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FSFLA: Linux kernel is "open core"

FSFLA: Linux kernel is "open core"

Posted Nov 9, 2010 19:31 UTC (Tue) by jebba (✭ supporter ✭, #4439)
In reply to: FSFLA: Linux kernel is "open core" by sfeam
Parent article: FSFLA: Linux kernel is "open core"

> while the rest of us will continue to use a distribution that actually runs on the machines we use.

Really? Do you need any of the above firmware on your machine? Still hanging on to that 1998 sound card?

Boot up a -libre kernel and see if it works. Perhaps your system *can* run a kernel with non-free software removed.


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