GNU Linux-libre 3.14-gnu: "Freedom Pi" is now available

From: Alexandre Oliva Subject: GNU Linux-libre 3.14-gnu: "Freedom Pi" is now available Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:31:17 -0300 User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux)

The 3.14-gnu release of GNU Linux-libre is now available. The deblobbing scripts didn't require significant changes, compared to those of the previous release; only small adjustments had to be made to account for drivers removed or modified upstream. That said, I have been working on the fix for our #1 bug, namely, that disabling the requests for non-Free firmware removes the ability to load and use the non-Free firmware without rebuilding the driver or the entire kernel. The plan is to implement (at last! :-) the proposal outlined in http://www.fsfla.org/anuncio/2010-03-Linux-2.6.33-libre Unfortunately, the fix, that I recently started working on, was not ready in time for 3.14-gnu, but the plan is to roll out a 3.14-gnu1 or 3.14-gnu2 when that fix is ready. Once the base infrastructure for that is finished (which should take me a few more days), I'll post a request for help to address@hidden in going through all of the blob-requesting files and adjusting them to the new framework. If you'd like to help, please subscribe to the list at http://www.fsfla.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre/ Meanwhile, you may get the 3.14-gnu sources, that still disables the loading of non-Free firmware, from the locations listed at our web site http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/ Builds of 3.14-gnu for the gnewsense/lemote (mipsel .debs), freed-ora (x86 and x86_64 .rpms) and freesh (x86, x86_64 and ppc .debs) binary distributions of GNU Linux-libre are not ready yet, but they may very well be by the time you read this. You may keep up with up-to-the-minute news regarding GNU Linux-libre by joining us on the #linux-libre channel of irc.gnu.org (Freenode), or by following me (@lxoliva) on the Twister P2P microblogging network (see <http://twister.net.co/>), or in the pump.io federated network, at https://identi.ca/lxoliva/ 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 Brazil Toolchain Engineer

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