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GNU Linux-Libre 5.17 Kernel Released for Those Who Seek 100% Freedom for Their PCs

Submitted by Marius Nestor on Tuesday 22nd of March 2022 10:01:06 AM Filed under
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Based on the recently released Linux 5.17 kernel series, the GNU Linux-libre 5.17 kernel is here to update the cleaning up logic for the btmtk, bnx2x, mt7915, mscc, and tegra drivers, as well as for a newly introduced driver for x86 Android tablets, and adds a new logic for dts files used by various new AArch64 SoCs.

On top of that, the GNU Linux-libre 5.17 kernel comes with all the new features of the upstream Linux 5.17 kernel series, including a new “AMD P-State” subsystem for future AMD CPUs to provide them with a performance boost, a revamped fscache subsystem, and a new “page-table check” feature to better protect your GNU/Linux system from certain threats by detecting some types of corruption.

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GNU Linux-libre 5.17-gnu

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 22nd of March 2022 04:25:36 PM.
  • GNU Linux-libre 5.17-gnu
    GNU Linux-libre 5.17-gnu cleaning-up scripts, cleaned-up sources, and
cleaning-up logs (including tarball signatures) are now available from
our git-based release archive git://linux-libre.fsfla.org/releases.git/
tags {scripts,sources,logs}/v5.17-gnu.

Compressed tarballs and incremental patches are also available at
<https://www.fsfla.org/selibre/linux-libre/download/releases/5.17-gnu/>.

Freesh and RPMFreedom, the .deb and .rpm distributions of GNU
Linux-libre maintained by Jason Self, already have binaries of 5.17-gnu.
Thanks, Jason!

We had hoped for a release during FSF's amazing LibrePlanet conference,
but alas, that was not meant to be.  Cleaning up scripts have required
changes for the final release, compared with -rc8, and that delayed the
release quite significantly.


This release required updates to cleaning up logic for tegra, bnx2x,
mt7915, btmtk, mscc, and new logic for dts files for various new aarch64
SoCs, and for a new driver for x86 android tablets.


In other news, Jason Self has started sharing the work of preparing and
verifying the multiple upstream stable releases we clean up and put out
every week.  Please join me in thanking him for adjusting our bus factor
in a desirable way!  There are likely to be upcoming changes in details
about signatures as we streamline this new mode of cooperation.

You may also enjoy the beautiful artwork with our mascot, Freedo, that
he's made and published at https://jxself.org/git/?p=freedo.git;a=tree


For up-to-the-minute news, join us on IRC (#gnu-linux-libre on
libera.chat), or follow me on P2P or federated social media (the link in
my signature has directions).


Be Free! with GNU Linux-libre.


What is GNU Linux-libre?
------------------------

  GNU Linux-libre is a Free version of the kernel Linux (see below),
  suitable for use with the GNU Operating System in 100% Free
  GNU/Linux-libre System Distributions.
  http://www.gnu.org/distros/

  It removes non-Free components from Linux, that are disguised as
  source code or distributed in separate files.  It also disables
  run-time requests for non-Free components, shipped separately or as
  part of Linux, and documentation pointing to them, so as to avoid
  (Free-)baiting users into the trap of non-Free Software.
  http://www.fsfla.org/anuncio/2010-11-Linux-2.6.36-libre-debait

  Linux-libre started within the gNewSense GNU/Linux distribution.
  It was later adopted by Jeff Moe, who coined its name, and in 2008
  it became a project maintained by FSF Latin America.  In 2012, it
  became part of the GNU Project.

  The GNU Linux-libre project takes a minimal-changes approach to
  cleaning up Linux, making no effort to substitute components that
  need to be removed with functionally equivalent Free ones.
  Nevertheless, we encourage and support efforts towards doing so.
  http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LinuxLibre:Devices_that_require_non-free_firmware

  Our mascot is Freedo, a light-blue penguin that has just come out
  of the shower.  Although we like penguins, GNU is a much greater
  contribution to the entire system, so its mascot deserves more
  promotion.  See our web page for their images.
  http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/

  If you are the author of an awesome program and want to join us in
  writing Free (libre) Software, please consider making it an official
  GNU program and become a GNU Maintainer.  You can find instructions
  on how to do so at https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.  We look
  forward to hacking with you! :)


What is Linux?
--------------

  Linux is a clone of the Unix kernel [...]

(snipped from Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst)

GNU Linux-Libre 5.17 Kernel Released

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 22nd of March 2022 05:40:47 PM.

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