Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibertyBSD - OpenBSD minus the blobs

[Jason Self]

Michał Masłowski asked:
> Do the GNU/Linux-libre distributions need separate design to be useful
> on servers?

Riley Baird replied:

> Yes. Most GNU/Linux-libre distributions have a GUI and various other
> unnecessary, potentially vulnerable programs. These are useful for
> desktop users, but not for server users.

That's just what packages are installed by default, not an argument to
why the underlying system itself needs to be "designed" differently.
Seems more a perception thing. If your point is over what packages are
installed by default then Trisquel, gNewSense, and Parabola all have
minimal ISO images which are enough to boot your computer, bring up
networking, and then install exactly (and only) what you say to,
thereby eliminating all of that stuff you mentioned. (And really that
copy of Postfix I install on my server is the same as that which I'd
get from most any other system.)