Free and Open Source Software
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Nobody tell them about their firmware.
Graphene OS and Debian - trying my best 🥹
perfect is the enemy of good
This isn't an all-or-nothing thing.
For Windows users, it's already a good progress to switch to Firefox/VLC/LibreOffice/NextCloud from closed source alternatives.
Firefox and VLC were my gateway drugs when I was a teeny pirate discovering the Internet and even computers :)
Dashero is doing great work with coreboot. Several latop vendors sell it preinstalled
cool, now send a link to your source code so we can fork you
Whaat?! FORK YOOUUU!!
Bro's about to get upgraded, no more walking into a room and going "wait, why'd I walk into this room again"
I'd like to submit a PR
Bit late seeing your account is already 2mo old but nevertheless: welcome to the fediverse :)
Thank you (: Had to see if Lemmy would be a reliable alternative - and surely enough it is!
Yay! And welcome!
Me reading the title: "Please give me a copy of your DNA so that I may compile you from source."
OP is an AI bot, so this is possible. Yes.
How do you figure that?
But what about your DNA? Have you reversed your specific genome yet?
principal skinner looking down at the camera with eyes narrowed
Where should I read your source code?
Cool, it's a continual process, but a good one!
I was 100% open source for a while until i needed to buy tickets for the public transport in my area.
Were there no ticket offices?
Yeah but at the time i needed something quick and there was lines. Since then its always been the easier and quicker option. I just to get over that like i did many other things.
You can't use cash? In my country its illegal for them not to sell services in cash.
What about the CPU and RAM?
Hand stitched
This is interesting actually and a good point. But surely they don't pose a big security or privacy breach risk? I'm fairly uneducated in this field.
We're just poking for a bit of fun. The Free and Open Source rabbit hole goes very deep. For example, Intel and AMD processors have code on them that isn't free meaning the purists will not use them unmodified.
Everyone has a threshold where privacy and freedom interfere with convenience, just stick with the level you're comfortable with.
No joke, I briefly looked into whether it would be possible to fabricate my own PCBs. I'm quite handy with soldering and MIGHT be okay placing my chips.
Turns out it is possible, but not at the board density we enjoy. The time and cost of materials also make it unreasonable.
The board isn't the issue, the CPU and RAM have firmware running on them.
Oh, then OP will most likely need to replace their hardware with something like Framework, as I can't see x86-64 becoming open.
Baby steps are okay too.
Oh definately, I was just in a pedantic mood (:
I was going to press you on the firmware for the CPU, but I was unaware that CPU microcode exists and is built to live in the cache.
Is android open source?
They USS GrapheneOS which is based on AOSP (Android Open Source Project) both are FOSS
Lol of course, yes.
you can't be 100% free software (I reject the term Open Source), you'll always have a device with lots of binary blobs and proprietary firmware. The holy grail of 100% free software is currently unattainable