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Is Linux not free software itself? I thought propietary stuff was added downstream.

Am I getting something wrong?

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[-] skulbuny@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You make wonderful points, but I think we can both agree that I've demonstrated that there is value open source drivers, however insignificant they may be in comparison to non open drivers isn't really relevant. It shouldn't be such a shock an individual may want an open source only version of Linux which is the topic of discussion here.

[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Fair enough :)

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