• Wilmo Bones@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Pretty FOSS?

    PC - Thinkpad T14s Gen 4: EndeavourOS, Firefox and Thunderbird with the Proton suite of things such as Mail, Pass and VPN - I do pay for them but I think it’s worth it.

    Phone - Pixel 8 with GrapheneOS and as many F-Droid apps as possible. Proton apps for Mail, Pass, Drive, VPN. Cromite browser. The only that aren’t are probably my banking apps, but I could always switch to web I guess.

    I think my biggest hurdle is a Map app that has traffic data that isn’t Google maps.

    • littleradio@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Have you tried OrganicMaps? You can download the map for your state (or states) and it works extremely well offline, with the one downside, being not all specific addresses have been uploaded… but you can sure find the street and the UI is unmatched for FOSS map apps.

  • Dario@feddit.it
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    2 months ago

    Home gateway with LibreCMC, Nextcloud and a bunch of services I need, completely free software down to the wireless module firmware. On my computer I use Parabola GNU/Linux-libre modified to load a non free firmware for my graphics card. Being a x86-64 based system, there are non free firmwares in ROMs. I also run proprietary video games in an unprivileged container. Everything else is fully free.

    • Time@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      2 months ago

      I use a LibreCMC router too, I love it! I have an OpenWRT network switch (VLAN support) with 100% free software in the OS layer; I believe some firmware blobs were removed as well. I have OpenBSD on all my systems and run Whonix VMs in vmm. All my hardware has Libreboot with IME fully removed, 100% blobless in the BIOS. I didn’t update my EC or microcode. I strictly use free software and removed anything proprietary, including non-free firmware packages. All system updates get routed through Tor. I don’t use a dedicated GPU since I don’t play video games anymore. I truly learned to value freedom over entertainment. Learning coding has been my main thing since I got rid of everything proprietary, and let me tell It feels super empowering.

  • Psyhackological@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    FOSS-y

    AbsolutelyProprietary

  • mudle@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Excluding hardware (microcode, UEFI, etc); within my Linux system, the only proprietary software I have installed are Nvidia drivers and Steam (installed via flatpak). When I first made the switch to Linux, I was actually shocked at the minimal amount of proprietary software I actually used/needed.

  • smnwcj@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Ages ago someone wrote a bash script that would calculate your “stallman score”, essentially checking the license of every package in your system.

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Almost everything. All Linux machines, SO included. Self-hosted most everything for a loooooong time, but with Obtainium now I’m really close to ditching the Play Store, too.

  • morgin@lemm.ee
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    2 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
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      2 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.

  • ace_garp@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Currently running majority FLOSS, and glad for the excellent options that these very capable people have released.

    Desktops, laptops, HTPC:

    Trisquel GNU/Linux on Libreboot BIOS hardware

    –//–

    Phones and tablets are:

    GrapheneOS + Fdroid only apps

    –//–

    Rockbox audio players

    (+ Open Tunes from FMA, Argofox, CC netlabels, jamendo, bandcamp etc)

    –//–

    Gadgetbridge + Amazfit Bip (watch)

    [Looking to switch out this watch for a FLOSS smartwatch like: pinetime or bangle.js]

    –//–

    and dd-wrt on the router

    • njordomir@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      This guy has mad FOSS cred. I bet even his socks are made of free range organic open source wool released under a Creative Commons attribution share-alike licence.

      Seriously though, that sounds like an amazing setup. I always wanted to mess with gadget bridge some more. I have a number of old MiBand devices lying around as well as a Bip. The third party apps for that thing had more features than almost every fitness tracker I’ve had potentially even including my Garmin watch. What tools do you use to analyze/review/visualize the gadget bridge data?

      • ace_garp@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Thanks for the props :]

        I usually look at the session graph data on Gadgetbridge, or export a bike GPS track to OSMand to look more in depth at position, height, speed etc.

      • ace_garp@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Thanks, I was checking both before going with ddwrt.

        Looks like OpenWRT has more options and less hand-holding. Would that be right?

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Yes but the wiki is very solid. Also the basic functionality doesn’t require much to setup. Just make sure you set the WiFi country

  • njordomir@lemmy.world
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    2 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

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 months ago

      You shouldn’t use root on Android. It throws the security model out the window. Just run something without google

          • mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org
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            2 months ago

            Well for libreboot i had to program the bios eprom (SOIC-8 SPI programable). For that i used a chinese CH341a programmer which didn’t work (IMPORTANT: first i had to fix the chinese design hardware problem that the ch341a has were it uses 3.3v as vdd but 5v as high level for digital spi signals) because of the shitty cables of the kit. I tried with a rpi pico with the same cables and also didn’t work. Then i literally knitted cables one by one in each of the eprom pins in order to program it and it worked. My advice: don’t use cheap chinese SOIC clips/cables. The CH341a can be fixed but if you can, also don’t use it. They have a bug in their hardware design and they don’t fix it.

            After that i just installed Guix system iso in a pen and proceeded with the installation. I did a full encryption install (FULL all /boot included) because with libreboot you can have grub in your eeprom which is awesome. So basically i have a permanent bootloader that launches at start (besides all the other stuff libreboot does about neutering intel management engine, etc)

            Then i followed more or less this in order to create the config file of the system. Once the config file is created you gust run guix and it does everything: configuration, compiling software if needed, etc.

            And basically that’s it. Well i also searched for a pci wifi card that had free software drivers in h-node.

            Libreboot is very cool. You can change bios “variables”, like for example modifiying your laptop hardcoded company MAC address for a random one (which I did). You have to do that when you are compiling the image that you will write into the eeprom.

            Ah and btw Linux-Libre is just the default kernel for guix system. Basically 0 bloat. There are people channels that have guix system with bloat, but Guix by default is bloat free (well in reality only if you install libreboot too like i did :) ). That’s why i bought a libre software compatible wifi card.

            But Guix system can also be build with Linux, systemd ( the initd is shepherd) and other stuff if you configure it like so. But in order to do that you will have to read the Guix manual probably.

            Basically a hobby project. I wanted to have a fully free computer. So i bought a x220 on ebay and did all that to have the fully free laptop.

            Guix can be used as a kind of package manager in any other distro. And it has super cool features. It’s worth checking out just for that. It follows the classical GNU filosofy of “hack with your computer as much and deeper as you want”.

            Guix system is perfect if you want to mess around, because you can just revert back in time your whole system.

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    As much as I can get it, and more every year.

    All my computers run Linux exclusively. Gaming desktop, personal laptop, Steam Deck, work laptop, and all my servers in my home lab.

    Hypervisor is XCP-ng, VMs are a mix of Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and some random other Linux distros for testing and experimenting.

    My NAS is a TrueNAS Core box.

    I’m in the process of switching my router to PFSense.

    Phone is a Pixel 6a with GrapheneOS.

    Email, VPN, and cloud storage is Proton.

    Password manager is Bit Warden.

    Office docs are all Libre Office & Only Office.

    The only non-FOSS software I use constantly is Discord and Steam, and of course, most of the games I play. On my phone I have majority FOSS apps for everyday stuff, but some things are still proprietary.

  • Drew@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    All FOSS except Nvidia drivers and processor microcode!

    next graphics card will definitely be an AMD