Re: [GNU-linux-libre] review PureOS ISO

[Riley Baird]

On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 10:35:24 +0300
fr33domlover <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 16:34:27 -0700
> "Adrian Alves" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Hello FSF,
> > 
> > We are Puri.sm our gnu/linux  PureOS is a free based debian distro,
> > can you guys review it.
> > We not only use Free software without any "contrib" or "non-free"
> > software also our kernel is deblob'd
> > We offer PureOS together with our laptops and also to any people who
> > wants to use it:
> > 
> > links
> > our main website: 
> > https://puri.sm/
> > our Pureos webtiste:
> > https://puri.sm/pureos/
> > ISOs:
> > http://repo.puri.sm/pureosrepo/iso/PureOS-3.0-Desktop-gnome.iso
> > 
> > also "contrib" and "nonfree" repo are not only removed from the ISO
> > also they are removed from our repos
> > 
> > Please can you review it and let us know?
> > Thanks, Adrian.-
> > 
> 
> Just a thought:
> 
> gNewSense is based on Debian too, and it seems to do much much more work than
> just drop the nonfree repos (same for Trisquel with its base distro ubun7u). I
> don't know the details, but I do wonder whether just dropping repos and using 
> a
> libre kernel is enough. Maybe it is, and then I wonder why gNewSense does all
> that other work. If that work is needed, you puri.sm people should probably do
> the same thing...

I think that that should be enough. If I'm looking for a libre distro, I want 
the widest range of choices possible.