Linux Libre in Debian

Jason Self j at jxself.org
Mon Dec 1 13:18:27 UTC 2025


After reviewing the options, I believe #1 is the best approach. The
deblob scripts eventually won't exist as we move to a different method,
so relying on them isn't maintainable long-term and will likely affect
Trisquel's process as well.

Currently, the freesh sources are at
https://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/freesh/. The .deb files
are generated using a modified version of the kernel's own build
scripts (found in scripts/package) via make bindeb-pkg at compile time,
but this isn’t ideal for producing distro-quality packages. It's likely
more sustainable to reuse Debian's kernel packaging instead so that
Linux-libre on debian incorporates the same configs, patches, etc.

https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux

Additionally, the same security patches applied to Debian's version of
Linux should apply to Linux-libre. If the main security team doesn't
want to cover this as indicates, perhaps someone else could do that? I
expect most patches would apply as-is.
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