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  • ScooptatoProgrammer HumorCoding chess
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    26 days ago

    LOL, I’ve actually heard of it, but I have not played it. Ofc that game never even crossed my mind when writing my comment haha. I suppose choose your own adventure style books also fall into this category.




  • Yeah I understand that. And as I noted with the exception of firmware which almost universally requires running very out of date hardware I do the same. I’d like to get there with my phone but I haven’t managed it yet. I have written off firmware being FOSS because as mentioned. You almost always need very old hardware for that outside of embedded devices. And if you go down the firmware rabbit hole you probably have to draw the line somewhere. Platform firmware is the one everyone focuses on but what about GPU or NIC firmware? What about microcode or firmware embedded in the IME or PSP? Yes you can sometimes neuter the IME but that doesn’t apply to all CPUs. It’s just an unwinnable rabbit hole without going to a fully open computing platform.


  • Router yes, actually router is running coreboot and tiano core with OpenWRT. Does still have proprietary microcode though, and WiFi firmware. All my WAPs also run OpenWRT. I don’t have a modem, I have fiber. The ONT is probably running something proprietary but as far as I’m concerned that’s ISP equipment, not mine. Phone…not quite. I tried…it is running an AOSP rom…but going to a full Linux phone never quite worked out. That being said I was originally referring to my laptop and desktop which make use of no proprietary software or drivers. I do go FOSS to the extreme as much as possible. I just haven’t figured out the phone. I did try going f-droid only for a while but it made basic tasks on my phone substantially more difficult.