On 2013-07-03 12:30, [email protected] wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Just curious about something.
> 
> Ever since Debian Squeeze, the Debian Linux kernel has been deblobbed -
> i.e. it contains only free software.
> 
> Given this, what's the actual difference between the Debian kernel and
> Linux-Libre? And why does Trisquel prefer LL to Deb?

The Linux kernel used in Debian will let you install non-free firmware
and drivers. Linux Libre won't. The hooks / facilities aren't there.

I asked this a while ago to the maintainer of the .deb packages of Linux
Libre and that was the answer.

F.

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Fabián Rodríguez
http://fsf.magicfab.ca



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