Debian frees up the kernel again

Posted by scrubs on Jan 24, 2011 7:03 PM
By Free Software Magazine
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Never let it be said that the Debian project does not listen. For some time there has been growing dissent about the presence of non-free binary blobs in the Debian GNU/Linux kernel. Identi.ca and other public arenas became almost hunting grounds for some of the more fanatical freedom advocates within the community. Recommendations for using gNewSense and other 100% free distributions became more prevalent as the concerns over the non-free Debian kernels grew. The Debian project has now announced that from the release of Squeeze (Debian 6.0) their GNU/Linux kernels will be available without the non-free blobs. Read the article at [url=http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/debian_frees_kernel_again]Free Software Magazine[/url].

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