08 November 2017

4 Ways Open Source Software Is Not Good Enough


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I have used free and open source software on my computer for years. These days, I try to exclusively use free software. I’ve written a lengthy guide detailing my efforts and how you can go beyond what I have done. But there remain corners of my computer that aren’t fully open. My laptop’s Wi-Fi card doesn’t work without a closed binary blob tucked away somewhere in the Linux kernel. For other people, it’s not about hardware. There are proprietary apps they rely on for tasks that free software does not yet do. That’s not to say that there’s a problem...

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