Trisquel repository in Debian
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For the time being and for annoying reasons I'm stuck with Debian on my Librebooted x200.
I am not sure whether I am then running a free OS. If I understand FSF correctly, this can be obtained by un-installing or disabling Debians 'main' and 'contrib' repositories (https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.en.html).
How do I do that?
And how can I then add the Trisquel repository?
A default installation of Debian only has the main repository in its source list, and is a free OS. Do not manually add the contrib or non-free repositories, and you'll be fine. To make sure you only have main, let us see the content of /etc/apt/sources.list and we'll tell you if everything's fine. Also, show us if you have any extra repo in /etc/apt/sources.list.d.
Do not add the Trisquel repositories to your Debian installation, as they are incompatible with Debian (Trisquel is Ubuntu-based) and you'll end up with a malfunctioning OS.
Thanks.
My sources.list says:
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# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0 _Jessie_ - Official Multi-architecture amd64/i386 NETINST #1 20160917-18:46]/ jessie main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0 _Jessie_ - Official Multi-architecture amd64/i386 NETINST #1 20160917-18:46]/ jessie main
deb http://ftp.dk.debian.org/debian/ jessie main
deb-src http://ftp.dk.debian.org/debian/ jessie main
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.dk.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main
deb-src http://ftp.dk.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main
It's one file - I don't know why it's divided here.
I have a sources.list.d folder but it's empty.
This is all fine.
Congratulations, you *are* running a free OS :).
If you want to install Trisquel on that computer, I don't see why there would be a problem installing it along Debian in a dual-boot setup, but I have no first-hand experience with Libreboot or your type of computer, so someone else will have to help you with that.
Are you telling me, that my kernel is (probably) not free?
There is no proprietary software in the version of Linux distributed by Debian. It's deblobbed in almost the same way as Linux-libre. The primary difference is that Linux-libre removes references to the names of removed firmware files as well, and this has an unintended side effect of making it impossible to load said proprietary firmware.
Ok. I'm not sure I undertstand what you mean by "unintended side effect of making it impossible to load said proprietary firmware." though.
Basically, if you have the proprietary firmware file (the one that has been removed by deblobbing), it will still work in Debian's kernel as long as you put it in the right place, but not in Linux-libre. This is a long-standing Linux-libre bug, but it's not going to make a difference for you realistically.
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