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Apr 29 |
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Why isn't Linux embraced as the official GNU kernel? @MSalters, the FSF considers binary blobs to be non-free, and so since they are a part of the linux kernel, it is non-free, regardless of its license. You can write a program in a proprietary language that requires a proprietary compiler to build, and license it under the GPL, but if it requires non free tools to build, the FSF still considers it non-free. |
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Apr 29 |
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Why isn't Linux embraced as the official GNU kernel? @vonbrand, it doesn't matter what CPU they run on, they are part of the kernel sources, and part of the kernel binary. That's the definition of being part of the kernel. |
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Apr 28 |
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Why isn't Linux embraced as the official GNU kernel? Ahh, the proprietary drivers are another thing that GNU objects to. This was one of the reasons for GPLv3; to bar proprietary modules from being linked to free code, even at runtime, and why Linux chose to stay with GPLv2. |
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Apr 28 |
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Why isn't Linux embraced as the official GNU kernel? @FaheemMitha, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux-libre |
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Apr 28 |
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Why isn't Linux embraced as the official GNU kernel? @FaheemMitha, not by the GNU definition because the binary blobs most certainly are part of the kernel; they are distributed in the kernel source code, and built into the kernel binaries and required for them to function. |
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Apr 28 |
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Why isn't Linux embraced as the official GNU kernel? The fact that Linux is not free in the GNU definition ( due to binary blob drivers ) would be the biggest reason. |
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Apr 25 |
answered | New menu entry in GRUB2, “file not found” and “you need to load the kernel first” errors |
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Apr 25 |
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How can I mount filesystems with > 4KB block sizes? Yea, the kernel page cache limits block size to the CPU's page size, so for i386/amd64, you can't mount a fs with more than 4k block size. Another alternative is to use e2tools. |
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Apr 23 |
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forward vs. backward symlinks: administrative practice? @MartinSchröder, yes, this conversation is about Linux. |
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Apr 23 |
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Enforce strict outbound ports (or ranges) for protocol The answer is no because the kernel has no idea what protocol is going to be used when you open/connect the socket. |
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Apr 22 |
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what's the best way to chainload this @RoelofWobben, you boot linux directly, skipping extlinux. |
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Apr 21 |
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What are /dev, /run and /run/shm and can I resize them? @h7u9i, it is your root filesystem that is full; ignore the others. |
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Apr 21 |
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How to use DD to clone a partition off a disk image?kpartx is for LVM. partprobe will also do the job, from the parted package. |
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Apr 20 |
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Grub2 failing to update What does pvdisplay show? My guess is that you were using LVM on the old drive and yanked it out without telling LVM to remove it, so now it's still looking for that disk. |
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Apr 20 |
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Updating disk free size without rebooting the host edited title |
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Apr 20 |
answered | How to detect a possible hardware error? |
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Apr 20 |
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forward vs. backward symlinks: administrative practice? @Astara, udev has been used on all distros in the last 5+ years or so.. anything debian or redhat derived for years has not booted without /usr. Scripts have always had to specify the absolute path to their interpreter on the shbang line, no path is searched. Redhat seems to think that going with /usr instead of / is good for being able to mount /usr as a shared read only fs, but I don't quite buy that argument since you could have a shared read only / instead. |
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Apr 19 |
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How to determine whether a linux filesystem belongs to a running system or not The question was whether the filesystem is mounted, not whether it is mounted as the root directory. |
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Apr 19 |
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forward vs. backward symlinks: administrative practice? @Astara, udev has relied on numerous components in /usr for some time, so even single user mode can not function without it. systemd requires /usr as well. |
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Apr 19 |
answered | forward vs. backward symlinks: administrative practice? |
