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How FOSS is your setup? (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

95% paypal, linguee and banking apps

[-] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 months ago

Production/Laptop

Framework laptop with x86 Intel CPU, running OpenBSD. All drivers are free, non-free firmware includes intel, inteldrm, iwx (intel wireless device), uvideo (webcam), vmm (virtual machine). BIOS/UEFI is closed.

Hopefully intel, inteldrm, and vmm firmware can be removed after I switch to the RISC-V mainboard that is releasing for the Framework 13 inch soon. iwx firmware can be removed as soon as OpenBSD has better atheros drivers, whenever that patch arrives (or whatever other foss wireless card comes along). uvideo firmware might be unnecessary, but I haven't checked.

FOSS score: Medium-Low, after switching mainboard, Good.

Phone

OG Pinephone running postmarketOS. I don't think there's any non-free firmware (GPU maybe?). ARM64 CPU, only closed firmware I know of is the modem, which I've replaced with a free version here. Don't know about the UEFI/BIOS.

FOSS score: Good, Medium if UEFI/BIOS is closed or there is non-free firmware.

Gaming

Steam Deck, x86 AMD cpu, running proprietary SteamOS. May replace the OS at some point if a good alternative comes along, as SteamOS's immutable design and lack of real package manager besides flatpak annoys me.

FOSS score: Terrible, will always be Terrible because of all the games, even after replacing the OS.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago

RISC V probably doesn't have the performance you will expect. It is equivalent to a budget smart phone from a few years ago

[-] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 months ago

Honestly, good enough for my usecases.

[-] morgin@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Did a fresh install of linux mint recently, because of that a good chunk of my software has been FOSS, however, when it comes to all the gaming related stuff I've installed (drivers, clients, etc.) its been a hit or miss with more proprietary software then i'd like.

Will say, I've struggled for a while to find a good open source music player for local files, I'd love some recommendations (currently trying Rhythmbox but I don't feel I'll love it)

[-] Signfeld@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Try Strawberry, Audacious, and Lollypop. There's a lot of options, it just depends on what you're looking for. I could give better suggestions if I knew what features are important to you.

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[-] daniyeg@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

aside from my kernel not very much

I try to use FOSS as much as possible, but I am not willing to give up video games, so I do have steam installed. I also need discord for communication with friends I am playing with. I only use these two on my desktop computer. On my laptop I don't have any proprietary software running in userspace, but of course it still has proprietary firmware blobs and proprietary UEFI firmware. I also have an old Thinkpad X220 running coreboot and with ME disabled (HAP bit set, ME technically still runs, but halts after hardware initialization) and unnecessary ME components stripped using me_cleaner. And my home server also runs coreboot with ME "disabled" and stripped but it has a BMC with proprietary supermicro firmware and an LSI HBA that also requires firmware.

[-] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Quite near 100%. The device driver for the DVB-S receiver card is my exception.

[-] njordomir@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Daily computing is mostly FOSS programs and my laptop is sold with Linux preinstalled (though I bought the higher spec Windows version and installed Linux myself. Cloud is FOSS, self-hosted in the public cloud (until I get fiber). Phone is rooted Android w/ FOSS apps wherever they meet my needs. I'm about 50% through degoogling and de-Microsofting. Ereader is KOReader (FOSS) running on old Kindle brand hardware. Keyboard is Ergodox Ez which I think the firmware is FOSS. Smarthome is still Smartthings which is not FOSS.

I'm going to give myself a C- 70% FOSS

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[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Hard to pin a number on it, percentage-wise.

  • Desktop and laptop are both running Linux.
  • Chromebook wiped and running Linux.
  • Most software, but definitely not all. Steam, Resolve being the two biggest non-foss items on my desktop, while my ex-Chromebook has a proprietary screenwriting program, as well as OnlyOffice instead of LibreOffice because I need much better Excel compatibility for work and LO still isn't quite there for it.
  • Phone android. But not entirely de-googled. Replaced drive with syncthing, keep with Joplin, photos, phone, and messenger with their Fossify equivalents and disabled the originals. Replaced gboard with heliboard, etc...

But can't/won't completely replace the OS yet because both google pay and android auto are essential to me and getting them working on most replacements is still a royal pain in the butt.

So let's call it 80%, maybe a bit more?

[-] eugenia@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

A bunch of older Chromebooks now running a Free firmware, and Debian.

[-] yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Which chromebooks? if you don’t mind my asking… thinking of going this route, but I’ve read not all chromebooks are created equal wrt installing Linux.

[-] eugenia@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

I had some chromebooks from 2014 to 2019, and these specifically worked with the MrChromebox's firmware. There's a list on his website about the models supported.

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I try but games are important to me, though I don't play modern games these days. I al as o make an exception for speaking/playing with friends.

[-] Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Arch on every box in the house, including the primary router. Mixed Intel and AMD. Openwrt on every AP (unfortunately Mellanox and MediaTek firmware blobs for the radios). GrapheneOS on my daily and LineageOS on my legacy phone.

Aside from occasional games, I don't install anything I don't have the source to. My phone is the only exception, for apps required to interface with the rest of the world.

[-] logir@feddit.it 1 points 5 months ago

What is your "legacy phone"?

[-] Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ah, my last phone that no longer receives any updates. Pixel 2XL. Just keeping it around because parting with electronics is difficult.

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