No, do not use the Freed-ora repos, as these track kernel changes in Fedora and will not install the correct kernel for CentOS.

Just compile the GNU/Linux-Libre equivalent of CentOS's current kernel, this is what I do. In CentOS 7, the kernel is currently 3.10, so I go to GNU Linux-Libre's LATEST-3.10.0 and compile that. From there it is possible to use CentOS in a completely libre manner, just be conscious as to what packages you use. CentOS follows the same policy of Red Hat/Fedora (which while under direction of Red Hat does remain community driven, even correctly using 'free' over 'open' in most cases) which does insist on free packages (aside from the kernel containing blobs, but, linux-libre fixes that).

The only glaring error I can find in Fedora and Red Hat/CentOS' packages is the use of Firefox and other Mozilla trademarked packages, but you can easily avoid those and use their free counterparts.

However, having said all that, this is a Trisquel forum and this is mildly off topic. If you would like any other support in using CentOS in a truly libre manner, I can help via PM.

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