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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago

I have all the blobs, I like my hardware to work

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Ages ago someone wrote a bash script that would calculate your "stallman score", essentially checking the license of every package in your system.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's called vrms (virtual RMS) and Debian at least packages it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

7 out of 705 installed packages are non-free packages on my RPi server.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

It's called check-dfsg-status since Stallmann stepped down after his controversial statements in Minsky's Epstein scandal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

1000027322

absolutely-proprietary?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago

Id say around 80% since I use a lot of foss programs and only use linux/android/openwrt/brother printers. The other 20% is random proprietary stuff like steam I guess to be generous.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

FOSS-y

AbsolutelyProprietary

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I don't know what to say about people who I told about lichess but still think chess.com is better

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe just say why it is better:

  • No ads / subscriptions
  • No tracking
  • Free software is really fast
  • You can do many projects with Lichess
  • Clean non-cluttered UI

So, in summary, it's not hyped up (marketing), clean, no tracking, free chess.com experience.

I don't know what are the advantages' chess.com has over Lichess right now. The chess should be free.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Chess dot com tells me what opening I played

(Because Lord knows I don't)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

As much as I can get it, and more every year.

All my computers run Linux exclusively. Gaming desktop, personal laptop, Steam Deck, work laptop, and all my servers in my home lab.

Hypervisor is XCP-ng, VMs are a mix of Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and some random other Linux distros for testing and experimenting.

My NAS is a TrueNAS Core box.

I'm in the process of switching my router to PFSense.

Phone is a Pixel 6a with GrapheneOS.

Email, VPN, and cloud storage is Proton.

Password manager is Bit Warden.

Office docs are all Libre Office & Only Office.

The only non-FOSS software I use constantly is Discord and Steam, and of course, most of the games I play. On my phone I have majority FOSS apps for everyday stuff, but some things are still proprietary.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Seems you also use a bit of freeBSD in your setup besides Linux. Still FOSS though!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Libreboot + GNU/Linux-Libre Guix System

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Mostly

I still have Intel WiFi and a phone which requires firmware to work correctly.

I also recently installed Lego star wars in Bottles for fun. I also use the web a lot which uses non free JavaScript.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A good 90% I'd say. All my devices run Linux (NixOS laptop, Ubuntu server, LineageOS phone).

Non-FOSS stuff:

  • AMD GPU in my Framework 16 laptop means the only unfree package on my laptop is Steam.
  • The proprietary apps I do run on my phone are TooGoodToGo and my bank as I'm not aware of alternatives.
  • I wear a Pebble Time Steel smartwatch, also not aware of any alternatives.
  • PS5 controller firmware has no replacement.

I don't browse the surface web a lot and when I do I tend to disable JS, so I avoid most of the nonfree JS. I have no social media accounts besides Mastodon, Matrix, and Lemmy, which are all free :)

As an extension, all my close family runs Linux on their computers, as it ended up being lower maintenance than setting them up with Windows when time came to upgrade.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

For watches you can use the Pine time or BangleJS. The Banglejs doesn't do as well in terms of privacy and freedom but it is better than nothing.

As for banking I usually do it either in person or on there website.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

other than games/steam pretty much everything else is FOSS.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Nearly 100%. All Linux and AMD. The biggest part that isn't is BIOS. As far as programs go I can think of almost nothing I use that isn't FOSS. I guess Discord.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Currently running majority FLOSS, and glad for the excellent options that these very capable people have released.

Desktops, laptops, HTPC:

Trisquel GNU/Linux on Libreboot BIOS hardware

--//--

Phones and tablets are:

GrapheneOS + Fdroid only apps

--//--

Rockbox audio players

(+ Open Tunes from FMA, Argofox, CC netlabels, jamendo, bandcamp etc)

--//--

Gadgetbridge + Amazfit Bip (watch)

[Looking to switch out this watch for a FLOSS smartwatch like: pinetime or bangle.js]

--//--

and dd-wrt on the router

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

1 FreeBSD server with zfs mirror for storage and various server software

1 FreeBSD laptop for development

1 Linux laptop for software that doesn't support FreeBSD

1 Linux desktop for work.

The rest of the family is 100% windows though :/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

My PC is mostly foss, the exceptions being that I use YouTube and discord. still working on my phone though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Got multiple machines, but I think my most FOSS setup is a corebooted Thinkpad X230. The ME firmware was stripped, leaving it non-functional after the initialization. I replaced the WiFi card with an Atheros one that doesn't require non-free firmware. The GPU is by Intel Ivy Bridge, so no need for proprietary driver. Currently running Debian on it.

With that said, there are some components I couldn't get by:

  • the EC firmware is pretty much a blackbox, even though I was able to unlock some part to make it work with aftermarket batteries
  • the graphic ROM may still be proprietary (gonna have to recheck what my machine got currently) -- FOSS is an option as well but with less support
  • even though non-functional, the ME is still on -- god knows what this thing does exactly
  • CPU microcode

The rest of the components are pretty well-documented by the community if not by the OEMs themselves.

I would put 95% for this specific setup. However, if counting everything I got, not even close, as I need some proprietary components for living.

For example, my company gave me a newer Thinkpad to do work, which thankfully I got to install Linux on. I still have to run enterprise stuff from time to time, most of which are far from FOSS.

And don't get me started on tax form submission.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

It's hella foss!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

On my main profile on GrapheneOS there are 7 closed source apps and 1 self build technically closed source (for now) all out of total 71 apps.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's just the firmware, my work-necessary programs, and steam.

I love arch, but i'm planning on moving to atomic fedora eventually, but I use a bunch of niche things because i'm an early adopter

i'll switch to fedora atomic when pwvucontrol, tofi, hyprland, hyprland-autoname-workspaces, citrix workspace (work necessary), notiflut-land, bato, wljoywake, wayland-pipewire-idle-inhibit, ananicy-cpp, easyeffects, wl-mirror, gtk3-classic, keyd, iwgtk, qtalarm, kvantum and subliminal are all available, haven't checked which are yet

couple of those (pwvucontrol and notiflut-land) aren't even in the AUR yet so it'll be a while.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

OS

  • Linux on my laptop, had hackintoshed a 2015 MacBook Pro before to run macOS Sonoma, and that ran on this device before
  • Windows on my desktop to play games from studios that are owned by a certain Chinese investment company starting on T.
  • stock Android on my SM-A536B since LineageOS isn't ported (yet) to this device.

(Semi)Libre Software

  • Zed
  • Eternity for Lemmy
  • Tubular (NewPipe + Sponsorblock and ReturnYTDislike)
  • Tusky for Mastodon
  • Rust (the language)

Proprietary software

  • GSuite (for collaboration)
  • Games and game launchers (namely Steam on PC and on laptop and Epic ~~shitty~~ games launcher on PC)

I'd consider my setup 8/10 FOSS.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

95% paypal, linguee and banking apps

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I run bone stock default Fedora.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Libre hardware:

  • Turris Omnia router with their OpenWrt-based distro. Bought in 2017, upgraded to Wifi-6 in 2022. Great product.
  • 3x system76 laptops with Coreboot and Debían
  • The desktop is a system76 darter pro with a broken hinge, so it's connected to a widescreen monitor and external mouse, keyboard. Also Debían.

The non FOSS systems are:

  • HP Dev One running proprietary UEFI, and Pop!_OS
  • a couple of Pixel phones running stock OS
  • an iPad Pro with keyboard from 2018
  • X201 Thinkpad with AFFS upgrade running Debían. Connected to some AudioEngine speakers and Spotify, this is our media player.
  • a Thinkpad T43p with XP for Age of Empires and Freecell
  • an Apple TV.
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Like sub 10% maybe.

Phone 1: iPhone

Phone 2: Android (pixel 4, stock rom)

Desktop 1: Windows

Desktop 2: Mac OS

Laptop 1: Windows

Laptop 2: Mac OS.

Laptop 3: Windows/KDE Neon, no attention paid to whether or not the drivers are foss.

Server: Proxmox with Debian and Truenas VMs.

Router: pfSense.

I just use what works for me, and what license the software uses is not at all a factor in that choice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is there a reason to us pfsense insteaof opnsense?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Linux on all my computers and GrapheneOS on my Google Pixel 6a with 99.8% FOSS applications. Maybe 96% FOSS softwares on my stationary computer and 100% on my laptops.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I don't run Linux anymore, though this should change sometime next year. I use Blender and Krita for work, QOwnNotes for note-taking, Firefox for the web, QBittorrent for sharing holiday films, etc. For image editing I use Affinity, probably the only notable proprietary program on my system apart from Windows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

A bunch of older Chromebooks now running a Free firmware, and Debian.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Production/Laptop

Framework laptop with x86 Intel CPU, running OpenBSD. All drivers are free, non-free firmware includes intel, inteldrm, iwx (intel wireless device), uvideo (webcam), vmm (virtual machine). BIOS/UEFI is closed.

Hopefully intel, inteldrm, and vmm firmware can be removed after I switch to the RISC-V mainboard that is releasing for the Framework 13 inch soon. iwx firmware can be removed as soon as OpenBSD has better atheros drivers, whenever that patch arrives (or whatever other foss wireless card comes along). uvideo firmware might be unnecessary, but I haven't checked.

FOSS score: Medium-Low, after switching mainboard, Good.

Phone

OG Pinephone running postmarketOS. I don't think there's any non-free firmware (GPU maybe?). ARM64 CPU, only closed firmware I know of is the modem, which I've replaced with a free version here. Don't know about the UEFI/BIOS.

FOSS score: Good, Medium if UEFI/BIOS is closed or there is non-free firmware.

Gaming

Steam Deck, x86 AMD cpu, running proprietary SteamOS. May replace the OS at some point if a good alternative comes along, as SteamOS's immutable design and lack of real package manager besides flatpak annoys me.

FOSS score: Terrible, will always be Terrible because of all the games, even after replacing the OS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

RISC V probably doesn't have the performance you will expect. It is equivalent to a budget smart phone from a few years ago

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Honestly, good enough for my usecases.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Hard to pin a number on it, percentage-wise.

  • Desktop and laptop are both running Linux.
  • Chromebook wiped and running Linux.
  • Most software, but definitely not all. Steam, Resolve being the two biggest non-foss items on my desktop, while my ex-Chromebook has a proprietary screenwriting program, as well as OnlyOffice instead of LibreOffice because I need much better Excel compatibility for work and LO still isn't quite there for it.
  • Phone android. But not entirely de-googled. Replaced drive with syncthing, keep with Joplin, photos, phone, and messenger with their Fossify equivalents and disabled the originals. Replaced gboard with heliboard, etc...

But can't/won't completely replace the OS yet because both google pay and android auto are essential to me and getting them working on most replacements is still a royal pain in the butt.

So let's call it 80%, maybe a bit more?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

aside from my kernel not very much

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