Post 9vNH5PhHTRUIrUeWSu by helby@www.librepunk.club
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(DIR) Post #9vNH5PhHTRUIrUeWSu by helby@www.librepunk.club
2020-05-24T13:58:52Z
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Your #linux #kernel and system with your favorite tools is not so #foss as you may think.Your favorite browser firefox or chromium based is also not so #free as you think.Your media format for audio and video is probably also not so free as you may think.#opensource 🕊️
(DIR) Post #9vNH5PqUvArPK4xspc by redstarfish@social.linux.pizza
2020-05-24T14:32:00Z
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@helby Yep...though I can assure you mine is(except BIOS).
(DIR) Post #9vNH9t3WGErh4gBh5M by helby@www.librepunk.club
2020-05-24T14:32:49Z
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@redstarfish What are you running?
(DIR) Post #9vNHaE9gR7602gdAuW by redstarfish@social.linux.pizza
2020-05-24T14:37:35Z
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@helby Trisquel GNU/Linux with Linux-libre kernel(no non free firmwares :)
(DIR) Post #9vNJRY4bDDQx7RF4ee by helby@www.librepunk.club
2020-05-24T14:58:20Z
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@redstarfish hope that we can have completely free and open source all hardware/software soon.It's even hard to know how close it is, bc. so many projects market as free and open source, while it's mostly still just hacky/tweaky around closed firmware.
(DIR) Post #9vNQKfb9XF1K6r8UNc by leth@social.viktorlindberg.com
2020-05-24T15:22:51Z
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@helby @redstarfish Depends on where one draws the line. Right now, we do have computers where all the designs (except individual IC's) are free. And it's fully possible to run on 100% free software already, including firmware. There is of course the matter of computing power in relationship to non-free solutions though.Personally I'm fine with anything that is RYF certified at the moment and look forward to something that is also OSHW in the near future. I guess my next computer when the one I have now fails will be OSHW.
(DIR) Post #9vNQKfnCoQf4iEm7AO by redstarfish@social.linux.pizza
2020-05-24T16:15:16Z
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@leth @helby I still have not started fully rejecting nonfree hardware designes as long as those companies give specifications and informations on how to write free software for them with which we can achieve full functionality.Though I'll prefer freehw and will buy them if that's an option, bc it's inevitable tht in near future only freehw will work with freesw.But I absolutely reject/hate hw that ONLY works with a certain non freesw(eg nvidia).
(DIR) Post #9vNS96OQHrsre3nFr6 by helby@www.librepunk.club
2020-05-24T16:35:53Z
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@redstarfish there is hidden maybe even worse danger in that hardware/software.It makes one feel, that it's safe, secure, private ... while it's not.Let's take one popular example.Firefox/Chromium watching Netflix on Ubuntu, Intel processor and iGPU.Intel can do whatever they want, nobody knows what can do manufacturer of motherboard. User is watching DRM video.How far is that user from #security #privacy and #foss ?
(DIR) Post #9vNU1tnytDnsUCRPUm by leth@social.viktorlindberg.com
2020-05-24T16:56:19Z
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@redstarfish @helby We're starting to get really good alternatives for open hardware, mnt reform is certainly a good option for instance, It's nearly fully blob free and has an OSHWA certification.
(DIR) Post #9vNUqscb39uLaGQS6i by redstarfish@social.linux.pizza
2020-05-24T17:06:15Z
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@helby I totally blame "open source" for this. Before 1998, atleast people who used GNU/Linux could find out about these issues from GNU project and Free Software Foundation websites and books. But people using Ubuntu most of the time don't even know the existance of free software movement and these issues, because open source doesn't talk about it. So open source creates a feel good factor for users, without doing real job and shrouds them from these important issues.