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Libre Culture

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What is libre culture?

Libre culture is all about empowering people. While the general philosophy stems greatly from the free software movement, libre culture is much broader and encompasses other aspects of culture such as music, movies, food, technology, etc.

Some beliefs include but aren't limited to:

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Rules

I've looked into the ways other forums handle rules, and I've distilled their policies down into two simple ideas.

Libre culture is a very very broad topic, and while it's perfectly okay for a conversation to stray, I do ask that we keep things generally on topic.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

I'm curious why Debian doesn't make the cut? PureOS is based on Debian and listed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

see https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html#Debian

Personally I think Debian is an excellent libre distro.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I believe PureOS went out of its way to remove any proprietary blobs from the stock Debian codebase.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 years ago (1 children)

It is explained in other article in the same website.

The problem is that Debian endorses NonFree software by hosting it in the repositories and providing certain guides.

There are no "blobs" or nonfree software in the main repository and normal installation (you can enable these nonfree repositories manually or using an expert install).

A Debian installation is fully free.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

I stand corrected then!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

because it allows for the nonfree version to be installed - which I have. I want the free version, but am too stupid to figure out all of the software that I'll need for it (bluetooth, Wifi, maybe monitors, maybe USBs/flashdrive, idk.). I tried for days to get the FOSS software for my Nvidia GPU to work, but gave up and installed Nvidia software instead - in a few minutes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Some years ago, I gave a try to Trisquel. It's the most friendly-user distro in the list, basically a free/libre Ubuntu clone. This week I installed Guix in my old Sony Vaio laptop, it's pretty amazing the package management and system config, but it's somewhat complex. I am seeing if in the future install Parabola on another laptop I have.

Tip: Before installing any free/libre distro, check your PC/Laptop hardware, specially wifi devices, because these are lacking of free/libre drivers or firmwares.