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FSF Adds PureOS To List of Endorsed GNU/Linux Distributions (fsf.org)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the come-along-and-share-the-OS dept.

Long-time Slashdot reader donaldrobertson writes: The Free Software Foundation on Thursday announced PureOS as an endorsed GNU/Linux distro. PureOS is an operating system focused on privacy, security and ease of use. Endorsement means the system meets the FSF's Free System Distribution Guidelines by providing and promoting only free software, with a dedication to making sure the system always remains free.

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  1. FSF needs to take a stand against systemd. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The FSF needs to take a stand against systemd, and any GNU/Linux distros that use it. Systemd is, in my view, essentially a form of proprietary software, even if the source happens to be publicly accessible. It's a product created by and directed by corporate software developers, from what I can see, rather than being a community effort. In fact, much of the GNU/Linux user community wants nothing to do with it. Systemd has caused severe problems for many of us. We can't trust newer versions of the major GNU/Linux distros to work properly. We also can't trust niche or hobbyist non-systemd distros like Devuan. So we unfortunately have no choice but to stop using GNU/Linux and move to FreeBSD or some other non-GNU/Linux OS instead. If the FSF cares at all about the viability of GNU/Linux, they should launch an all-out defense against systemd. Removing systemd from the major distros is the only way to save GNU/Linux.

    1. Re:FSF needs to take a stand against systemd. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

      If you ask Stallman, he doesn't consider Systemd to be proprietary software because the source is available and is also licensed with a free software license. Simply put, he doesn't care about Systemd's technical matters and is amoral to the fact that that it is directed by corporate software interests by virtue of the licensing terms of Systemd.

  2. Re:Promoting? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The Debian project maintains a list of non-free software titles that users are able to install onto their Debian system. This is unacceptable to the FSF. It doesn't matter that the non-free titles in question are cleanly segregated from the rest of Debian, the fact of the matter is that the Debian project is endorsing these non-free software titles. In order to get the FSF's approval for the recommendations, the Debian project would have to completely disavow maintaining the list of titles and they should not endorse users towards these titles. If the list of non-free titles acted as a blacklist that actively prevented users from installing such titles, I would suspect that the FSF would condone such acts.