I managed to complete updating the deblobbing scripts for 3.16 this morning, and now I'm ready to announce that GNU Linux-libre 3.16-gnu is available for general use at http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/ and mirrors.
It was a particularly difficult release, not just because of the very many blobs and blob requests and false positives that had to be dealt with, but because I had to deal with them at the very end of the release cycle and while tracking down disk corruption on my primary home server, caused by a memory upgrade that brought a faulty memory module with it. That's part of the reason why it was late, and why it still doesn't have the “blobhush” infrastructure, that will eventually enable blobs to be loaded if they're installed, but in a way that won't induce users to install them. Anyway, the sources are out now; expect ready-to-use binary builds for various targets in the next few days. For up-to-the-minute news, join us on #linux-libre of irc.gnu.org (Freenode), or follow me (@lxoliva) on Twister <http://twister.net.co/> or pump.io <http://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 Brasil GNU Toolchain Engineer _______________________________________________ GNU Announcement mailing list <info-gnu@gnu.org> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu
