source_domain: kali.org
source_url: "https://www.kali.org/blog/non-free-firmware-transition/"
published_at: "2024-01-22 00:00"
tags: ["firmware", "apt", "kali-linux", "debian", "package-management"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/25"
lang: en
---

# The great non-free-firmware transition

## Summary

Following Debian's repository restructure, Kali moved firmware into the non-free-firmware component; users must enable it in /etc/apt/sources.list so firmware packages keep updating via apt.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** kali.org
- **Published:** 2024-01-22 00:00
- **Original:** https://www.kali.org/blog/non-free-firmware-transition/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/25