Greeaat, another new fsf endorsed distro after long awaited years. Cant wait to test it :)
Happy to see you back Andre (thumbs up) Rabu, 27 September 2017, André Silva <[email protected]> menulis: > Hi for all, since i've promised to Félicien begin the FSF endorsement > request for Hyperbola after we've fixed up our services such as mailing > lists [0] and bug-tracker [1], i'm here to begin the needed steps to do > it; so the following lines are related about the project and our > commitment that we, the Hyperbola Project, make to the Free Software > Community in general and our users in particular: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > * What is Hyperbola? > > Hyperbola (https://www.hyperbola.info) is a Free Software and Free > Culture project aiming to provide a fully free as in freedom GNU/Linux > distribution called Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre. It is based on the > packages of the Arch GNU/Linux plus security and stability patches of > Debian GNU/Linux under a Long Term Support (LTS) way. Our next version > (Milky Way v0.2) we will support OpenRC as our main dependency-based > init instead of systemd. [2] > > In short, our distro is a new paradigm: > > Hyperbola = Arch snapshots + Debian patches and development + OpenRC > from Gentoo + freedom (GNU FSDG) + privacy + LTS + stability [3] > > * Privacy? > > Hyperbola's objective is to support the privacy of its community, > therefore all software in Hyperbola will be built and patched to be > secure from global data surveillance revealed in the publication of > Snowden's NSA documents [4], as well as additional hardened packages > which remove lower level protocols that may cause privacy leaks, > metadata/fingerprinting, and vulnerabilities. > > * What is the meaning about a LTS distro? > > Long-term support (LTS) is a type of special versions or editions of > software designed to be supported for a longer than normal period. > > Unlike distros such as Parabola and Arch which are rolling release > models, our goal is extend the period of software maintenance; it also > alters the type and frequency of software updates (patches) to reduce > the risk, expense, and disruption of software deployment, while > promoting the dependability of the software. > > * Why Hyperbola will remove systemd support in its next stable version > if it is free software? > > Hyperbola's objective is to support init freedom. It is about restoring > a sane approach to PID1, one that respects diversity and freedom of > choice. Hyperbola refuses init systems that breaks portability, ignores > backwards compatibility, and replaces existing services, forcing into > adoption. > > * Is Hyperbola a distro based on Parabola? > > No, it isn't a Parabola-based distro, we are only using a blacklist > based on Parabola to make it a fully free distro [5] and your-freedom > that helps you identify nonfree packages that are installed on your > system at the time of its installation, as well as protecting you from > (accidentally) installing them.[6] > > We are using libretools too that is a packaging tool made by them, but > we have plans to create a new one called hypertools adapted to use lxc > instead of systemd-spawn. For now, coadde is developing chroot-nspawn as > systemd-spawn replacement for libretools. > > * Is Hyperbola following the GNU FSDG? > > Yes, it is our main goal. We have a social contract [7] that is our > commitment that we make to follow the philosophy of Free Software Movement. > > Also we have a wiki [8] with our documentation handled and moderated by > our sysadmin team to follow the GNU FSDG guidelines. > > Another things are available to follow it are: > > a) Source code packages in stable [9] and testing [10] versions > b) Source development [11] > c) Tarballs deblobbed by us [12] > d) Bug tracker to report freedom issues [13] > > * Hyperbola Social Contract says: "other free software projects are to > be cooperated with, not competed with". > > Is Hyperbola doing it? > > Our security, developer and support teams are comprised mostly of fully > free distros devs and activists such as Gaming4JC [14][15], Megver83 > [16][17], heckyel [18][19]. > > It means if they need help, we are available to help them, in short it > is help their development in another fully free distro where they are > maintainers and otherwise they helps us too because they are in our team > too, so our 6th amendment from our social contract is working well. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > [0]:https://www.hyperbola.info/news/the-mailing-lists-are-functional-now/ > [1]:https://www.hyperbola.info/news/hypertask-and- > hyperforum-are-functional-now/ > [2]:https://www.hyperbola.info/news/end-of-systemd-support/ > [3]:https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:hyperbola_ > packaging_guidelines > [4]:https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/ > nov/01/snowden-nsa-files-surveillance-revelations-decoded > [5]:https://git.hyperbola.info:50100/software/blacklist. > git/plain/blacklist.txt > [6]:https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/core/any/your-freedom/ > [7]:https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:hyperbola_social_contract > [8]:https://wiki.hyperbola.info/ > [9]:https://repo.hyperbola.info:50012/gnu-plus-linux-libre/stable/sources/ > [10]:https://repo.hyperbola.info:50011/gnu-plus-linux- > libre/testing/sources/ > [11]:https://git.hyperbola.info:50100/ > [12]:https://repo.hyperbola.info:50000/ > [13]:https://issues.hyperbola.info/ > [14]:https://www.hyperbola.info/members/developers/#Gaming4JC > [15]:https://www.parabola.nu/people/hackers/#Gaming4JC > [16]:https://www.hyperbola.info/members/support-staff/#Megver83 > [17]:https://www.parabola.nu/people/hackers/#Megver83 > [18]:https://www.hyperbola.info/members/security-team/#heckyel > [19]:https://www.parabola.nu/people/hackers/#heckyel > >
