GNU Linux-libre Kernel 4.7 Officially Released for Users Who Want 100% Freedom

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Marius Nestor
Jul 26, 2016

The release of GNU Linux-libre kernel 4.7 comes a few hours after Linus Torvalds’ announcement for the new Linux 4.7 kernel branch, on which GNU Linux-libre 4.7-gnu is based, and, as usual, it contains deblobbing changes for various of the included drivers, including Radeon, Intel i915 CSR, Intel Skylake audio, HFI1 InfiniBand, Realtek rtl8xxxu Wi-Fi, iwlwifi, mwifiex, Broadcom brcmfmac, and Atheros ath10k.

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Marius Nestor

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