Debian announced today that Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” will be released with a completely free Linux Kernel.
Having, in the past, spent many frustrating hours trying to get some wireless card or some other piece of hardware to work with some binary firmware that cannot be examined or improved but is simply foisted on you, I’m really thankful to the team that is doing this work. Congratulations to them!
I’ve already successfully installed Squeeze numerous times with the Debian 6.0 beta installers. Give it a try!