Debian To Consider Changing How It Treats Closed-Source Firmware

Ice Tea · 21 Apr 2022 at 07:18

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Debian-Considering-Firmware

Have they finally realised why Ubuntu so successful?

Ice Tea · 21 Apr 2022 at 07:34

Yeah, i thought the same for the fact that they are putting it to a vote.

They don't like change.

Ice Tea · 29 Apr 2022 at 07:10

Lysander said:
They 'voted' for systemd. That's a pretty immense change for a distro like Debian.

Re-evaluating systemd » Linux Magazine

After five years of use, Debian re-examines systemd support via a general resolution.

www.linux-magazine.com

They are still questioning the vote.

Ice Tea · 29 Apr 2022 at 12:35

Lysander said:
That re-evaluation was in 2019

Yeah i know as it was years after the original vote, what i was trying to say was that even when they do have a vote on something they don't accept it.

Ice Tea · 29 Apr 2022 at 13:11

Not the first nor the last fact proving us right on our quest for freedom of choice, minimalism and security. Systemd users are guinea-pigs for bloated software that is insecure-by-design

Out of interest i just had a look at Devuan to see if they are still around and this was is a tweet from yesterday.