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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 3 months ago (5 children) What distros are like this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago Distro was the wrong word. I should have said "package" (though there are also distros that attempt to eliminate blobs within their packages). Examples include manufacturer-issued device drivers, software that allows integration of GPUs, several parts of Android that integrate with the underlying hardware, firmware of various sorts, and I can't be arsed to remember more at the moment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] motruck@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (3 children) It is more a question of what hardware is like that and if you look up firmware blobs for Linux you'll find a lot, starting with graphic cards. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago (2 children) That's the hardware not the distro permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] motruck@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Yeah and the hardware is what requires blobs regardless of the distro. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago It wouldn't require blobs if the driver code were open-sourced. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago Distro was the wrong word. I should have said "package" (though there are also distros that attempt to eliminate blobs within their packages). Examples include manufacturer-issued device drivers, software that allows integration of GPUs, several parts of Android that integrate with the underlying hardware, firmware of various sorts, and I can't be arsed to remember more at the moment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] motruck@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (3 children) It is more a question of what hardware is like that and if you look up firmware blobs for Linux you'll find a lot, starting with graphic cards. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago (2 children) That's the hardware not the distro permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] motruck@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Yeah and the hardware is what requires blobs regardless of the distro. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago It wouldn't require blobs if the driver code were open-sourced. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago (2 children) That's the hardware not the distro permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] motruck@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Yeah and the hardware is what requires blobs regardless of the distro. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago It wouldn't require blobs if the driver code were open-sourced. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] motruck@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Yeah and the hardware is what requires blobs regardless of the distro. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago It wouldn't require blobs if the driver code were open-sourced. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago It wouldn't require blobs if the driver code were open-sourced. permalink fedilink source parent