> Not all coreboot features are necessarily malicious
But some of them may be, and without freedom 1 there is no way to check.
Also, while proprietary software is often malicious, the fact that it is
non-free is enough of a reason not to use it. It is wrong for the developer
to have power
There's quite a lot of proprietary code being run by libreboot such as CPU
microcode (without updates), EC firmware, SSD/HDD firmware etc. Whenever they
find a free replacement they use it, but the computer is far from 100 percent
free when using libreboot.
> "coreboot is not necessary because libreboot exists"
>
> Libreboot uses coreboot code. Without "blob" indeed but it wouldn't exist at
> all without the coreboot effort.
This is true, but I was referring not to coreboot's development but to
its use. To be more clear I could have said that the
Hy to everyone! How is it possible to copy in the file "backgrounds"(usr
share backgrounds) other pictures to be used as wallpapers? Thank you.
"coreboot is not necessary because libreboot exists"
Libreboot uses coreboot code. Without "blob" indeed but it wouldn't exist at
all without the coreboot effort.
root@xubuntu:~# e2fsck -f /dev/sda5
e2fsck 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)
/dev/sda5 is in use.
e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting.
Is there some other way the disk can be in use when it's not mounted?
You can select a background in your home folder. Writing in
/usr/share/backgrounds requires administrative permissions. If have such
permission and really want to copy a file to /usr/share/backgrounds, open a
terminal in the folder containing the file ("back.jpg" in my example) and
There are applications where performances are essential. I do use my 16 GB
of RAM to run some of my research prototypes. In that regard, Libretrend is
appealing to me even if it is worse that Libreboot computers from a freedom
perspective. I only suggested Libretrend to be more honest,
I have a serious issue that when I start LightDM or run startx, the graphics
are always frozen, and I can never back to tty during the frozen X. But
before starting grphical servers tty was always working properly. :(
The free native graphics in libreboot seems to be a hack which doesn't work
well for certain use cases - e.g. I cannot use a T60 laptop with Intel
graphics connected to an external monitor via DVI connection after
disassembling the laptop's monitor which is my current setup.
> There are applications where performances are essential.
For sure, which is what I meant by "in general." However, I talk to many
ordinary desktop users who base their decisions not on the requirements
of specific applications but on "old=bad, new=good" and purchase laptops
with 16 GB that they
On 02/10/18 01:27, ma...@masonhock.com wrote:
>> browser.search.defaultenginename.US
>> data:text/plain,browser.search.defaultenginename.US=Google
> I booted into a live session, ran Abrowser, and looked at this value.
> It was the same as yours. However, using the search bar search DDG as
>
Not all coreboot features are necessarily malicious, e.g. the proprietary VGA
option ROM which supports more laptop monitors than the free libreboot native
graphics implementation.
but but but, I can't find the "Redmond" theme, what/where is that?
Right!
Well, after I rebooted my computer the logo did infact change color! And the
color change is also visible on the all the logos in the
/usr/share/icons/trisquel/scalable/places/ folder.
So it worked! Very neat :)
Now I just wonder if it was necessary to open it with sudo in command
Anybody know if there is an easy way to change color/style of all the icons
*except* the Trisquel logo.
I love to have the Trisquel logo in the bottom left corner, but I want to
change the color/styling of all the other icons. Is that easily possible? Or
do I need to manually change one
In hindsight I should probably have a new thread for this, bur here we are
I am not claiming that every blob in coreboot is malicious. As usual with
proprietary software: maybe it is, maybe it is not, and you are not allowed
to know. That does not inspire confidence...
/usr/share/icons/trisquel/scalable/places/trisquel.svg belongs to the "root"
user (the so-called superuser) and other users can only *r*ead that file
(what is obviously necessary to display the icon). Using 'ls -l' in a
terminal, that is what "r--", at the end of "-rw-r--r--" tells (you can
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