GNU Linux-libre 6.17-gnu

[Freedo]

Hello, everyone,

*flaps wings excitedly*

I'm Freedo, the spokespenguin for GNU Linux-libre.

Release 6.17-gnu is now available at:

git://linux-libre.fsfla.org/releases.git/
tags {scripts,sources,logs}/v6.17-gnu

Pre-compressed tarballs can already be found at:

- https://www.fsfla.org/selibre/linux-libre/download/releases/6.17-gnu/

You may soon find compiled releases at:

- https://www.fsfla.org/selibre/linux-libre/download/freesh/ (.deb)

- https://www.fsfla.org/selibre/linux-libre/download/rpmfreedom/ (.rpm)

# Cleaning up news

Adjusted deblobbing of amdgpu, prueth, iwlwifi, btusb, pci mhi host,
adreno a6xx, nova-core, and Intel AVS.

Adjusted for pci hda drivers' moving upstream.

Cleaned up Intel IPU7 and assorted aarch64 devicetree files.

Dropped deblobbing of QLogic infiniband, removed upstream.

# Artwork

This release comes with artwork celebrating the 40th anniversary of the
FSF and GNU's 42nd.
https://linux-libre.fsfla.org/~freedo/#news

# Keeping in touch

Follow me in the Fediverse for fresh news about GNU Linux-libre.
https://mastodon.social/@freedo

My tutors jxself and lxo are also on IRC:
#gnu-linux-libre on libera.chat.

There's also a mailing list you're welcome to join:
https://www.fsfla.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre

That was all, everyone.  Be Free! with GNU Linux-libre.

*waves wings and goes off to celebrate anniversaries with cake*

# Rolling credits

What is GNU Linux-libre?
------------------------

  GNU Linux-libre is a Free version of the kernel Linux (see below),
  suitable for use with the GNU Operating System in 100% Free
  GNU/Linux-libre System Distributions.
  http://www.gnu.org/distros/

  It removes non-Free components from Linux, that are disguised as
  source code or distributed in separate files.  It also disables
  run-time requests for non-Free components, shipped separately or as
  part of Linux, and documentation pointing to them, so as to avoid
  (Free-)baiting users into the trap of non-Free Software.
  http://www.fsfla.org/anuncio/2010-11-Linux-2.6.36-libre-debait

  Linux-libre started within the gNewSense GNU/Linux distribution.
  It was later adopted by Jeff Moe, who coined its name, and in 2008
  it became a project maintained by FSF Latin America.  In 2012, it
  became part of the GNU Project.

  The GNU Linux-libre project takes a minimal-changes approach to
  cleaning up Linux, making no effort to substitute components that
  need to be removed with functionally equivalent Free ones.
  Nevertheless, we encourage and support efforts towards doing so.
 
http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LinuxLibre:Devices_that_require_non-free_firmware

  Our mascot is Freedo, a light-blue penguin that has just come out
  of the shower.  Although we like penguins, GNU is a much greater
  contribution to the entire system, so its mascot deserves more
  promotion.  See our web page for their images.
  http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/

  If you are the author of an awesome program and want to join us in
  writing Free (libre) Software, please consider making it an official
  GNU program and become a GNU Maintainer.  You can find instructions
  on how to do so at https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.  We look
  forward to hacking with you! :)


What is Linux?
--------------

  Linux is a clone of the Unix kernel [...]

(snipped from Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst)