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   ? ⚔️ McCreeaboo ⚔️ ? (moebritannica@varishangout.net)'s status on Saturday, 24-Dec-2022 18:50:37 JST ? ⚔️ McCreeaboo ⚔️ ?
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 24-Dec-2022 18:50:37 JST 翠星石

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     @MoeBritannica Linux contains proprietary malware and maybe virus's as well though?
     
     If that's the GNU version of Linux, why is it Tux and not Freedo?
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 24-Dec-2022 18:58:47 JST 翠星石

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     @MoeBritannica See here: https://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/6.1.1-gnu/deblob-6.1
     
     Most of what is patched out is currently proprietary software loading machinery, but a bunch of proprietary software remains in Linux.
     
     For example: "clean_blob arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/micropatch.c"
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     ? ⚔️ McCreeaboo ⚔️ ? (moebritannica@varishangout.net)'s status on Saturday, 24-Dec-2022 18:58:48 JST ? ⚔️ McCreeaboo ⚔️ ?

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     @Suiseiseki whats this proprietary malware is tho
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 11:02:18 JST 翠星石

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     • Depraved_Cunny

     @lilianabreeder >every hardware piece of your pc uses proprietary firmware I guess that’s actually firmware as it’s hardware and so it can’t be changed.

     I don’t see how that’s relevant to the topic as it’s not software.

     unless running from the NSA Everyone on Earth with a computer needs to run from the NSA’s attacks, but damn you’d have to do something big to have them dedicate specific resources to get you.

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     Depraved_Cunny (lilianabreeder@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 11:02:19 JST Depraved_Cunny

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     @Suiseiseki @MoeBritannica every hardware piece of your pc uses proprietary firmware :soy_cope:
     you want to walk the walk but have an usable pc.
     unless running from the NSA, a GNU+Lenox environment is enough for most users.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Dec-2022 13:41:03 JST 翠星石

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     • DarkMahesvara
     @DarkMahesvara >pray RISC replaces x86
     AMD64 has already replaced x86 and arguably all recent AMD64 implementations are RISC, as those translates most(?) CISC instructions into RISC micro-ops before executing them.
     
     Current "RISC" designs have more instructions that previously know "CISC" instruction sets ever had.
     
     >proprietary blobs in your SSD or CPU.
     Most CPU's don't contain any proprietary *soft*ware, only proprietary *hard*ware, which is a different topic entirely.
     
     As for SSD's and HDD's, I aim to try to solve such problem at a later date.
     Attacks with storage mediums can be somewhat mitigated by using things like FDE, so the drive can only see encrypted blocks, rather than possibly a block with instructions and IOMMU.
     
     >you know there is full remote attacks on these, right?
     Care to name which ones? I am aware of attacks against hardware with physical access, but you're gone no matter what then.
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     DarkMahesvara (darkmahesvara@varishangout.net)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Dec-2022 13:41:04 JST DarkMahesvara

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     • Depraved_Cunny
     @lilianabreeder @Suiseiseki
     
     >but what about the proprietary blobs in your SSD or CPU. GNO MAN?
     
     pray RISC replaces x86
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     Depraved_Cunny (lilianabreeder@varishangout.net)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Dec-2022 13:41:05 JST Depraved_Cunny

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     @Suiseiseki > Linux contains proprietary malware
     > proprietary software is malware
     > linux kernel has proprietary binary blobs
     > linux kernel has malware
     but what about the proprietary blobs in your SSD or CPU. GNO MAN?
     you know there is full remote attacks on these, right?
     and you can change it, just do-your-own-hardware yourself!
     
     *I'm all for a more libre kernel and more support for linux-libre but I would be cautious before saying "there is malware on gnu/linux" *