Njengoba wazi kahle, i-vanilla Linux kernel, leyo eku-kernel.org, iwumthombo ovulekile futhi wamahhala, kepha kunezingxenye ezithile, njenge-firmware ethile kanye nabanye abashayeli abangezwe abantu besithathu, abangabanikazi, umthombo ovaliwe. Kodwa-ke, kulabo abangawafuni lawo ma-blobs kanambambili, kukhona "okuhlanzekile" kanye nenguqulo yamahhala engu-100% ekhishwa njalo ngezinguqulo zakamuva ze-kernel. Imayelana I-GNU Linux-Libre.
U-Alexandre Oliva umemezele lokhu kukhululwa, ngakho-ke, sekuvele kuphakathi kwethu I-GNU Linux-Libre 5.16. Ngokuyisisekelo i-Linux 5.16 kernel enalezo zingxenye ezingekho mahhala ezihlanjululwe futhi zafakwa esikhundleni samahhala. Amabhulogi afana ne-mt7921s kanye ne-rtw89 (8852a) abashayeli be-WiFi, umshayeli wesikrini esithintwayo ili210x, i.MX DSP Remoteproc, umshayeli womsindo we-qdsp6, namanye avela kuzakhiwo ze-ARM64 (AArch64) asusiwe.
Ngaphandle kwalezi zinguquko ukwenza i-Linux 5.16 i-kernel yamahhala yokuphathelene, i-GNU Linux-Libre 5.16 awuzange ulahle noma yiziphi izici nezithuthukisi ezethulwe enguqulweni yomfula, njenge-futex2 ukusheshisa imidlalo yevidiyo nge-WINE, ukusekelwa kwe-AMX (Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions), izici ezintsha nokuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo zamafayela, ukusekelwa kwe-AMT (Automatic Multicast Tunneling), isibuyekezo sokucindezelwa kwe-Zstd (Zstandard), ukusekelwa kwe-Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs 690 , iziqephu zokuvikela ezintsha ezingezwe kule nguqulo, njll.
Le kernel ye-GNU Linux-Libre ingafakwa kunoma yikuphi ukusatshalaliswa, nakuba kalula, abathuthukisi balokhu kuguqulwa kwe-kernel bahlinzeka. amaphakheji kanambambili wezinhlelo ze-Debian nokuphuma kokunye, kanye ne-Red Hat nokuphuma kokunye. Ngale ndlela, ugwema ukulanda imithombo, ukumisa, ukuhlanganisa nokufaka kanambambili etholiwe, njengoba ungasebenzisa amathuluzi okuphatha iphakheji wokufaka.
Olunye ulwazi mayelana ne-GNU Linux-Libre - Isiza esisemthethweni sephrojekthi