Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

2017-03-13 Thread Jaromil
thanks for your mail Ivan, I am convinced mediation is not to be tried more than three times: there must be a point when one draws the end of negotiations starts doing his/her own thing. We are lucky for being able to *do* and we enjoy it, even. Looking at the choices being made for our new dist

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

2017-03-10 Thread Ivan Zaigralin
Tails are not receptive to the idea, at least there's no reason to think they changed their minds. About a year ago I've made an effort to figure out how they estimate the chances of distributing malware within Linux blobs, and they stonewalled me completely. By that they've shown their deep ign

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

2017-02-27 Thread parazyd
Greetings! I've successfully managed to deblob the kernel after patching with grsec. I maintain my own repository of the kernel, and you can see the process by looking at the commits: https://gogs.dyne.org/heads/linux-heads Basically, I've started with a vanilla 4.4 (using the configs from Alpin

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

2017-02-26 Thread Kurtis Hanna
I'd love to hear about any updates on Heads. I'm very excited about the project. Peace & Blessings, Kurtis Jaromil: > > > dear Luke, > > Many thanks for your detailed response, I include Parazyd in cc: > > I hope we can join forces and rely on your effort for Parabola, then > we'll also look

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

2017-01-18 Thread Jaromil
dear Luke, Many thanks for your detailed response, I include Parazyd in cc: I hope we can join forces and rely on your effort for Parabola, then we'll also look for ways to make your work more sustainable. On Sun, 15 Jan 2017, Luke wrote: > On 01/15/2017 08:46 AM, Jaromil wrote: > > I'll take

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

2017-01-16 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 23:23:27 +0100 Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote: > - Tails has debian repositories enabled. This also includes the > non-free repository (It is probably there for the firmwares). Sorry, this information is outdated, it now probably has free and contrib. Denis.

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

2017-01-15 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 09:46:50 +0100 Jaromil wrote: > > Assuming that this is done, and that the distribution is FSDG > > compliant, and listed in the fsf website, it is strongly advised to > > find a way to verify if the websites that are being visited can > > distinguish between Tails[3] and it's

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

2017-01-15 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 11:16:00 + Kurtis Hanna wrote: > It's funny that you could use the Heads bios replacement program to > boot into Heads the distribution once it is published. Ha ha. A > Heads+Heads stack! That's almost as funny as a Heads+Tails stack. When you think about it, making the bo

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

2017-01-15 Thread Luke
On 01/15/2017 08:46 AM, Jaromil wrote: > I'll take the occasion to pose a question we have unanswered at the > moment: because of our plan to make heads really secure, the wish is > that of applying the -grsec patch to linux-libre. > > is there any concern regarding the free nature of the -grsec pa

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

2017-01-15 Thread Kurtis Hanna
Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli: > On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:04:44 +0100 > hellekin wrote: > >> Parazyd is working on https://heads.dyne.org/ > There is also a HEADS distribution at > https://github.com/osresearch/heads This github project by osresearch is more of a Tails version of Libreboot.org than a FO

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

2017-01-15 Thread Jaromil
hello everyone, > hellekin wrote: > > Parazyd is working on https://heads.dyne.org/ On Thu, 12 Jan 2017, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote: > There is also a HEADS distribution at > https://github.com/osresearch/heads Parazyd's heads was first. The "persistent-tails" just came after our announced i

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

2017-01-12 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:04:44 +0100 hellekin wrote: > Parazyd is working on https://heads.dyne.org/ There is also a HEADS distribution at https://github.com/osresearch/heads > that provides an alternate Tails with the linux-libre kernel. > Joining forces? This is great! I hope it will respect the

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

2017-01-12 Thread hellekin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 01/08/2017 01:54 PM, Kurtis Hanna wrote: > Hello, > > Anyone interested in helping port Tails to the linux-libre kernel? > > They sound receptive to the idea: https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/ 5393 > > Kurtis > Parazyd is working on https:

[GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

2017-01-08 Thread Kurtis Hanna
Hello, Anyone interested in helping port Tails to the linux-libre kernel? They sound receptive to the idea: https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/5393 Kurtis