Is there any non free thing in Ubuntu Kernel

Yorvyk yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com
Tue Feb 7 09:39:08 UTC 2012


On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:38:18 -0700
Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 07:26:33PM +0000, Yorvyk wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:27:18 -0700
> > Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 10:06:55PM +0600, Md Ashickur Rahman Noor wrote:
> > > 
> > >              .........snip...........
> > > > 
> > > > So I think I we can have Ubuntu fork which has no non-free in shipment. But
> > > > it is not possible. :D
> > > 
> > > Sure it is. It's called Debian stable.
> > > 
> > But you still won't have a general purpose computer that can be running with 100% free software.
> 
> Clarify please.
> 
Even if you have an open BIOS there's still the firmware on the HDD/SSD that's proprietary.

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Yorvyk




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