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Re:Some OpenBSD features that aren't widely known by mistrial9 on Saturday February 24, 2024 @02:24PM (#39494394)
predictions for the futures of linux : more intrusive control, locking and phone-home at BOOT time; more opaque binary blobs that enable that and other things; more restrictions on international distribution for sanctions and other political reasons

BSD ++

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Re:Some OpenBSD features that aren't widely known by anthk on Saturday February 24, 2024 @02:41PM (#39494542)
OpenBSD has blobs too.
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Re:Some OpenBSD features that aren't widely known by somat on Saturday February 24, 2024 @03:00PM (#39494681)
blobs are closed source drivers, executable software that runs on the host CPU.

openbsd has no blobs, only firmware, executable software that runs on the device chip. It still sucks, but there is a difference.

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Re:Some OpenBSD features that aren't widely known by mlyle on Saturday February 24, 2024 @03:58PM (#39495108)
Not everyone defines the words that way. And by your definition— Linux doesn’t have blobs, either, in mainline.

(Microcode, I guess, is one other category)

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