Many GNU/Linux enthusiasts had contact with with the Slackware GNU/Linux distro and appreciate it's clear structure. Slackware follows the Unix and KISS principles very strictly.
Slackware is the oldest surviving and still maintained GNU/Linux distro out there. For experienced GNU/Linux users Slackware is very simple to administrate. That's why many GNU/Linux users prefer the simplicity of Slackware over GUI driven configuration wizards Unfortunately Slackware does not have a clear policy about what software can be included, and nonfree blobs are included in Linux, the kernel. There are sevceral fully free distros which are based on popular GNU/Linux Distros, for example Trisquel, which is based on Ubuntu, BLAG is based on RedHat/Fedora and Parabola GNU/Linux is based on Arch. But there curiously there is no fully free Slackware equivalent. For this reason I've created the "slack-n-free" repo. It is not a complete distro. As for now there are builds of the Linux-Libre kernel available, tracking Slackware kernel builds with version numbers corresponding to Slackwares. You can find the repo at http://www.connochaetos.org/slack-n-free/ The usual "generic" and "huge" kernel builds are available vor i686 (32 bit) and amd64 (x86_64, 64) bit. Depending on future interest there may be additionally and liberated packages available for Slackware later. Hint: The binary packages are signed with my GPG key. You can download my public key at http://www.connochaetos.org/slack-n-free/key.asc. _______________________________________________ linux-libre mailing list [email protected] http://www.fsfla.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre
