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| Linux (BLOB free version) |
| Computer languages | C + |
|---|---|
| Featured category | GNU Spotlight + |
| Featured date | 26 April 2012 + |
| Featured source | The Free Software Supporter + |
| Full description | Linux is a portable, monolithic kernel and … Linux is a portable, monolithic kernel and a collection of device drivers that can currently runs on hundreds of different computer platforms, including microcontrollers and other embedded systems. When combined with the GNU System it forms the GNU/Linux operating system. The main version of the Linux kernel that is being maintained by Linus Torvalds, Andrew Morton, et al., contains proprietary code in the form of binary blobs, so in the interest of freedom, we maintain GNU Linux-libre, in which this proprietary code is removed, so that it is entirely free software. ved, so that it is entirely free software. |
| GNU package identifier | linux-libre + |
| Homepage URL | http://linux-libre.fsfla.org + |
| IRC general | irc://irc.gnu.org/linux-libre + |
| Interface | command-line + |
| Is GNU | true + |
| Keywords | kernel + , Linux + , binary + , gnu + , blob-free + , de-blobbed + |
| License | GPLv2 + |
| License verified by | Deborah Nicholson + |
| License verified date | 15 January 2008 + |
| Name | GNU Linux-libre + |
| Prerequisite description | util-linux 2.10o + , Gnu make 3.77 + , gcc 2.95.3 or later + , binutils 2.9.1.0.25 + |
| Prerequisite kind | Required to use + , Required to build + |
| Real name | Alexandre Oliva + , Free Software Foundation Latin America + , Le brixton linux action group + |
| Related projects | Modutils + , E2fsprogs + , Hurd + |
| Resource URL | http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/ + , http://www.fsfla.org/svn/fsfla/software/linux-libre + , http://www.fsfla.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre + |
| Resource audience | General + , Support + , Help + |
| Resource kind | Download + , VCS Repository Webview + , Mailing List Info/Archive + |
| Revisionid | 14,538 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 21 May 2012 21:16:46 + |
| Revisionuser | Lxoliva + |
| Role | Maintainer + , Contributor + |
| Short description | UNIX-like monolithic kernel liberated and adopted by the GNU system + |
| Use | software-development + |
| User level | none + |
| Version comment | .lz is compressed by lzip. .xz and .bz2 tarballs are also available. |
| Version date | 21 May 2012 + |
| Version download | http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/download/releases/3.4-gnu/linux-3.4-gnu.tar.lz + |
| Version identifier | 3.4-gnu + |
| Version status | stable + |
| Has improper value forThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Submitted by + , Submitted date + , Role + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 24 May 2012 23:18:04 + |
| redirect page | GNU Linux-libre + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
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