www/distros common-distros.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

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&mdash;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 (&ldquo;squeeze&rdquo;) 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 (&ldquo;squeeze&rdquo;)
-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>