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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/distros common-distros.html |
Date: |
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:07:14 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 12/04/04 01:07:14
Modified files:
distros : common-distros.html
Log message:
Give more details about Debian.
Mention CyanogenMod.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/distros/common-distros.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.41&r2=1.42
Patches:
Index: common-distros.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/distros/common-distros.html,v
retrieving revision 1.41
retrieving revision 1.42
diff -u -b -r1.41 -r1.42
--- common-distros.html 2 Mar 2012 20:13:41 -0000 1.41
+++ common-distros.html 4 Apr 2012 01:07:10 -0000 1.42
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
system—usually a popular GNU/Linux distribution. The short
answer to that question is that they don't follow
the <a href="/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html">free
-system distribution guidelines</a>. But since it isn't always easy to
-see how a particular system fails to follow the guidelines, we still
-get these questions. We've published this list to help address
-those.</p>
+system distribution guidelines</a>. But since it isn't always obvious
+how a particular system fails to follow the guidelines, this list
+gives more information about the problems of certain well-known
+non-free system distros.</p>
-<p>To learn more about free alternatives to these systems, check out
-our list of <a href="/distros/free-distros.html">free GNU/Linux
+<p>To learn more about the GNU/Linux systems that we do endorse, check
+out our list of <a href="/distros/free-distros.html">free GNU/Linux
distributions</a>.</p>
<p>Except where noted, all of the distributions listed on this page
@@ -81,13 +81,17 @@
online package database. This does too much to steer users towards
proprietary software for us to endorse it.</p>
-<p>There are other ways in which programs officially part of Debian
-suggest nonfree software for installation.</p>
+<p>Previous releases of Debian included nonfree blobs with Linux, the
+kernel. With the release of Debian 6.0 (“squeeze”) in
+February 2011, these blobs have been moved out of the main
+distribution to separate packages in the nonfree repository. However,
+the problem partly remains: the installer in some cases recommends
+these nonfree firmware files for the peripherals on the machine.
+Besides which, the nonfree repository in general is not entirely
+separarted from the free Debian system.</p>
-<p>Previous releases of Debian also included nonfree blobs with Linux, the
-kernel. With the release of Debian 6.0 (“squeeze”)
-in February 2011, these blobs have been moved out of the main
-distribution to separate packages in the nonfree repository.</p>
+<p>We think there are other problems too, but we don't have
+specifics.</p>
<h3 id="Fedora">Fedora</h3>
@@ -179,6 +183,12 @@
<p>Haiku includes some software that you're not allowed to modify. It
also includes nonfree firmware blobs.</p>
+<h3 id="Haiku">CyanogenMod</h3>
+
+<p>This modified version of Android contains nonfree libraries.
+It also explains how to install the nonfree applications that Google
+distributes with Android.</p>
+
</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
<div id="footer">
@@ -205,7 +215,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2012/03/02 20:13:41 $
+$Date: 2012/04/04 01:07:10 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
- www/distros common-distros.html,
Richard M. Stallman <=
- www/distros common-distros.html, Pavel Kharitonov, 2012/04/05
- www/distros common-distros.html, Joerg Kohne, 2012/04/06
- www/distros common-distros.html, Richard M. Stallman, 2012/04/14
- www/distros common-distros.html, Richard M. Stallman, 2012/04/15
- www/distros common-distros.html, Richard M. Stallman, 2012/04/15
- www/distros common-distros.html, John Sullivan, 2012/04/20