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Revision as of 02:26, 23 September 2019
Contents
Introduction
Having FSDG compliant distributions that support many architecture is interesting for several reasons:
- To get the RYF certification for a computer, being able to use all the components of that computer with free software is not enough as that computer also needs run an FSDG compliant distribution on that computer. See the RYF endorsement criteria for more details on that certification.
- Users that want fully free system can also build systems similar to the ones that got the RYF certification themselves and/or get some help to do it, and here they also need FSDG compliant distributions to run on their computers.
- As some computers can run fully free software, with some of the hardware components not working, it's also very interesting to be able to have a distribution to support such hardware. See the article on single-board-computers on the FSF website for more details.
It is also interesting to understand who is able to use the FSDG GNU/Linux distributions. For instance if an architecture is supported only by FSDG compliant distributions that are for technical users with good command line knowledge, it would dramatically limit the amount of people able to use that computers with that architecture with fully free software.
General purpose GNU/Linux distributions
General information
Distribution | Audience | Release type |
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GuixSD | Technical users with good command line knowledge (or willing to learn it) | ? |
Hyperbola | Technical users with good command line knowledge (or willing to learn it) | Stable releases |
Parabola | Technical users with good command line knowledge (or willing to learn it) | Rolling releases |
PureOS | Everybody | Rolling release |
Trisquel | Everybody | Stable releases |
Architectures support
Distribution or software | x86 32bit | x86 64bit | ARM 32bit | ARM 64bit | PowerPC 64bit little endian |
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GuixSD | i686 | Yes | armhf | Yes | No |
Hyperbola | i686 | Yes | No | No | No |
Parabola | i686 | Yes | armv7h | No | Unfinished |
PureOS | No | Yes | No | can be installed with debootstrap | No |
Trisquel | i686 | Yes | No | No | No |
Small distributions
Distribution or software | Usage | Audience | Release type |
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libreCMC |
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? | Stable releases |
ProteanOS | ? | ? | ? |
Replicant |
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Users with extremely basic command line knowledge | Stable releases |
Architectures support
Distribution or software | x86 32bit | x86 64bit | ARM 32bit | ARM 64bit | MIPS |
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libreCMC | Requires to build from source | Requires to build from source | Requires to build from source | No | Yes |
ProteanOS | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Replicant | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Adding support for a device
Distribution or software | Adding support for a device |
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General purpose GNU/Linux distributions |
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libreCMC | |
ProteanOS | |
Replicant |
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