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DATE | 2021-06-28 |
FROM | Alexandre Oliva
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SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] GNU Linux-libre 5.13-gnu
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GNU Linux-libre 5.13-gnu cleaning-up scripts, cleaned-up sources, and cleaning-up logs (including tarball signatures) are now availablefrom our git-based release archive git://linux-libre.fsfla.org/releases.git/ tags {scripts,sources,logs}/v5.13-gnu.
Tarballs and incremental patches are also available at .
Freesh .debs are already available too; thanks, jxself! Freed-ora ones are yet to be built. BTW, I'm looking for a new maintainer for Freed-ora. Please let me know whether you're interested.
The cleaning up scripts have been unchanged since first published for -rc7.
Most of the changes in this cycle were on account of drivers moved (comedi) or removed (cyclades, isicom) upstream. A few new blob names were added to amdgpu, i915 csr, r8152, mhi bus, and x86 touchscreen drivers, and to qualcomm arm64 dts files, and btusb needed other adjustments to the cleaning up logic.
In other news, we've been hanging out in the #gnu-linux-libre channel on libera.chat. Unlike #linux-libre on freenode, that we've used long before becaming a GNU subproject, the new channel is in the GNU namespace.
For up-to-the-minute news, join us on IRC, or follow me on P2P or federated social media. Check the link in the signature for directions.
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/
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)
-- Alexandre Oliva, happy hacker https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/ Free Software Activist GNU Toolchain Engineer Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about
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