Re: [gNewSense-users] Suitability of the Debian Squeeze (and later) Linux kernel for gNewSense. Was (no subject)

2011-04-05 Thread Karl Goetz
On Mon, 4 Apr 2011 16:19:37 +0100 Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 09:51:16PM +0930, Karl Goetz wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:52:39 +0100 > > Michael Dorrington wrote: > [...] > > > AFAICT, the Debian kernel complies with the DFSG (or is extremely > > > close). However, it reta

Re: [gNewSense-users] Suitability of the Debian Squeeze (and later) Linux kernel for gNewSense. Was (no subject)

2011-04-04 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 09:51:16PM +0930, Karl Goetz wrote: > On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:52:39 +0100 > Michael Dorrington wrote: [...] > > AFAICT, the Debian kernel complies with the DFSG (or is extremely > > close). However, it retains drivers that require a firmware in order > > to be functional and

Re: [gNewSense-users] Suitability of the Debian Squeeze (and later) Linux kernel for gNewSense. Was (no subject)

2011-04-04 Thread Karl Goetz
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:52:39 +0100 Michael Dorrington wrote: > > Karl Goetz wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:42:41 -0300 > > "Emiliano M. Rudenick" wrote: > > > >>> We don't have a free kernel in the archive yet, but you could > >>> easily install linux-libre of your own accord. > >>> thanks,

Re: [gNewSense-users] Suitability of the Debian Squeeze (and later) Linux kernel for gNewSense. Was (no subject)

2011-03-31 Thread Michael Dorrington
Karl Goetz wrote: > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:42:41 -0300 > "Emiliano M. Rudenick" wrote: > >>> We don't have a free kernel in the archive yet, but you could >>> easily install linux-libre of your own accord. >>> thanks, >>> kk > >> The kernel that comes default in Debian Squeeze is completely fre