*TL;DR: Looking for Linux AND Linux-libre, switchable in GRUB, to work in
Trisquel.*
Hi, so I'm transitioning to free software and I believe that using Trisquel,
even if not in a fully-free mode, is better than using Ubuntu or any OS that
recommends or includes non-free software by default. To me, if one is going
to sacrifice their freedoms by using binary blobs, then they should at least
have the ability to do it only to the extent absolutely necessary (i.e. not
installing a proprietary OS for just one blob).
Ideology aside, the program I need on Trisquel is Linux. I wonder if it is
possible to even take only the necessary blobs and not the whole kernel, as
would fully conform to the previous paragraph, but for now I just need to
know how to install Linux itself.
Don't tell me it's not possible, as I've already done it - by adding the
Ubuntu repos and installing packages with "linux" in the name - but I'm not
sure what were the minimum steps required (I need this to be portable) as I
did a lot of probably unneccessary package-adding. As a result, GRUB is full
of kernel options, all of them named "Linux-libre", even the ones that are
actually Linux. (I suspect a side-effect of Trisquel dev's mass
search-and-replace)
Linux has become the default option (due to being the latest version?) and I
don't want this. So please give me some pointers: how can one install Linux
to a fresh Trisquel installation, *without* overridding Linux-libre, and have
(only) these TWO options available at startup?
Appreciate any experienced help!
