GNU Linux-libre 4.1-gnu is now available
Alexandre Oliva
lxoliva at fsfla.org
Mon Jun 22 07:06:49 UTC 2015
GNU Linux-libre 4.1-gnu sources and tarballs are now available at
http://linuxlibre.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/4.1-gnu. There were no
significant deblobbing changes since -rc8; the differences have to do
with accepting the false positives in a patch brought into recent
freed-ora builds.
Two new drivers needed cleaning up of blob-requesting-and-loading
machinery. Various others needed deblobbing updates due to blob name
changes, false positives and some minor reorganization of the tree.
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Be Free! with GNU Linux-libre.
WHAT IS GNU Linux-libre?
GNU Linux-libre is a Free version of the kernel Linux (see below),
suitable for use with the GNU Operating System in 100% Free
GNU/Linux-libre System Distributions.
http://www.gnu.org/distros/
It removes non-Free components from Linux, that are disguised as
source code or distributed in separate files. It also disables
run-time requests for non-Free components, shipped separately or as
part of Linux, and documentation pointing to them, so as to avoid
(Free-)baiting users into the trap of non-Free Software.
http://www.fsfla.org/anuncio/2010-11-Linux-2.6.36-libre-debait
Linux-libre started within the gNewSense GNU/Linux distribution.
It was later adopted by Jeff Moe, who coined its name, and in 2008
it became a project maintained by FSF Latin America. In 2012, it
became part of the GNU Project.
The GNU Linux-libre project takes a minimal-changes approach to
cleaning up Linux, making no effort to substitute components that
need to be removed with functionally equivalent Free ones.
Nevertheless, we encourage and support efforts towards doing so.
http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LinuxLibre:Devices_that_require_non-free_firmware
Our mascot is Freedo, a light-blue penguin that has just come out
of the shower. Although we like penguins, GNU is a much greater
contribution to the entire system, so its mascot deserves more
promotion. See our web page for their images.
http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/
WHAT IS LINUX?
Linux is a clone of the Unix kernel [...]
(snipped from the README in the source distribution of GNU Linux-libre)
--
Alexandre Oliva, freedom fighter http://FSFLA.org/~lxoliva/
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Gandhi
Be Free! -- http://FSFLA.org/ FSF Latin America board member
Free Software Evangelist|Red Hat Brasil GNU Toolchain Engineer
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