Install the Free Kernel in Debian

Well today I bring you a manual to install the Kernel ===

As we already know, or should know, Linus Torvals has included binary blobs in the Linux source code that make the kernel not 100% free.

Well today I bring you a manual to install the Kernel recommended by the FSF.

We open a terminal and log in as root

Bash

rokitoh@redorbita:~$ su
Contraseña:

First we are going to check the proprietary software that we have installed, to do this we install:

Bash

rokitoh@redorbita:~# apt-get install vrms

and we execute:

Bash

rokitoh@redorbita:~# vrms

In the event that we had proprietary software, it would show us a list of all non-free packages. To have our Debian 100% free, open uninstall them and remove all the non-free ones from the sources.list.

You have to be honest, and I am not 100% free, I have proprietary VGA drivers.

text

non-free packages, 0.3% of 1283 installed packages.

Well, moving on to the grade, we are going to install the free kernel. For this we add this repository to our
sources.list

Bash

rokitoh@redorbita:~# gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

We add the ropository

text

#kernel-libre
deb http://www.aligunduz.org/gNewSense/freedomshoppe/ linux-libre/

we update the packages

Bash

rokitoh@redorbita:~# apt-get update

AND WE INSTALL THE KERNEL!!!

Bash

rokitoh@redorbita:~# apt-get install linux-libre-2.6.27

and llasta. We already have a free kernel. It's very simple!

External links:

http://blog.maximilianomarin.com/2008/11/debian-100-libre/

http://losmundosdeyupi.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/se-libre-con-linux-libre-el-kernel-recomendado-por-la-fsf/

http://putolinux.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/como-instalar-el-puto-nucleo-100-libre-de-la-fsf-en-debianubuntu/

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