Re: How free is Debian
Shahryar Afifi wrote:
> Currently I have X61 with Middleton BIOS that claims to be free. Is
> that also not the case?
We are talking about the microcode that is stored inside the cpu, not
the BIOS which is x86 code stored in NVRAM on the motherboard. In Intel
64 bit cpus this currently includes an entire operating system. It can
completely bypass Linux without you even knowing that it is there. Very
useful for large organizations with thousands of machines that they
need to centrally administer, but...
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John Hasler
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
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