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I am finally 100% open source (feddit.org)
submitted 3 months ago by _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org to c/foss@beehaw.org
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Nothing special, just wanted to make a post because I'm extremely proud of myself today. Reddit was the only thing holding me back, and I'm happy to say that I've just deleted my 8 year old account. I'm now only using open source apps for my android and desktop OS and it feels amazing!

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 49 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Nobody tell them about their firmware.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 3 months ago

Dashero is doing great work with coreboot. Several latop vendors sell it preinstalled

[–] Tundra@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 49 points 3 months ago

perfect is the enemy of good

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This isn't an all-or-nothing thing.

For Windows users, it's already a good progress to switch to Firefox/VLC/LibreOffice/NextCloud from closed source alternatives.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

Firefox and VLC were my gateway drugs when I was a teeny pirate discovering the Internet and even computers :)

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 62 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Graphene OS and Debian - trying my best 🥹