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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by jasonjayr on Thursday November 12, 2020 @08:50PM (#25077916)
Debian's default position is to only ship "free software" (OSS, libre, etc).

It is my understanding that a lot of modern GPUs that are cutting edge ship with non-oss binary blobs, which goes against Debian's core principals.

Unfortunately, it means that Debian has poor support for hardware vendors that mandate these binary blobs.

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by MegaDeKay on Thursday November 12, 2020 @10:15PM (#25078413)
Neither AMD graphics nor Intel integrated graphics require a blob. nVidia is the only one of the big three that requires a blob for full performance.
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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by tremon on Friday November 13, 2020 @04:19AM (#25080576)
AMD graphics require a firmware blob for all modern cards [0]. It used to be that the firmware was only needed for 3D acceleration and you could run X/text mode without the blob just fine, but that hasn't been true for years (I think since HD6000 series in 2010).

[0] https://packages.debian.org/buster/firmware-amd-graphics

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by HeadsUpHigh on Friday November 13, 2020 @05:16AM (#25080864)
My gpu works fine on newer kernels. It's not about blobs, debian is just slow.
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