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--- slackware_14.1 [2015/04/01 17:00] – connie
+++ slackware_14.1 [2016/01/17 14:44] – [Free Packages that do not Belong] connie
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 |slackware64/xap/xgames-0.3-x86_64-4.txz |xminesweep is non-commercial only. |xminesweep.c |
 |slackware64/xap/xv-3.10a-x86_64-6.txz |No distribution of modified copies, non-commercial only, personal use only. |copyright.h |
-===== Sanitizing an Existing Installation =====
-We assume that the user performed the full install.
-  - Blacklist the offending Slackware packages in ''/etc/slackpkg/blacklist'' by adding the following lines. \\ Make sure they are separate lines, and also free of white space.<code>
-kernel-firmware
-kernel-generic
-kernel-huge
-kernel-modules
-kernel-source
-kernel-headers
-getty-ps
-lha
-unarj
-amp
-bluez-firmware
-ipw2100-fw
-ipw2200-fw
-trn
-zd1211-firmware
-xfractint
-xgames
-xv</code>
-  - Build and install a free kernel. Also, install the free headers if you want to compile stuff that makes system calls. The headers are expected in /usr/include, so you will have to uninstall the stock package at this point.
-  - At this point you should be running the free kernel, so you can remove the non-free Slackware packages with:<code>
-removepkg kernel-firmware kernel-generic kernel-huge \
-kernel-modules kernel-source kernel-headers getty-ps lha unarj \
-amp bluez-firmware ipw2100-fw ipw2200-fw trn zd1211-firmware \
-xfractint xgames xv</code>
-  - Optionally, you can replace some of the removed packages with free packages. lha can be replaced with lhasa, a free decompressor. unarj can be replaced with arj, which is actually an archiver too.
-===== Upgrading =====
-We haven't tried this, but we don't know of a reason why it wouldn't work. Get the Slackware DVD, unpack it into a directory, remove all non-free packages, and then upgrade as usual.
-===== Caveats =====
-Please be aware that as long as you keep using the official repository, non-free packages may still creep in during updates, unlikely as it is. We see no easy cure for this, short of switching to a free repository.
 ===== Methodology =====
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   - non-free software installers,
   - have no practical use besides enabling the user to run non-free software,
-  - should be replaced, because they are a part of a collection which contains non-free software. For example, ''kernel-generic'' Slackware package may well be free, but for all practical purposes it is a part of a non-free kernel meta-package.
+  - should be replaced, because they are a part of a collection which contains non-free software. For example, kernel-generic Slackware package may well be free, but for all practical purposes it is a part of a non-free kernel meta-package.
 The idea here is to mark as non-free everything that would have to be purged or replaced in order to achieve a free operating system.