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en:project:faq [2024/12/06 00:51]
throgh [Why Hyperbola is using old versions in comparison to Arch GNU/Linux?]
en:project:faq [2024/12/06 00:56] (current)
throgh [But Hyperbola is a "systemd-free Arch GNU/Linux", isn't it?]
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 ===== Packages ===== ===== Packages =====
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 +==== But Hyperbola is a "systemd-free Arch GNU/Linux", isn't it? ====
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 +No, Hyperbola is not based on any other system-distribution. We are using **pacman** for our package-management, but our packages are complete done from scratch, based on our own repositories. So it is not possible to describe Hyperbola as some kind of "systemd-free Arch GNU/Linux" and we do not use these either. 
  
 ==== Why Hyperbola is using old(er) versions of packages? ==== ==== Why Hyperbola is using old(er) versions of packages? ====
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 ==== Why is package X missing, even though it's available in Arch GNU/Linux? ==== ==== Why is package X missing, even though it's available in Arch GNU/Linux? ====
  
-This usually means the package is non-free or has some other freedom-related issues. Since Hyperbola GNU/Linux-Libre follows the [[https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html|GNU FSDG]], we don't include proprietary software and you can't get it from our official repositories.+This usually means the package is non-free or has some other freedom-related issues. Since Hyperbola GNU/Linux-Libre follows the [[https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html|GNU FSDG]], we don't include non-free software and you can't get it from our official repositories.
 ==== Why is systemd missing if it is free software? ==== ==== Why is systemd missing if it is free software? ====