GNU Linux-libre 6.13-gnu

[Freedo]

Hello, free world,

Habemus GNUum Linux-librem 6.13-gnuum!

*raises blue wings*

(Yeah, we do Latin in Latin America!  Not very well, but we try ;-)

*yellow smile*

I'm Freedo, the light-blue and light-humored spokespenguin for the GNU
Linux-libre project, and I'm here to let you know that the sources,
scripts and cleanup logs for this release are available at:

git://linux-libre.fsfla.org/releases.git/
tags {scripts,sources,logs}/v6.13-gnu

and:

- https://www.fsfla.org/selibre/linux-libre/download/releases/6.13-gnu/

- https://www.fsfla.org/selibre/linux-libre/download/freesh/ (.deb)

By the time you read this, it may also already be at:

- https://www.fsfla.org/selibre/linux-libre/download/rpmfreedom/ (.rpm)


# Changes to the cleaning up

This was a very active cycle, blob-wise.

*blinking red alert*

- six new drivers had blob requests that we've neutered: rtw8812a,
  rtw8821a, bmi270, aw88081, ntp8835, ntp8918;

- lots of new and updated devicetree (.dts) files mentioned new blobs
  that would otherwise be requested and loaded;

- new blobs or other adjustments had to be made to the following
  drivers: wilc1000, rt1320, sh4-siu, ivpu, btnxpuart, adreno, r8169,
  x86 touchscreen;

*colorful language omitted*

- cs35l56 documentation, that upstream added after rc7, had to be
  adjusted to remove recommendations about installing blobs, that would
  not be applicable to GNU Linux-libre;

- drivers for rtl8192e, rtl8712, vt6656, and ti-st were removed
  upstream, so we could drop the logic to clean them up.

*soothing green*


# Artwork

*rainbow-like colors*

There was so much cleaning up activity this cycle and so many binary
blobs that I had to resort to a vacuum cleaner.
https://linux-libre.fsfla.org/~freedo/#news

Picture by tutor Jason Self.


# Keeping in touch

Follow me in the Fediverse for fresh news about GNU Linux-libre.
https://mastodon.social/@freedo

*splashy royal blue*

My tutors jxself and lxo are also on IRC: #gnu-linux-libre on libera.chat.

There's also a mailing list you're welcome to join:
https://www.fsfla.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre

That was all, everyone.  Be Free! with GNU Linux-libre.

*waves blue wings*


# Rolling credits

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/

  If you are the author of an awesome program and want to join us in
  writing Free (libre) Software, please consider making it an official
  GNU program and become a GNU Maintainer.  You can find instructions
  on how to do so at https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.  We look
  forward to hacking with you! :)


What is Linux?
--------------

  Linux is a clone of the Unix kernel [...]

(snipped from Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst)