Subject: possible to install a fully free software alpine linux system on the olimex lime2?

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 08:11:26 +0000

Free software is software you can use, share, modify and redistribute.
Is alpine linux arm a fully free software system? No piece of non free software gets installed on the computer?
https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/A20_OLinuXino_Lime2
Does these instructions install a fully free software system on the olimex lime2?
I also got aware of https://regrow.earth/blog/2022-12-08_alpine-a20-olinuxino-lime2/

In short can you install a fully free software version of alpine linux on the olimex lime2? Thanks.

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From: Naomi Rennie-Waldock <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 14:42:44 +0000

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In the case of the A20, yes, you can use a fully open source kernel and uboot.
You will need to build uboot from source (it would be great if you contributed it to the uboot aport). The kernel may also need some additional modules enabled.