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Debian 6.0 To Feature a Completely Free Kernel

Posted by timothy on from the nothing-dirty dept.

dkd903 writes "The Debian Project has announced that the upcoming release — Debian 6.0 'Squeeze' — will have a completely free Linux kernel. This means that the Linux kernel which ships with Debian 6.0 will not have any non-free firmware. The Debian Project has been working on removing the non-free parts since the last two releases. With Squeeze, they are finally realizing that goal."

4 of 283 comments (clear)

  1. Re:You're kidding. Right? by mark72005 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Frankly, I think GUIs are oppressive. I long for the freedom and ideological purity of the text-based Listro.

  2. Re:Which will essentially cause nothing more than. by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is comfortably a self solving issue.

    You can only complain about your network problem if you can get on the network.

    *grin*

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    liqbase :: faster than paper
  3. Re:Completely free kernel? by bsDaemon · · Score: 4, Funny

    HURD might be finished if Linux hadn't attracted all the developer attention that wasn't going to the 386BSD derivatives.

  4. Re:You're kidding. Right? by mark72005 · · Score: 1, Funny

    How do I know that website is freeware? I'm not clicking on that.