{"id":26975,"date":"2015-06-18T12:27:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T12:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/udsenterprise.com\/how-remove-proprietary-software-linux-kernel\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T13:02:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:02:04","slug":"how-remove-proprietary-software-linux-kernel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udsenterprise.com\/en\/how-remove-proprietary-software-linux-kernel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to remove proprietary software from the Linux kernel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another option is to install a Linux kernel with the proprietary software already removed and that, therefore, can be installed on any Linux distribution. 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