GNU Linux-libre 3.9-gnu source tarballs, as well patches from 3.8-gnu and from the 3.9-rc8-gnu release candidate (that I'd finished packaging just before 3.9 was released upstream), are now available at http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/3.9-gnu/ and other mirrors at http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/#mirrors
The greatest news about this release is that it no longer rejects ath9k firmware, after the former blobs were re-released as Free Software! Thanks to Jason Self for the patches to the deblobbing scripts to this end; over the next few days, I'm going to deblob stable releases using newer scripts containing Jason's patches, so that ath9k will be usable on them as well. Stay tuned! You can get up-to-the minute news following !Linuxlibre or @lxoliva on identi.ca: http://identi.ca/group/linuxlibre or http://identi.ca/lxoliva WHAT IS GNU Linux-libre? GNU Linux-libre is a Free distribution of the kernel Linux, 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/ -- 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 Compiler Engineer _______________________________________________ GNU Announcement mailing list <info-gnu@gnu.org> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu
