"Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” to be released with complete free Linux Kernel"
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http://lists.debian.org/debian-news/2010/msg00029.html
"We hereby reaffirm Free Software as one of our priorities, as documented in the
Debian Social Contract"
Hey, the more the merrier. :)
hurray..... partyyy...
hehe, just kidding... but it's indeed good news..
Though for everybody's information, I've been using Debian Sid(unstable) for quite some time, and it has had a fully free kernel for quite some time(a few months, i guess)..
It's great news, but Debian still has a non-free repo:
"The reality is however different and it is not yet possible to support all hardware with only DFSG free firmwares. So, alternative installation images and additional packages for Debian Squeeze, that include non-free firmware will be added to the non-free archive.
Although Debian Squeeze will now be free according to the DFSG, it is still not free according to FSF’s definition because of the presence of the non-free repository."
http://digitizor.com/2010/12/16/debian-6-0-squeeze-to-come-with-a-completely-free-linux-kernel/
Not to be a party pooper or anything. ;)
What they need to do is hand over the non-free repository to a third-party and have them deal with it. Make it a completely different entity.
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I'm glad Debian has taken this step in the right direction, unlike Ubuntu which only seems to be getting worse.
What's interesting is that the official derivatives of Ubuntu, notably Xubuntu, have begun drifting from the goals of the "mother" project. Hopefully they will assume their own priorities that match the goals of software freedom in contrast to Canonical's rather erratic goals.
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That's indeed good news!
My opinion is, that for the moment it is probably a good solution to have a non-free repo (please no stones :P ). As pointed out, not everything important is supported by free drivers and having an explicit non-free repository is better, than losing users who will change to an OS that runs on a non-free kernel.
Users have the choice of adding the repository into the list, without too much difficulties. Software freedom is awesome, but trying to support it on a computer that happens to have some problematic hardware is a pain in the ass.
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