code-backups/linux/install-linux-libre-on-devuan.md

How to install Linux Libre kernel on Debian

Linux Libre is the linux kernel that was stripped of any binary, closed source parts.

Run dpkg --print-architecture. It should return one of these below:

amd64
arm64
armhf
i386
or1k
powerpc
ppc64
ppc64el
riscv64

Only if you see i386, check the source page (below) and continue there.

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linux-libre.list

deb mirror://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/freesh/mirrors.txt freesh main

Run command below to enable ftp support in APT if any mirror needs it:

sudo apt-config -o Dir::Bin::Methods::ftp=ftp shell

wget -O - https://jxself.org/gpg.asc | sudo apt-key add -

apt-key finger should show the fingerprint below:

F611 A908 FFA1 65C6 9958 4ED4 9D0D B31B 545A 3198

sudo apt update
# for non-lts and latest version:
sudo apt install linux-libre
# for lts (long term supported) version:
sudo apt install linux-libre-lts

If you use libreboot BIOS on your machine,

cd /boot/grub
sudo ln -s grub.cfg libreboot_grub.cfg

Source: https://jxself.org/linux-libre/