At Tue, 5 May 2026 07:01:29 +0800 badli al rashid
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to make Debian comply to GNU/Linux by removing some programs
> like "apt purge $(dpkg -l | grep contrib | awk '{print$2}').
>
> It removes LibreOffice, Is libreoffice non GNU/Linux compliant ?
What do you mean by "GNU/Linux compliant"? If you mean the base utility set
created by the FSF by the time the Linux kernel became a viable and usable
kernel, then yes since libreoffice did not exist yet. Note: the bare bones
system that was viable at that moment, had no GUI, and no real application
set. You would have had the base file utilities (eg ls, cp, mv, rm, etc), sed,
vi, bash, and the compilers (gcc), make, and the autotools, grep, find, and
not really much else. From a certain point of view, not really something
generally usable. Enough to create and edit programs from the command line.
If you mean an operating system with only a GPL license, then maybe a handful
of assorted applications. If you mean all FOSS software (any FOSS lincense),
then pretty much a normal full Debian install (but probably forget about
anymost any WiFIi NIC (close firmware), NVIDIA's semi-closed video drivers
(there are open source (reversed engineered) drivers, just without much
graphics accel support), and maybe forget about many inkjet printers, possibly
some sound chips).
>
> I just have main on my repo. anyother advice for making Debian
> GNU/complaint.
>
> Regards,
> Badli
>
> Sent from Gmail
>
>
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