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On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 09:34:57PM +0000, Tom Brough wrote: > GNU have released a (live) distro of linux. Its basically ubuntu/debian > with all the proprietary firmware "blobs" stripped out. The idea I > think (but is not made clear on the site documentation) is that you try > the live distro on you hardware and report any hardware that doesnt work > (presumably because it needs the proprietary firmware or no driver has > been created yet). This can be reported back to GNU so that they can > build a more accurate picture of what hardware works with totally free > drivers, which can be obscured by proprietary firmware / drivers > included in some/most/all distros. This will be very useful in the > future for securing better totally free drivers. We didn't release it, it's been done independently of the the GNU project, by Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley, but the FSF is supporting it. matt -- Matt Lee Chief Webmaster, GNU Project - http://www.gnu.org/ - Free as in Freedom Free Software Foundation - Free Software, Free Society - http://www.fsf.org/
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