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blobs are closed source drivers, executable software that runs on the host CPU. openbsd has no blobs, only firmware, executable software that runs on the devic

by somat 3y ago

blobs are closed source drivers, executable software that runs on the host CPU. openbsd has no blobs, only firmware, executable software that runs on the device chip. It still sucks, but there is a difference.

mlyle 3y ago
Not everyone defines the words that way. And by your definition— Linux doesn’t have blobs, either, in mainline. (Microcode, I guess, is one other category)