Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-07 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Aug 6, 2017, Jaromil wrote: > in case you follow up on BLAG's website restoration, please consider > at Dyne.org we can also be hosting the BLAG website, which I remember > to be simple enough and could be made static. Thanks. blagblagblag.org is still up; blag.fsf.org, that's down, was muc

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-07 Thread bill-auger
not that anyone asked but jaromil may be pleased to hear that dynebolic v1 was (i think) the 2nd distro i ever tried before i ever heard of GNU or the FSF - liveCDs were quite "cutting-edge" then and it seemed like a very easy way to try out this nerdy "linux" thing i had been hearing about - i ca

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-07 Thread bill-auger
firstly, let me say that i am pleased that this thread has gotten so much attention - judging only by the activity on the libreplanet wiki, the amount of interest in this distro list was not apparent frankly, i would like to address that and to continue the discussion of transparency generally be

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-07 Thread Jaromil
dear Isaac, On Sun, 06 Aug 2017, Isaac David wrote: > Jaromil : > > as far as I know there is some historical interest in BLAG motivating > > this restoration: it was the first 100% libre distro (AFAIK). > > that would be ututo iirc. although to be fair i could be mistaken by > virtue of confl

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-06 Thread Richard Stallman
[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > "If you maintain a distibution that follows the Free System > Distribution Guid

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-06 Thread Isaac David
Jaromil : as far as I know there is some historical interest in BLAG motivating this restoration: it was the first 100% libre distro (AFAIK). that would be ututo iirc. although to be fair i could be mistaken by virtue of conflating the state of being free with the state of being recognized as

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-06 Thread Henry Jensen
Hello Jean, Am Sun, 6 Aug 2017 11:02:20 +0300 schrieb Jean Louis : > I know there is email address for licensing, > webmasters are webmasters. Yes, but the page clearly states: "If you maintain a distibution that follows the Free System Distribution Guidelines and would like to be listed here,

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-06 Thread Jean Louis
On Sun, Aug 06, 2017 at 03:46:45PM +0200, Henry Jensen wrote: > > Am Sat, 5 Aug 2017 18:00:20 -0500 > schrieb "J.B. Nicholson" : > > > - there could be resource limitations involved here too: I see on > > https://connochaetos.org/wiki/ that ConnochaetOS "is available for > > x86 (32 bit) only" a

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-06 Thread Henry Jensen
Am Sat, 5 Aug 2017 18:00:20 -0500 schrieb "J.B. Nicholson" : > - there could be resource limitations involved here too: I see on > https://connochaetos.org/wiki/ that ConnochaetOS "is available for > x86 (32 bit) only" and directs users looking for an x86_64 libre > Slackware GNU/Linux distro el

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-06 Thread Jaromil
On Sun, 06 Aug 2017, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > Thanks for your investigation and updates for the free distros list, indeed, thanks! in case you follow up on BLAG's website restoration, please consider at Dyne.org we can also be hosting the BLAG website, which I remember to be simple enough and co

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-06 Thread Jean Louis
On Sat, Aug 05, 2017 at 09:24:13PM +0200, Henry Jensen wrote: > Hello Jean, > > Am Sat, 5 Aug 2017 21:14:04 +0300 > schrieb Jean Louis : > > > > To be honest, I found the whole procedure of becoming an endorsed > > > distro non-transparent. > > > > > > > I have read these pages here: > > >

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-05 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Aug 4, 2017, bill-auger wrote: > === Blag === > the only one with a critical issue that could not be resolved was blag - > the download links on their website are broken so there is actually no > OS available - i wrote to their mailing list but there has been no > response after nearly a mon

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-05 Thread J.B. Nicholson
Henry Jensen wrote: However, it is not very clear what happens next. How the distro is reviewed, what steps are involved. Thanks for being more clear about what you mean by not being transparent. I don't work for the FSF so I can't say definitively what happens or why any feedback from the FS

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-05 Thread André Silva
On 08/05/2017 06:04 PM, Félicien Pillot wrote: > Hi, > > I also discovered very recently this distro, but have very few > informations about it : > > * Hyperbola > - https://www.hyperbola.info/ > - seems to be a LTS version of Parabola Hyperbola is not a LTS version of Parabola. It is

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-05 Thread Félicien Pillot
Le Fri, 4 Aug 2017 11:03:43 -0400, bill-auger a écrit : > === Others === > > i have updated the libreplanet wiki "Incoming_distros" page, pruning > off the defunct distros and adding a few new ones in wait - the lead > developers of "Gnuinos" and "Heads" have stated to me personally that > they i

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-05 Thread Henry Jensen
Hello Jean, Am Sat, 5 Aug 2017 21:14:04 +0300 schrieb Jean Louis : > > To be honest, I found the whole procedure of becoming an endorsed > > distro non-transparent. > > > > I have read these pages here: > > https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html > > and > > https://www.gnu.org/dist

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-05 Thread bill-auger
jean - what henry was saying is that it is not easy to find out which distros get reviewed, or when, or what the results are - for example, i have heard that liberty-bsd is being evaluated right now but i dont think this is actually publicly stated anywhere - i was the one who added liberty-bsd to

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-05 Thread Jean Louis
On Sat, Aug 05, 2017 at 09:20:33AM +0200, Henry Jensen wrote: > > > Am 4. August 2017 17:03:43 MESZ schrieb bill-auger > : > > > connochaetos has had a > >stable version for years and has been on this waiting list since 2010 > >but i have not communicated with anyone from that group personally

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-05 Thread Henry Jensen
Am 4. August 2017 17:03:43 MESZ schrieb bill-auger : > connochaetos has had a >stable version for years and has been on this waiting list since 2010 >but i have not communicated with anyone from that group personally so >it >is not clear to me if they even know they are on that list - because >t

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-04 Thread Jean Louis
On Fri, Aug 04, 2017 at 11:03:43AM -0400, bill-auger wrote: > a few months ago, i discussed some updates that should be made to the > "Free GNU/Linux distributions" page on gnu.org with donaldr on the IRC > > https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html > > he asked me to remind him via email an