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  • So you don't get super anxious about that 1/4? What's your secret?

  • Really don't think you are in a position to call somebody a "spiteful creature" here

  • me when I speak

  • I think there is a broken pipe in there

  • As freeware or free software? Because if it was freeware, I don't understand how OpenBSD could have forked it

  • But then the proprietary firmware is in the device. Why do you think it makes a difference if you load it at boot time?
    It just restricts your options.

  • I am conflicted. Is this image unhinged or hinged?

  • They are simply that good

  • Also if you care about security, install goddamn firmware updates. The firmware on the devices is only going to get more insecure. If the company wanted to insert a backdoor, they have done it already. If an attacker wants to attack your device, an outdated device is simpler to compromise using publicly available info than to go the expensive route through the manufacturer. The first doesn't even need to be a nation state adversary.
    If you want to protect yourself against rogue devices, IOMMU and microkernels are a better and more sensible solution.

  • People like me can't change what big companies do. They just do it, and get their money from other companies and consumers who don't care.
    I personally don't want to watch while free operating systems become increasingly unusable and insecure. Let's instead use the devices to our advantage as much as possible.

  • No. You're using a distro which enables you to use the devices you bought. If every distro would follow the misguided path, you would be unable to use your GPU with a libre operating system at all.
    Nobody is stopping you to remove your firmware. Right now you're not doing it, because you want actually functional hardware.

  • You can install Debian like Arch. Look at debootstrap and/or the Debian manual under manual installation. It's actually a pretty streamlined process, especially if you're coming from Arch.

  • Which ironically seems to be very antisemitic to me?

  • I think you should interact with the sewer man like the rest of the Lumpenproletariat: not at all. Just drive away in your new and shiny SUV.
    Remember, your network is your net worth! /j /s

  • rule

    Jump
  • Thank you for saying this! I also doubt that replacing the word would do something, since fascists will simply do the same to any other word - except you move the goalposts into their direction, which I for one am not a fan of.

  • Aren't they like one of the pollinators who are actually surviving the climate catastrophe?