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Switch to a Fully free Operating System (piefed.social)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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As per fsf only those linux distributions are 100% free:

Dragora
Dyne
Guix
Hyperbola
Parabola
PureOS
Trisquel
Ututo
libreCMC
ProteanOS

Do you agree or no?

I see a lot of people that want to switch from windows to a linux distro or a open os. But from what i see they tend to migrate to another black boxed/closed os.

What is a trully free os that doesnt included any closed code/binary blobs/closed drivers etc.

Just 100% free open code, no traps.

What are the options and what should one go with if they want fully free os that rejects any closed code?

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[–] 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

They actually explain why they don't endorse Debian in the link the person above you added. Apparently since you /can/ enable the non-free repos in the installer, it doesn't classify as 100% free. I don't agree with the statement and find it weird, but that's how they defined it.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah. The Debian Free Software Guidelines are actually very strict if you read them. The FSF are just purists, even if 100% free software is the default. I don't really understand it.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I somewhat agree with their mentality on post 2022 Debian since they had changed the default and made it harder to disable non-free from the start but, from what I understood by reading the FAQ page, even prior to bookworm it wasn't endorsed due to having the toggle in the first place, which I find super weird.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    If you don't make a conscious decision to disallow free software it becomes too easy to normalize its inclusion.

    even prior to bookworm it wasn’t endorsed due to having the toggle in the first place, which I find super weird.

    They probably predicted (correctly) that this attitude would eventually lead to the decision that they ultimately made in 2022.

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