On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 8:54 AM Esteban Ordóñez <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes. That is why Debian has been nonfree. Debian used to say that it > was free because its main repository had all free software. Now Debian > is in fact nonfree, even by its own definitions. > ... > The only thing that is important is that the truth be told. This double > talk makes people think that Debian is freedom. It is not. ... > > So it is an important issue for Freedombox. Deciding to be based on > Debian without nonfree software would mean not including the nonfree > firmware. If the user decided to include it, that would be the user's > decision. But that would not involve Freedombox's collaboration to > subjugate the user. Telling people that they should opt for freedom > does very little. Setting the example is the only way. Freedombox can > do this. Would Devuan be any better? I prefer it because it does not use systemd, but do not know what it does about firmware. https://www.devuan.org/ Is this mostly illusory anyway, since most systems come with non-free firmware & some have other "features" that might well be security holes? _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
