GNU Linux-libre 5.12-gnu cleaning-up scripts, cleaned-up sources, and cleaning-up logs (including tarball signatures) have been available since last night from our git-based release archive git://linux-libre.fsfla.org/releases.git/ tags {scripts,sources,logs}/v5.12-gnu.
Tarballs and incremental patches are also available at <https://www.fsfla.org/selibre/linux-libre/download/releases/5.12-gnu/>. The cleaning up scripts have been unchanged since first published for -rc6. There were many newly-added drivers requiring cleaning up: OcteonTX2 crypto, MXL692 dvb, MT7921E wifi, and BCM VK accelerators. Some further cleanups were needed in Intel ICE docs, and in Qualcomm AArch64 DTS files. The Allegro-DVT driver graduated out of staging and thus required adjustments to its cleaning up rules. Drivers for Adreno GPU and for x86 touchscreens were changed upstream to request new blob names, so cleaning up adjustments were required. This release is in memory of Tasha, Jason Self's feline companion of many years. Jason has long contributed to GNU Linux-libre and maintained the popular Freesh distribution of GNU Linux-libre .debs. Tasha shared his home, brought him joy, and is sorely missed. https://social.bobcall.me/@jxself/106022448796141042 For up-to-the-minute news, join us on #linux-libre of irc.gnu.org (Freenode), or follow me on P2P or federated social media. Check the link in the signature for directions. 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 Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst) -- Alexandre Oliva, happy hacker https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/ Free Software Activist GNU Toolchain Engineer Vim, Vi, Voltei pro Emacs -- GNUlius Caesar -- If you have a working or partly working program that you'd like to offer to the GNU project as a GNU package, see https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html.