* Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> [2021-01-08 17:34]: > > * Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> [2021-01-07 22:38]: > >> Gentoo is about choice, and has always leaned a little on the pragmatic > >> side. If we would (for example) exclude all non-free Linux firmware, > >> then I am certain that in order to have a usable system, most users > >> would choose to install such firmware nevertheless, bypassing the > >> package manager. Again, our default there is to install only free > >> firmware, but we leave users the choice to install additional blobs when > >> they explicitly ask for it. > > > Then maybe that is how users are trained or indoctrinated into Gentoo > > as managers or maintainers of Gentoo did not teach users about free > > software. I am sorry for that. That is why Gentoo will not be endorsed > > by GNU project. > > I know, and presumably it will never be. Gentoo as a source-based distro > can also be seen as a "metadistribution" or "distribution toolkit", > so it is relatively easy to use it as basis for building a binary > distribution. Distros derived from Gentoo may have completely different > goals, and examples include Ututo XS (which used to be on the FSF's > whitelist IIRC) and Chromium OS.
Dear Ulrich, I understand and I like the technology running Gentoo, as how I know it, it is valuing source and then users can build it straight from source, I hope I am right as I did not use it myself. On the other hand, I cannot recommend it to my friends or business partners as it does have different purpose then being a fully free GNU/Linux distribution, so I recommend those like Guix, Trisquel, Hyperbola, Parabola, PureOS, and others FSF endorsed distributions like here: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html Jean
