Re: How free is Debian
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On 8/8/19 11:06 pm, Shahryar Afifi wrote:
> Thank you for this acknowledgment. Currently I have X61 with
> Middleton BIOS that claims to be free. Is that also not the case?
You can have a free BIOS, "Core boot, or similar?" ... but the CPU
itself has it's own non-free microcode. Again, the display will have
it's own code, you might drive that display with free software, but
the display won't work fully and properly for protected content if it
doesn't validate the display as being compliant; heck even the display
cable can be a problem.
Again, if you want total free, then it isn't going to be easy to
achieve and it would be impossible with Intel CPUs.... unless you
don't consider the built in microcode to be a problem. However, if
you do have an Intel CPU, then you almost certainly want the latest
microcode unless you don't trust it -- it may add more spyware or it
may fix security issues or both.... you will probably never know.
Cheers
A.
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