How to make sure I'm not using any proprietary software after instalation?
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I know I can check the currently installed ones with the following command (assuming aptitude is FOSS):
aptitude search '?installed (?section(restricted) | ?section(multiverse))'
And I can remove the "restricted" and "multiverse" sources (and not add any PPA's) to keep that list empty. I'm assuming from this point, whenever I apt install something, that something is either in the allowed sources or it is not found.
Is this enough? Does this make sure all software I'm running (in Ubuntu) is open-source?
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I know I can check the currently installed ones with the following command (assuming aptitude is FOSS):
aptitude search '?installed (?section(restricted) | ?section(multiverse))'
And I can remove the "restricted" and "multiverse" sources (and not add any PPA's) to keep that list empty. I'm assuming from this point, whenever I apt install something, that something is either in the allowed sources or it is not found.
Is this enough? Does this make sure all software I'm running (in Ubuntu) is open-source?
apt software-installation proprietary open-source
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Related: How can I remove Proprietary Sources
– wjandrea
2 days ago
Possible duplicate of Why is there proprietary software in Ubuntu Software Center?
– N0rbert
2 days ago
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Possible duplicate of What is the "Free software only" option when installing Ubuntu?
– popey
2 days ago
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Possible duplicate of How to list all installed packages from a specific category (comptonent)
– muru
2 days ago
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I know I can check the currently installed ones with the following command (assuming aptitude is FOSS):
aptitude search '?installed (?section(restricted) | ?section(multiverse))'
And I can remove the "restricted" and "multiverse" sources (and not add any PPA's) to keep that list empty. I'm assuming from this point, whenever I apt install something, that something is either in the allowed sources or it is not found.
Is this enough? Does this make sure all software I'm running (in Ubuntu) is open-source?
apt software-installation proprietary open-source
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I know I can check the currently installed ones with the following command (assuming aptitude is FOSS):
aptitude search '?installed (?section(restricted) | ?section(multiverse))'
And I can remove the "restricted" and "multiverse" sources (and not add any PPA's) to keep that list empty. I'm assuming from this point, whenever I apt install something, that something is either in the allowed sources or it is not found.
Is this enough? Does this make sure all software I'm running (in Ubuntu) is open-source?
apt software-installation proprietary open-source
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Related: How can I remove Proprietary Sources
– wjandrea
2 days ago
Possible duplicate of Why is there proprietary software in Ubuntu Software Center?
– N0rbert
2 days ago
3
Possible duplicate of What is the "Free software only" option when installing Ubuntu?
– popey
2 days ago
1
Possible duplicate of How to list all installed packages from a specific category (comptonent)
– muru
2 days ago
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Related: How can I remove Proprietary Sources
– wjandrea
2 days ago
Possible duplicate of Why is there proprietary software in Ubuntu Software Center?
– N0rbert
2 days ago
3
Possible duplicate of What is the "Free software only" option when installing Ubuntu?
– popey
2 days ago
1
Possible duplicate of How to list all installed packages from a specific category (comptonent)
– muru
2 days ago
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Related: How can I remove Proprietary Sources
– wjandrea
2 days ago
Related: How can I remove Proprietary Sources
– wjandrea
2 days ago
Possible duplicate of Why is there proprietary software in Ubuntu Software Center?
– N0rbert
2 days ago
Possible duplicate of Why is there proprietary software in Ubuntu Software Center?
– N0rbert
2 days ago
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3
Possible duplicate of What is the "Free software only" option when installing Ubuntu?
– popey
2 days ago
Possible duplicate of What is the "Free software only" option when installing Ubuntu?
– popey
2 days ago
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Possible duplicate of How to list all installed packages from a specific category (comptonent)
– muru
2 days ago
Possible duplicate of How to list all installed packages from a specific category (comptonent)
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vrms (Virtual Richard M. Stallman) to the rescue:
sudo apt install vrms
vrms
and you'll get something like:
Non-free packages installed on computer-name
app-shortname1 Application long name 1
app-shortname2 Application long name 2
app-shortname3 Application long name 3
Contrib packages installed on computer-name
app-contrib1 Application Contrib Name 1
3 non-free packages, 0.4% of 2381 installed packages.
1 contrib packages, 0.1% of 2381 installed packages.
that will ensure you do / do not have any proprietary software installed.
Note: CPU firmware patches are non-free but absolutely needed to protect you from some processor flaws and their ilks, so don't go overboard! ;-)
answered 2 days ago
Fabby
25.5k1359159
Thanks and (currently non-public) +1 to both answers. -Why- aren't there free alternatives to such firmware patches?
– Public Void
2 days ago
9
Intel's Intellectual property: CPUs are still closed source except RISC-V. @PublicVoid and as you're a new user: If one of the answers solved your problem, don't forget to click the grey ☑ at the left of its text, which means Yes, this answer is the most useful of all! ;-)
– Fabby
2 days ago
2
No, you'd have to buy an entire new computer with another CPU and supporting chipsets: it would not be an Intel system any more. Give it a few more years until someone in Taiwan starts building Risc-V processors for a rock bottom price @PublicVoid
– Fabby
2 days ago
2
CPU firmware patches do not protect you from Spectre. They might protect you from Meltdown, but so can/does PTI which the kernel will enable if the CPU firmware is not patched.
– R..
2 days ago
2
@Fabby: Not just future. Skylake has had at least 1 correctness problem before Meltdown/Spectre that required a microcode update to fix. (Disabling the use of the IDQ as a 64-entry loop buffer (LSD = Loop Stream Detector) because of rare corner cases with inserting (or failing to insert) merging uops for partial registers. Erratum SKL150. See hothardware.com/news/…. See also some low-level microbenchmarks / perf-counter results before the fix
– Peter Cordes
yesterday
|
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If you're keen on having only Free Software (although you used the term Open Source) on your computer, you may want to consider installing Ubuntu with the "Free Software Only" option. You can find out more over at this question.
answered 2 days ago
popey
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Good one for everyone that comes here before the fact ;-) +1
– Fabby
2 days ago
add a comment |
2 Answers
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
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active
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active
oldest
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up vote
75
down vote
accepted
vrms (Virtual Richard M. Stallman) to the rescue:
sudo apt install vrms
vrms
and you'll get something like:
Non-free packages installed on computer-name
app-shortname1 Application long name 1
app-shortname2 Application long name 2
app-shortname3 Application long name 3
Contrib packages installed on computer-name
app-contrib1 Application Contrib Name 1
3 non-free packages, 0.4% of 2381 installed packages.
1 contrib packages, 0.1% of 2381 installed packages.
that will ensure you do / do not have any proprietary software installed.
Note: CPU firmware patches are non-free but absolutely needed to protect you from some processor flaws and their ilks, so don't go overboard! ;-)
answered 2 days ago
Fabby
25.5k1359159
Thanks and (currently non-public) +1 to both answers. -Why- aren't there free alternatives to such firmware patches?
– Public Void
2 days ago
9
Intel's Intellectual property: CPUs are still closed source except RISC-V. @PublicVoid and as you're a new user: If one of the answers solved your problem, don't forget to click the grey ☑ at the left of its text, which means Yes, this answer is the most useful of all! ;-)
– Fabby
2 days ago
2
No, you'd have to buy an entire new computer with another CPU and supporting chipsets: it would not be an Intel system any more. Give it a few more years until someone in Taiwan starts building Risc-V processors for a rock bottom price @PublicVoid
– Fabby
2 days ago
2
CPU firmware patches do not protect you from Spectre. They might protect you from Meltdown, but so can/does PTI which the kernel will enable if the CPU firmware is not patched.
– R..
2 days ago
2
@Fabby: Not just future. Skylake has had at least 1 correctness problem before Meltdown/Spectre that required a microcode update to fix. (Disabling the use of the IDQ as a 64-entry loop buffer (LSD = Loop Stream Detector) because of rare corner cases with inserting (or failing to insert) merging uops for partial registers. Erratum SKL150. See hothardware.com/news/…. See also some low-level microbenchmarks / perf-counter results before the fix
– Peter Cordes
yesterday
|
show 11 more comments
up vote
75
down vote
accepted
vrms (Virtual Richard M. Stallman) to the rescue:
sudo apt install vrms
vrms
and you'll get something like:
Non-free packages installed on computer-name
app-shortname1 Application long name 1
app-shortname2 Application long name 2
app-shortname3 Application long name 3
Contrib packages installed on computer-name
app-contrib1 Application Contrib Name 1
3 non-free packages, 0.4% of 2381 installed packages.
1 contrib packages, 0.1% of 2381 installed packages.
that will ensure you do / do not have any proprietary software installed.
Note: CPU firmware patches are non-free but absolutely needed to protect you from some processor flaws and their ilks, so don't go overboard! ;-)
answered 2 days ago
Fabby
25.5k1359159
Thanks and (currently non-public) +1 to both answers. -Why- aren't there free alternatives to such firmware patches?
– Public Void
2 days ago
9
Intel's Intellectual property: CPUs are still closed source except RISC-V. @PublicVoid and as you're a new user: If one of the answers solved your problem, don't forget to click the grey ☑ at the left of its text, which means Yes, this answer is the most useful of all! ;-)
– Fabby
2 days ago
2
No, you'd have to buy an entire new computer with another CPU and supporting chipsets: it would not be an Intel system any more. Give it a few more years until someone in Taiwan starts building Risc-V processors for a rock bottom price @PublicVoid
– Fabby
2 days ago
2
CPU firmware patches do not protect you from Spectre. They might protect you from Meltdown, but so can/does PTI which the kernel will enable if the CPU firmware is not patched.
– R..
2 days ago
2
@Fabby: Not just future. Skylake has had at least 1 correctness problem before Meltdown/Spectre that required a microcode update to fix. (Disabling the use of the IDQ as a 64-entry loop buffer (LSD = Loop Stream Detector) because of rare corner cases with inserting (or failing to insert) merging uops for partial registers. Erratum SKL150. See hothardware.com/news/…. See also some low-level microbenchmarks / perf-counter results before the fix
– Peter Cordes
yesterday
|
show 11 more comments
up vote
75
down vote
accepted
up vote
75
down vote
accepted
vrms (Virtual Richard M. Stallman) to the rescue:
sudo apt install vrms
vrms
and you'll get something like:
Non-free packages installed on computer-name
app-shortname1 Application long name 1
app-shortname2 Application long name 2
app-shortname3 Application long name 3
Contrib packages installed on computer-name
app-contrib1 Application Contrib Name 1
3 non-free packages, 0.4% of 2381 installed packages.
1 contrib packages, 0.1% of 2381 installed packages.
that will ensure you do / do not have any proprietary software installed.
Note: CPU firmware patches are non-free but absolutely needed to protect you from some processor flaws and their ilks, so don't go overboard! ;-)
answered 2 days ago
Fabby
25.5k1359159
vrms (Virtual Richard M. Stallman) to the rescue:
sudo apt install vrms
vrms
and you'll get something like:
Non-free packages installed on computer-name
app-shortname1 Application long name 1
app-shortname2 Application long name 2
app-shortname3 Application long name 3
Contrib packages installed on computer-name
app-contrib1 Application Contrib Name 1
3 non-free packages, 0.4% of 2381 installed packages.
1 contrib packages, 0.1% of 2381 installed packages.
that will ensure you do / do not have any proprietary software installed.
Note: CPU firmware patches are non-free but absolutely needed to protect you from some processor flaws and their ilks, so don't go overboard! ;-)
answered 2 days ago
Fabby
25.5k1359159
edited yesterday
answered 2 days ago
Fabby
25.5k1359159
answered 2 days ago
Fabby
25.5k1359159
answered 2 days ago
Fabby
25.5k1359159
25.5k1359159
Thanks and (currently non-public) +1 to both answers. -Why- aren't there free alternatives to such firmware patches?
– Public Void
2 days ago
9
Intel's Intellectual property: CPUs are still closed source except RISC-V. @PublicVoid and as you're a new user: If one of the answers solved your problem, don't forget to click the grey ☑ at the left of its text, which means Yes, this answer is the most useful of all! ;-)
– Fabby
2 days ago
2
No, you'd have to buy an entire new computer with another CPU and supporting chipsets: it would not be an Intel system any more. Give it a few more years until someone in Taiwan starts building Risc-V processors for a rock bottom price @PublicVoid
– Fabby
2 days ago
2
CPU firmware patches do not protect you from Spectre. They might protect you from Meltdown, but so can/does PTI which the kernel will enable if the CPU firmware is not patched.
– R..
2 days ago
2
@Fabby: Not just future. Skylake has had at least 1 correctness problem before Meltdown/Spectre that required a microcode update to fix. (Disabling the use of the IDQ as a 64-entry loop buffer (LSD = Loop Stream Detector) because of rare corner cases with inserting (or failing to insert) merging uops for partial registers. Erratum SKL150. See hothardware.com/news/…. See also some low-level microbenchmarks / perf-counter results before the fix
– Peter Cordes
yesterday
|
show 11 more comments
Thanks and (currently non-public) +1 to both answers. -Why- aren't there free alternatives to such firmware patches?
– Public Void
2 days ago
9
Intel's Intellectual property: CPUs are still closed source except RISC-V. @PublicVoid and as you're a new user: If one of the answers solved your problem, don't forget to click the grey ☑ at the left of its text, which means Yes, this answer is the most useful of all! ;-)
– Fabby
2 days ago
2
No, you'd have to buy an entire new computer with another CPU and supporting chipsets: it would not be an Intel system any more. Give it a few more years until someone in Taiwan starts building Risc-V processors for a rock bottom price @PublicVoid
– Fabby
2 days ago
2
CPU firmware patches do not protect you from Spectre. They might protect you from Meltdown, but so can/does PTI which the kernel will enable if the CPU firmware is not patched.
– R..
2 days ago
2
@Fabby: Not just future. Skylake has had at least 1 correctness problem before Meltdown/Spectre that required a microcode update to fix. (Disabling the use of the IDQ as a 64-entry loop buffer (LSD = Loop Stream Detector) because of rare corner cases with inserting (or failing to insert) merging uops for partial registers. Erratum SKL150. See hothardware.com/news/…. See also some low-level microbenchmarks / perf-counter results before the fix
– Peter Cordes
yesterday
Thanks and (currently non-public) +1 to both answers. -Why- aren't there free alternatives to such firmware patches?
– Public Void
2 days ago
Thanks and (currently non-public) +1 to both answers. -Why- aren't there free alternatives to such firmware patches?
– Public Void
2 days ago
9
9
Intel's Intellectual property: CPUs are still closed source except RISC-V. @PublicVoid and as you're a new user: If one of the answers solved your problem, don't forget to click the grey ☑ at the left of its text, which means Yes, this answer is the most useful of all! ;-)
– Fabby
2 days ago
Intel's Intellectual property: CPUs are still closed source except RISC-V. @PublicVoid and as you're a new user: If one of the answers solved your problem, don't forget to click the grey ☑ at the left of its text, which means Yes, this answer is the most useful of all! ;-)
– Fabby
2 days ago
2
2
No, you'd have to buy an entire new computer with another CPU and supporting chipsets: it would not be an Intel system any more. Give it a few more years until someone in Taiwan starts building Risc-V processors for a rock bottom price @PublicVoid
– Fabby
2 days ago
No, you'd have to buy an entire new computer with another CPU and supporting chipsets: it would not be an Intel system any more. Give it a few more years until someone in Taiwan starts building Risc-V processors for a rock bottom price @PublicVoid
– Fabby
2 days ago
2
2
CPU firmware patches do not protect you from Spectre. They might protect you from Meltdown, but so can/does PTI which the kernel will enable if the CPU firmware is not patched.
– R..
2 days ago
CPU firmware patches do not protect you from Spectre. They might protect you from Meltdown, but so can/does PTI which the kernel will enable if the CPU firmware is not patched.
– R..
2 days ago
2
2
@Fabby: Not just future. Skylake has had at least 1 correctness problem before Meltdown/Spectre that required a microcode update to fix. (Disabling the use of the IDQ as a 64-entry loop buffer (LSD = Loop Stream Detector) because of rare corner cases with inserting (or failing to insert) merging uops for partial registers. Erratum SKL150. See hothardware.com/news/…. See also some low-level microbenchmarks / perf-counter results before the fix
– Peter Cordes
yesterday
@Fabby: Not just future. Skylake has had at least 1 correctness problem before Meltdown/Spectre that required a microcode update to fix. (Disabling the use of the IDQ as a 64-entry loop buffer (LSD = Loop Stream Detector) because of rare corner cases with inserting (or failing to insert) merging uops for partial registers. Erratum SKL150. See hothardware.com/news/…. See also some low-level microbenchmarks / perf-counter results before the fix
– Peter Cordes
yesterday
|
show 11 more comments
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If you're keen on having only Free Software (although you used the term Open Source) on your computer, you may want to consider installing Ubuntu with the "Free Software Only" option. You can find out more over at this question.
answered 2 days ago
popey
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Good one for everyone that comes here before the fact ;-) +1
– Fabby
2 days ago
add a comment |
up vote
35
down vote
If you're keen on having only Free Software (although you used the term Open Source) on your computer, you may want to consider installing Ubuntu with the "Free Software Only" option. You can find out more over at this question.
answered 2 days ago
popey
12.6k74689
6
Good one for everyone that comes here before the fact ;-) +1
– Fabby
2 days ago
add a comment |
up vote
35
down vote
up vote
35
down vote
If you're keen on having only Free Software (although you used the term Open Source) on your computer, you may want to consider installing Ubuntu with the "Free Software Only" option. You can find out more over at this question.
answered 2 days ago
popey
12.6k74689
If you're keen on having only Free Software (although you used the term Open Source) on your computer, you may want to consider installing Ubuntu with the "Free Software Only" option. You can find out more over at this question.
answered 2 days ago
popey
12.6k74689
answered 2 days ago
popey
12.6k74689
answered 2 days ago
popey
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answered 2 days ago
popey
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Good one for everyone that comes here before the fact ;-) +1
– Fabby
2 days ago
add a comment |
6
Good one for everyone that comes here before the fact ;-) +1
– Fabby
2 days ago
6
6
Good one for everyone that comes here before the fact ;-) +1
– Fabby
2 days ago
Good one for everyone that comes here before the fact ;-) +1
– Fabby
2 days ago
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Related: How can I remove Proprietary Sources
– wjandrea
2 days ago
Possible duplicate of Why is there proprietary software in Ubuntu Software Center?
– N0rbert
2 days ago
3
Possible duplicate of What is the "Free software only" option when installing Ubuntu?
– popey
2 days ago
1
Possible duplicate of How to list all installed packages from a specific category (comptonent)
– muru
2 days ago