The Latin American Free Software Foundation c slight delay published a completely free version of the Linux kernel 5.14 – Linux-libre 5.14-gnu1 , purified by firmware elements and drivers, containing components or portions nonfree code, the scope of which is limited by the manufacturer. In addition, Linux-libre kernel function disables the loading of non-free components that are not included in the delivery of the core, and deletes references to the use of non-free components of the documents.
To clear the core of the non-free parts, Linux-libre project created universal shell-script that contains thousands of templates to determine the presence of binary inserts and eliminate false positives. Also available for download ready-made patches that are based on the use of the above script. The core of Linux-libre is recommended for use in distributions corresponding criteria ACT Foundation to build a completely free distributions of GNU / Linux. For example, Linux-libre kernel is used in such distributions as Dragora Linux, Trisquel, Dyne: Bolic, gNewSense, Parabola, Musix and Kongoni
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In the new issue of off loading of blobs in the driver eftc and qcom arm64. Updated code cleansing blobs in drivers and subsystems btrtl, amdgpu, adreno, i915, sp8870, av7110, r8188eu, btqca and xhci-pci-renesas. Separately, the changes to the code for cleaning microcode for x86 systems, and removing blobs previously missed in components for loading microcode for powerpc 8xx systems and to mikropatchah firmware for vs6624 sensors. Since these blobs were present in previous releases of the kernel, it decided to form the update previously released Linux-libre 5.13 versions 5.10, 5.4, 4.19, 4.14, 4.9 and 4.4, providing new options for Tagged. “-Gnu1”