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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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