More than "one or two" - I repeat: The "non-free" firmware is mostly already installed in the hardware itself. Those few firmware images loaded to certain devices on device startup are merely the tip of the iceberg.
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General Resolution: Non-Free Firmware. Call for votes :-)
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Re: General Resolution: Non-Free Firmware. Call for votes :-)
The one or two was a bit on the sarcastic side of an understatement.. it was meant to be tongue in cheek. If I was a betting man, I'd wager over 80% of installs are out there using non-freeMore than "one or two" - I repeat:
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Re: General Resolution: Non-Free Firmware. Call for votes :-)
Make that 100%. Modern hard drives need controllers powerful enough to run malware that operates below Ring 0.
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Re: General Resolution: Non-Free Firmware. Call for votes :-)
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The winners are:
Option 5 "Change SC for non-free firmware in installer, one installer"
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Re: General Resolution: Non-Free Firmware. Call for votes :-)
Hey, HoaS - believe it or not the option we picked won!-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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The winners are:
Option 5 "Change SC for non-free firmware in installer, one installer"
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Amazing.
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Re: General Resolution: Non-Free Firmware. Call for votes :-)
Would certainly have inspired William Shakespeare a controversial play ( drama , comedy ? ) titled : All’s Well That Ends Well ?
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https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/cu ... so-hybrid/
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Re: General Resolution: Non-Free Firmware. Call for votes :-)
Well that, with me, identifies 3 of the 4.wizard10000 wrote: ↑2022-10-02 15:19
Hey, HoaS - believe it or not the option we picked won!
Amazing.
The option made sense, but seemed a long shot.
Should make it a lot easier though, not to mention that post numbers here may halve.
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Re: General Resolution: Non-Free Firmware. Call for votes :-)
we see things not as they are, but as we are.
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