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{{Entry
 
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|Name=GNU Linux-libre
|Short description=UNIX kernel often used with the GNU system
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|Short description=UNIX-like monolithic kernel liberated and adopted by the GNU system
|Full description=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 are providing a link to a version of the kernel in which this proprietary code has been removed so that it is entirely free software.
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|Full description='''Linux-libre is a free/libre version of the kernel Linux suitable for use with the GNU Operating System.'''
|User level=beginner
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|Status=Live
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It removes non-free components from Linux, that are disguised as source
|Component programs=
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code or distributed in separate files. It also disables run-time
|Homepage URL=http://www.fsfla.org/~lxoliva/fsfla/linux-libre/
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requests for non-free components, shipped separately or as part of  
|VCS checkout command=
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Linux, and documentation pointing to them.
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The GNU Linux-libre project takes a minimal-changes approach to cleaning
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up Linux, making no effort to substitute components that need to be
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removed with functionally equivalent free/libre ones.
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|Homepage URL=http://linux-libre.fsfla.org
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|User level=advanced
 
|Computer languages=C
 
|Computer languages=C
|Documentation note=User FAQ available in HTML format from http://www.tldp.org/FAQ/Linux-FAQ
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|IRC general=irc://irc.gnu.org/linux-libre
|Paid support=
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|Related projects=hurd
|IRC help=
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|Keywords=kernel, Linux, binary, gnu, blob-free, de-blobbed
|IRC general=irc://irc.indymedia.org/blag
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|Version identifier=4.11.2-gnu
|IRC development=
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|Version date=2017/05/20
|Related projects=Modutils,e2fsprogs,hurd
 
|Keywords=kernel,Linux,binary,gnu,blob-free,de-blobbed
 
|Is GNU=n
 
|Last review by=Janet Casey
 
|Last review date=2010-05-29
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Version identifier=2.6.25-libre
 
|Version date=2006-06-19
 
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
|Version download=http://www.fsfla.org/~lxoliva/fsfla/linux-libre/releases/2.6.25-libre/linux-2.6.25-libre.tar.bz2
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|Version download=http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/LATEST-4.11.N/
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|Version comment=.lz is compressed by lzip. .xz and .bz2 tarballs are also available.
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|Last review by=Genium
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|Last review date=2017/02/20
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|Submitted date=2011/04/12
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|Is GNU=Yes
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|GNU package identifier=linux-libre
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{{Project license
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|License=GPLv2
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|License verified by=Deborah Nicholson
 
|License verified date=2008-01-15
 
|License verified date=2008-01-15
|Version comment=2.6.15 stable released 2006-06-19
 
 
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{{Person
 
{{Person
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|Real name=Alexandre Oliva
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|Role=Maintainer
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{{Person
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|Real name=Free Software Foundation Latin America
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|Role=Leader
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{{Person
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|Real name=Le brixton linux action group
 
|Role=Contributor
 
|Role=Contributor
|Real name=Le brixton linux action group
 
|Email=
 
|Resource URL=http://www.blagblagblag.org/
 
 
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{{Resource
 
{{Resource
 
|Resource audience=General
 
|Resource audience=General
 
|Resource kind=Download
 
|Resource kind=Download
|Resource URL=http://www.fsfla.org/~lxoliva/fsfla/linux-libre/
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|Resource URL=http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/
 
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|Resource kind=Mailing List Info/Archive
 
|Resource kind=Mailing List Info/Archive
 
|Resource URL=http://www.fsfla.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre
 
|Resource URL=http://www.fsfla.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Guix
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|Resource kind=Homepage
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|Resource URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/l.html
 
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|Interface=command-line
 
 
|Use=software-development
 
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|Prerequisite kind=Required to build
 
|Prerequisite kind=Required to build
 
|Prerequisite description=binutils 2.9.1.0.25
 
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|Featured date=2012/04/26
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|Featured source=The Free Software Supporter
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|Featured category=GNU Spotlight
 
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Revision as of 23:05, 20 May 2017


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GNU Linux-libre

https://www.gnu.org/software/linux-libre/
A free (as in freedom) variant of the Linux kernel.

Linux-libre is a modified version of Linux with all of the binary blobs, obfuscated code and portions of code under proprietary licenses removed.

Currently Linux-libre is maintained and published by the Free Software Foundation Latin America. This is a GNU package.

Packaging

Linux-libre is available in most of the FSF-endorsed distros on https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html and the lastest versions are packages in Guix and Parabola GNU/Linux-libre. Linux-libre can also be installed on GNU/Linux distributions that use APT from jxself's APT repository: https://jxself.org/linux-libre/

Freedo.
Freedo, official mascot of Linux-libre.





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

License

GPLv2

Verified by

jxself

Verified on

24 June 2021

Notes

The kernel consists of code under many licenses. Although there is some code in the kernel under GPLv2-or-later being combined with the kernel's other GPLv2-only code, the effective license GPLv2-only, not GPLv2-or-later.




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Alexandre Oliva (Lxoliva)Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
DeveloperVCS Repository Webviewgit://linux-libre.fsfla.org/releases.git
Mailing Listhttps://www.fsfla.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre/
Downloadhttp://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/
WikidataGeneralhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q665683
DeveloperVCS Repository Webviewhttps://jxself.org/git/?p=linux-libre-firmware.git


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Required to build Gnu Make 3.77
Required to build GCC 2.95.3 or later
Required to build GNU Binutils 2.9.1.0.25
Required to useutil-linux 2.10o




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"Leader" is not in the list (Maintainer, Contributor, Developer, Sponsor, Unknown) of allowed values for the "Role" property.











"Guix" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.
















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