Is there any non free thing in Ubuntu Kernel

[Yorvyk]

On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:57:38 +0600
Md Ashickur Rahman Noor <ashickur.noor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I was reading this wiki <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNewSense> . One
> thing kept my eyes that Ubuntu use non free module in is kernel. Is it true?
> 
Yes.  Mainly drivers for the likes of WiFi devices, etc.

> 
> Over one hundred pieces of non-free
> firmware<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware>were removed from the
> Ubuntu Linux
> kernel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel> to make gNewSense.
> 
> Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNewSense#Limitations
>
Having never come across a modern general purpose computer that can be run with 100% free software the whole thing is a mute point anyway.

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Yorvyk