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   [37]Home > [38]News > [39]Kernel > GNU Linux-Libre 6.4 Kernel Released
   for Those Who Want to Build 100% Free PCs

GNU Linux-Libre 6.4 Kernel Released for Those Who Want to Build 100% Free PCs

   Deblobs the op-tee, rtl8710b, qcom cloud AI, and Bluetooth NXP protocol
   drivers.
   Marius Nestor by [40]Marius Nestor[41]June 26, 2023June 26, 2023[42]0

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   GNU Linux-Libre 6.4

   The GNU Linux-libre project [46]announced today the release and general
   availability of the GNU Linux-libre 6.4 kernel for those who seek 100%
   freedom for their GNU/Linux computers and software freedom lovers.

   Based on the recently released [47]Linux 6.4 kernel, the GNU
   Linux-libre 6.4 kernel is here to clean up newly added op-tee,
   rtl8710b, qcom cloud AI, and Bluetooth NXP protocol drivers, clean up
   blob names in qcom AArch64 DTS files, and adjust deblobbing for x86
   microcode docs, x86 Android tablets, and QAT crypto drivers.

   In addition to removing proprietary code from various drivers, the GNU
   Linux-libre 6.4 kernel comes with all the new features and improvements
   that have been included in the upstream Linux 6.4 kernel series but
   doesn’t ship with non-free components as the upstream kernel.

   This means that the GNU Linux-libre kernel is targeted at those who
   want to build a 100% free GNU/Linux computer that doesn’t include any
   proprietary drivers or code, but only Open Source software. Software
   freedom lovers can download the GNU Linux-libre 6.4 kernel right now
   from the [48]official website.
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   The GNU Linux-libre kernel can be installed on virtually any GNU/Linux
   distribution, but the developers also provide ready-to-use binary
   packages for Debian-based (DEB) and Red Hat-based (RPM) distributions.
   For more details check out the [49]Freesh project and [50]RPM Freedom
   websites.

   Linux kernel 6.4 introduces new features like Intel LAM (Liniar Address
   Masking) support, user trace events, improved Rust language support,
   LoongArch support for the nolibc library, support for zoned block
   devices for the F2FS file system, more goodies for the [51]RISC-V
   architecture, a new STACKLEAK security feature for the s390 (IBM System
   z) architecture, and much more.

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