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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 17:19:29 JST 翠星石

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   • Dushman
   @dushman Nowhere, but it's not good to use that proprietary kernel really.
   
   There's quite a few bf's available that use GNU and somewhat enjoyed Lain.
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     Dushman (dushman@den.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 17:19:30 JST Dushman

     Where can I get a gf who's a Lain fan and uses Linux?

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 17:42:48 JST 翠星石

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     @dushman How exactly does Linux-libre stop your OS from booting?
     
     It's just Linux with patches to remove the proprietary malware and disable proprietary malware loading machinery - the core functionality, which includes init, remains unchanged.
     
     I only run Linux-libre, as I like my OS to have freedom.
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     Dushman (dushman@den.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 17:42:49 JST Dushman

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     I don't run Linux Libre cuz I like my OS actually booting

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:01:20 JST 翠星石

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     @dushman Skill issue.
     
     I've tried Trisquel on the most proprietary of computers and it works fine.
     
     
     Installing proprietary software in the form of microcode is the pinnacle of stupidity.
     
     I don't have any problems with installing free microcode updates, but it seems that Intel and AMD only supply proprietary ones without even a changelog.
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     Dushman (dushman@den.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:01:21 JST Dushman

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     It didn't play too well with my motherboard it seems

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:20:18 JST 翠星石

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     @dushman >It's gonna be preloaded anyways so you might as well get them for they fixes they provide
     I have sadly concluded that all hardware is proprietary, so I don't see any difference between instructions in ROM and a circuit - all I focus on is if that circuit it malicious.
     
     >If you want something 100% free then make a Risc V rig lel.
     Yes, I have concluded a free hardware design of a RISC-V implementation, running on a fast FGPA that can be programmed with only free software is the only way forwards, but that's sadly not feasible yet.
     
     >You will still have proprietary code running even if you don't install it yourself on any AMD64 machine.
     Obviously, but I don't see any proprietary software licenses to agree to for such software.
     
     @meso >that's glowie bullshit. they dont actually provide fixes, just spyware
     Indeed, I have the suspicion that intel doesn't risk putting backdoors into the hardware microcode, as someone is going to eventually decap the die and cut it layer by layer and read the contents of the microcode.
     
     If I was intel, I would intentionally make the hardware microcode unstable and then release a encrypted, ultra-obfuscated, undocumented instruction set proprietary microcode update with a fix for the stability "issue" and all of the backdoors.
     
     What else would explain the proprietary software license on the microcode updates that forbid reverse engineering?
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:20:19 JST meso

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     @dushman @Suiseiseki that's glowie bullshit. they dont actually provide fixes, just spyware
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     Dushman (dushman@den.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:20:20 JST Dushman

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     It's gonna be preloaded anyways so you might as well get them for they fixes they provide

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:32:29 JST 翠星石

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     @meso @dushman I don't even think those security vulnerabilities are even the backdoor part, Intel is just that incompetent and cuts that many corners to "win" benchmarks.
     
     The updates seem to be mostly crappy workarounds that don't actually fix the problem, as I believe it's kind of impossible to fix a hardware problem with speculative execution without disabling speculative execution entirely, which would reduce performance by like 80%.
     
     The NSA still loves to use any available vulnerabilities regardless if they were a backdoor or not.
     
     
     Really, installing proprietary microcode updates is trying to fix a problem caused by the running of proprietary malware on your computer by installing more proprietary malware: https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/pub/who-is-afraid-of-spectre-and-meltdown.en.html
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:32:30 JST meso

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     @Suiseiseki @dushman >If I was intel, I would intentionally make the hardware microcode unstable and then release a encrypted, ultra-obfuscated, undocumented instruction set proprietary microcode update with a fix for the stability "issue" and all of the backdoors.
     
     I agree, this is probably what's happening. Intel has so many security vulnerabilities, so often. they are probably planned and microcode is used to make an official "fix" while the NSA can use both the backdoors in the microcode and the "vulnerability" backdoors
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:36:28 JST meso

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     @Suiseiseki @dushman AMD is a little more benevolent and less compromised by glowies, or at least was. probably because smaller marketshare therefore less of an incentive to backdoor it and all
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:36:28 JST 翠星石

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     @meso @dushman AMD now glows even brighter than Intel sadly.
     
     The Opteron 62XX series seems to be the last line of CPUs they released that don't glow as bright as the sun, as they don't seem to have a PSP and those CPUs are stable enough for server use without microcode updates.
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:36:34 JST meso

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     @dushman @Suiseiseki then go for it. run free software
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     Dushman (dushman@den.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:36:35 JST Dushman

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     @meso@the.asbestos.cafe @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
     I'm just being realistic here. Ideally I would also want all software and hardware to be free.

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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:36:36 JST meso

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     @Suiseiseki @dushman I went through a securitard phase, I guess dushman is going through it with chromium and microcode. in the end you realize it doesn't matter that much especially considering a lot of those "security" schizos seem to materialize out of thin air and talk about how you should use corporate and proprietary software and start using psyopesque reasoning on why free software is akschually le full of malware.
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:38:40 JST meso

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     @dushman @Suiseiseki the linux you run isnt. run linux-libre
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     Dushman (dushman@den.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:38:41 JST Dushman

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     @meso@the.asbestos.cafe @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
     Basically everything besides some games and some drivers

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     Dushman (dushman@den.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:38:42 JST Dushman

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     @meso@the.asbestos.cafe @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
     Most of what I run is free ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:42:41 JST 翠星石

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     • Dushman
     @dushman @meso If I remember correctly, some parabola live images don't seem to boot on any computer for some reason (since Arch), but that memory may be invented.
     
     Trisquel shouldn't have any issues: https://trisquel.info/
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     Dushman (dushman@den.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:42:42 JST Dushman

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     @meso@the.asbestos.cafe @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
     I can try it again cuz maybe it's fixed by now

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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:42:43 JST meso

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     @dushman @Suiseiseki skill issue, shouldve used parabola
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     Dushman (dushman@den.raccoon.quest)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 18:42:44 JST Dushman

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     @meso@the.asbestos.cafe @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
     It crashed on boot when I tried it a year ago.

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     cara@miruku.cafe's status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 23:05:39 JST Cara

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     @dushman@den.raccoon.quest discord

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     Lina Inver?e (lina@eientei.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 23:05:42 JST Lina Inver?e

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     @dushman /lgbt/