New Indian and Telugu libre gnu/linux distribution?

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dadix
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Iscritto: 07/01/2013

Hi all. Today I found a new Indian and Telugu distribution.

Here is their site : http://eswecha.swecha.org/

I don't know if they have English language.
The operating system is in this clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n4ff_Nz15k

Does this distrution have a libre kernel?

Sachin
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Iscritto: 06/02/2012

> Hi all. Today I found a new Indian and Telugu distribution.
>
> Here is their site : http://eswecha.swecha.org/

There's an another known as Boss GNU/Linux, which is used in some
government offices. I saw it's advertisements on TV some time ago.

> Does this distrution have a libre kernel?

Just the standard Debian kernel.

dudeski

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Iscritto: 07/03/2013

In other words a libre kernel.

dadix
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Iscritto: 07/01/2013

I transformed the beta2 to a torrent file for a fast download.

http://burnbit.com/torrent/265853/eSwecha_beta02_iso

CentaurX
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Iscritto: 12/03/2013

Why isn't it listed in the Free OS versions in GNU.org?

akirashinigami

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Iscritto: 02/25/2010

Maybe they don't know about it yet.

greenman
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Iscritto: 12/03/2013

Debian does not by default use Linux-libre. It uses a modified kernel with nonfree blobs removed, but it is not the FSF-supported Linux-libre, as it still recommends nonfree firmware in some cases.

dudeski

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Iscritto: 07/03/2013

And what's the difference? It's probably just a shell script deleting files anyway.
The kernel doesn't suggest anything, the installer does.

greenman
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You can look at this thread for details. It's from 2010 - I don't think much has changed since then, but I may be wrong: http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2010-12/msg00022.html

andrew
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Iscritto: 04/19/2012

On 15/12/13 00:22, dudeski wrote:
> The kernel doesn't suggest anything, the installer does.

The kernel does tell the user on bootup if a firmware blob is missing
and lists the file (which can presumably be used to find the blob).

Andrew.