Request: Add firmware selection

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli, operating-systems

Research direction

Start by locating the base_packages definition and the installer flow that selects packages. Review the Arch Linux linux-firmware package variants linked in the issue and determine how Full, Minimal, and vendor multi-selection should be presented. Done means the selected firmware packages replace the current full meta-package while preserving the existing default behavior.

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Currently in __base_packages__ we always add the full meta linux-firmware and pulls in ~600mb

For VM, minimal server setups this is massive overkill we could extend to allow explicit selection over https://archlinux.org/packages/?sort=&q=linux-firmware using: Full | Minimal | Vendor and vendor being a multi-select

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