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Alexandre Oliva from the GNU Linux-libre project happily announced the release and general availability for download of the GNU Linux-libre 4.7 kernel for those who want 100% freedom when using a GNU/Linux OS.
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The release of GNU Linux-libre kernel 4.7 comes a few hours after Linus Torvalds' announcement for the new Linux 4.7 kernel branch, on which GNU Linux-libre 4.7-gnu is based, and, as usual, it contains deblobbing changes for various of the included drivers, including Radeon, Intel i915 CSR, Intel Skylake audio, HFI1 InfiniBand, Realtek rtl8xxxu Wi-Fi, iwlwifi, mwifiex, Broadcom brcmfmac, and Atheros ath10k.
For those of you who don't know what the GNU Linux-libre project does, we would like to inform them that it processes a special version of the Linux kernel that is 100% free, which means that it doesn't contain any non-free components. It also disables runtime requests for those non-free components, and it's designed from the ground up to be suitable for use with the GNU Operating System. Full Story |
