In my acknowledgements SuSE TW clearly isolates nonfree against main repo (in
contrary to SLE), and I have tried out-of-the-box w/in Linux-libre RPM
kernels by the Freed-ora and deCentOS projects, but Freed-ora is
Fedora-centric and deCentOS is CentOS or RHEL centric. Where are alternatives
This is true, but Think Penguin also doesn't market itself as selling
freedom-respecting hardware. It just markets itself as selling hardware that
works with libre GNU/Linux distros out-of-the-box. Only products which have
been RYF-certified are labeled as freedom-friendly.
I don't even like the fact that they're calling this "disabling" the ME. That
term suggests that it's not being run, when it absolutely is; it's just being
run less.
When it comes to endorsing a distribution, I do not think it matters much
where the inspiration for the criteria comes from. Debian provides
"contrib" and "nonfree" (hosted on the project's servers). Fedora has, by
default, a kernel with proprietary firmware. If you wish, you can deem a
This is an excellent post, but ThinkPenguin does not go as far out of its way
to caution customers as Technoethical does. A relevant point of comparison
would be Technoethical's up-front and proactive discussion of the limitations
of its smartphones, including from a freedom perspective,
https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/26/16365424/bill-gates-android-phone-switch
Next, Microsoft will be based on Linux and will be fully free.
For urpmi distro we already have Uruk, a Trisquel derivative, not having a
need anymore to liberate ROSA, Mageia, or openMandriva, right?
The interface to the package manager is not the whole distribution.
Finally, I need to recommend LibertyBSD removing every nonfree over openBSD,
but not
It does not matter much where the code is compiled. The point is you cannot
really know what the binary does because it requires a binary compiler to be
made. It may include malicious software into the binary for instance.
The author of the video supposes Trisquel's developers choose not to ship
'add-apt-repository'. He is simply wrong. It is a bug to be fixed. And I
believe 'sudo apt edit-sources' work and allow to add any repository. Please
do not propagate false rumors.
I think the page you link to is a good example of why Purism comes across as
less-than-honest. While they avoid explicitly taking credit for disabling the
ME, they phrase everything so that if you aren't paying very close attention
you'll interpret it that way.
For example, your initial
I installed it on trisquel 8. So far so good :)
It is 'add-apt-repository' and not 'add-apt-repo'.
I don't know but I wanted just to make an example on how we could give an
hand somehow. Compiling a kernel is not a big deal. Not so much as digging in
the C code. I want to try linux libre as well. Thanks for the link
Vita_Cell gave the link above :
The compliling is not done on your computer, but the Virtualbox BIOS
(software) is built with that compiler which is considered non-free due to
compliance issue.
correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you can use jxselfs repo to get a newer
kernel on Trisquel? https://jxself.org/linux-libre/
yep, I think the same. They are really doing some work
I never said that Purism did this work all by themselves; I merely bring it
up, because it demonstrates their commitment to free software, making it
harder to believe that they are some kind of fraud (which a lot of people on
this forum think is the case).
Is the compiling done on my computer or on the computer which compiled the
debian virtual box software, you can download? If the software you can
download is gpl 2 licensed, then how can there be non libre software in it?
Not totally correct. You are speaking about the intel Boot guard that is not
enabled on all laptop. If it is enabled me_cleaner doesn't work. Check here
please: https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/wiki/Intel-Boot-Guard
So if you are able to use the me_cleaner script means that there is no
The only credit I would give to Purism company is the fact that they are
investing on this topic. They ported their hardware to coreboot. This
requires some work as I am finding out. Not so easy as disabling intel ME.
People on libreboot's irc says differently. Libre software requires you have
all the source code. You do not. The intel cpus will only work, if the
software is signed by an encryption key only intel has. That is why you
cannot select what cpu software to install.
Mhmm This is already done by many here
check here please: https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/issues/3
All these people did already this.
The developer that achieved this is Nicola Corna. Credit to him.
I also disabled intel ME.
If you check here:
Here a very good guide on how to do this:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Sakaki%27s_EFI_Install_Guide/Disabling_the_Intel_Management_Engine
https://puri.sm/posts/purism-librem-laptops-completely-disable-intel-management-engine/
This is a huge step for software freedom!
There is the link to the issues. you could start from there. An example even
if related to trisquel 7: https://trisquel.info/en/issues/22926
some users complain about old kernel. Someone could compile and package a
new kernel and create a ppa repo. Ps I am not a developer from trisquel and
Trisquel 8 - Free Software Distro Overview (by GnuLinux Geek)
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtc42F5H01I
OMG. If thaat copy of MINIX were GPLv3... Eeee! \^o^/
I can't add the repo for the emoji picker. add-apt-repo not found.
(If Trisquel 8 could have an emoji input method by default, that would be
great.)
> Substitute Fedora's kernel with Linux-libre and you have a GNU/Linux
> distribution that is as free as Debian GNU/Linux
Is it not *more* free, since the GNU FSDG comes from Fedora, whereas
Debian's guidelines and free software definition are more lax?
I wish I could just help Trisquel, but Trisquel doesn't communicate much, and
IDK what's happening in the code because there's no documentation of what's
happening and hwat needs to be done.
cheers dawg le mange :)
>The rather low popularity of GNU/Linux is the main reason why there are not
many viruses/troyans/worms targeting it.
I disagree on this point. Gnu/Linux's popularity is everything but low and
there is certainly great incentive to write malware for it, there are
hundreds of thousands of
David888 no need to apologize ;-) you're welcomed to ask !
You're running Trisquel 7 Gnome Flashback ? (i'm not familiar with Gnome) but
the sugestions here might help
https://askubuntu.com/questions/515658/in-14-04-gnome-classic-how-to-add-icons-to-panel
ALT-right click on the top panel
SuSE TW (in contrary to SLE from the same SuSE company) also clearly isolates
nonfree repo as well as Debian, does appending Freedora also full liberate
SuSE TW (with disabling every nonfree repo) like Fedora?
For urpmi distro we already have Uruk, a Trisquel derivative, not having a
need
Is the ThreadX OS hidden behind Intel ME also hidden behind your BIOS since
mid 2006 in EVERY Intel-based hw systems?
Starting with ME 11:
MINIX was chosen as the basis for the operating system (previously, ThreadX
RTOS had been used). Now ME firmware includes a full-fledged operating system
Linux-libre (mostly in PC) is very seldom to be affected and Linux embedded
system (most of most nonfree Linux) is most likely in high risk, finally
nonfree Linux in PC varies, rolling ones are less often, Debian is most
secure overall LTS ones (esp disabling EVERY nonfree and contrib
Arch also has no policy about not distributing nonfree software through their
normal channels.
Fedora does have a clear policy about what can be included in the
distribution, and it seems to be followed carefully.
https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html
That makes a difference.
You could build your own:)
Is the ThreadX OS hidden behind Intel ME also hidden behind your BIOS since
mid 2006 in EVERY Intel-based hw systems?
My Trisquel, Hyperbola, LibertyBSD live CD are boot from boot menu, where
other live CD like Parabola, Uruk, Devuan, gNewSenseare and every local
systems are boot thru
LXQt shell: Hw backlight not working, using soft backlight
Deepin shell: Hw backlight working, soft backlight not needed
MATE shell: NOT hw OR soft backlight working
Liri shell: /home/$YOURNAME/.config/liri/platform.json unknown, shell always
dying
Liri is a system itself, but it is also
Arch also has no stock nonfree repo, but allowing external repo to contain
nonfree apps like AUR, and mis-tolerating nonfree drivers and firmware, so
nonfree Linux kernels.
Fedora honestly has no stock nonfree repo, but allowing external repo to
contain nonfree apps like RPMfusion, and
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