">Also swap out kernels
Why? The kernel is free, deblobbed."
The request_firmware calls cause problems. Linux-libre fixes that.
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2018-01/msg00046.html
">rebrand everything
What exactly?"
I don't pretend to know all of the places where rebranding would be
necessary, but an FSF-endorsed distro should not go around with the host
distro's branding. I'm thinking user-visible things like:
The logo in the installer:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Debian-installer.png
Images in GRUB:
https://oskuro.net/blogpics/grub2-pretty-menu.png
etc.