How to make sure I'm not using any proprietary software after installation? [duplicate]
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I know I can check the currently installed non-free software 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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What is the “Free software only” option when installing Ubuntu?
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How to list all installed packages from a specific category (component)
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Why is there proprietary software in Ubuntu Software Center?
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I know I can check the currently installed non-free software 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
edited Nov 29 at 21:53
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What is the “Free software only” option when installing Ubuntu?
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How to list all installed packages from a specific category (component)
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Why is there proprietary software in Ubuntu Software Center?
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I know I can check the currently installed non-free software 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
edited Nov 29 at 21:53
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asked Nov 17 at 15:50
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This question already has an answer here:
What is the “Free software only” option when installing Ubuntu?
3 answers
How to list all installed packages from a specific category (component)
1 answer
Why is there proprietary software in Ubuntu Software Center?
4 answers
I know I can check the currently installed non-free software 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?
This question already has an answer here:
What is the “Free software only” option when installing Ubuntu?
3 answers
How to list all installed packages from a specific category (component)
1 answer
Why is there proprietary software in Ubuntu Software Center?
4 answers
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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 Nov 17 at 17:59
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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
Nov 17 at 19:01
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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
Nov 17 at 19:16
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Hi! Could you explain what *contrib" means? Is a contrib package not open source?
– Matt Ellen
Nov 18 at 1:11
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@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
Nov 18 at 13:06
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I ranvrmsand it failed to report Chrome, among others. So, it's not entirely reliable.
– Paddy Landau
Nov 20 at 9:37
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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 Nov 17 at 18:22
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Good one for everyone that comes here before the fact ;-) +1
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up vote
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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 Nov 17 at 17:59
Fabby
26.1k1360159
12
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
Nov 17 at 19:01
6
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
Nov 17 at 19:16
2
Hi! Could you explain what *contrib" means? Is a contrib package not open source?
– Matt Ellen
Nov 18 at 1:11
3
@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
Nov 18 at 13:06
4
I ranvrmsand it failed to report Chrome, among others. So, it's not entirely reliable.
– Paddy Landau
Nov 20 at 9:37
|
show 12 more comments
up vote
91
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 Nov 17 at 17:59
Fabby
26.1k1360159
12
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
Nov 17 at 19:01
6
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
Nov 17 at 19:16
2
Hi! Could you explain what *contrib" means? Is a contrib package not open source?
– Matt Ellen
Nov 18 at 1:11
3
@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
Nov 18 at 13:06
4
I ranvrmsand it failed to report Chrome, among others. So, it's not entirely reliable.
– Paddy Landau
Nov 20 at 9:37
|
show 12 more comments
up vote
91
down vote
accepted
up vote
91
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 Nov 17 at 17:59
Fabby
26.1k1360159
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 Nov 17 at 17:59
Fabby
26.1k1360159
edited Nov 30 at 0:22
answered Nov 17 at 17:59
Fabby
26.1k1360159
answered Nov 17 at 17:59
Fabby
26.1k1360159
answered Nov 17 at 17:59
Fabby
26.1k1360159
26.1k1360159
12
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
Nov 17 at 19:01
6
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
Nov 17 at 19:16
2
Hi! Could you explain what *contrib" means? Is a contrib package not open source?
– Matt Ellen
Nov 18 at 1:11
3
@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
Nov 18 at 13:06
4
I ranvrmsand it failed to report Chrome, among others. So, it's not entirely reliable.
– Paddy Landau
Nov 20 at 9:37
|
show 12 more comments
12
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
Nov 17 at 19:01
6
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
Nov 17 at 19:16
2
Hi! Could you explain what *contrib" means? Is a contrib package not open source?
– Matt Ellen
Nov 18 at 1:11
3
@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
Nov 18 at 13:06
4
I ranvrmsand it failed to report Chrome, among others. So, it's not entirely reliable.
– Paddy Landau
Nov 20 at 9:37
12
12
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
Nov 17 at 19:01
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
Nov 17 at 19:01
6
6
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
Nov 17 at 19:16
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
Nov 17 at 19:16
2
2
Hi! Could you explain what *contrib" means? Is a contrib package not open source?
– Matt Ellen
Nov 18 at 1:11
Hi! Could you explain what *contrib" means? Is a contrib package not open source?
– Matt Ellen
Nov 18 at 1:11
3
3
@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
Nov 18 at 13:06
@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
Nov 18 at 13:06
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4
I ran
vrms and it failed to report Chrome, among others. So, it's not entirely reliable.– Paddy Landau
Nov 20 at 9:37
I ran
vrms and it failed to report Chrome, among others. So, it's not entirely reliable.– Paddy Landau
Nov 20 at 9:37
|
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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 Nov 17 at 18:22
popey
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Good one for everyone that comes here before the fact ;-) +1
– Fabby
Nov 17 at 18:46
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up vote
41
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 Nov 17 at 18:22
popey
12.7k74689
13
Good one for everyone that comes here before the fact ;-) +1
– Fabby
Nov 17 at 18:46
add a comment |
up vote
41
down vote
up vote
41
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 Nov 17 at 18:22
popey
12.7k74689
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 Nov 17 at 18:22
popey
12.7k74689
answered Nov 17 at 18:22
popey
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answered Nov 17 at 18:22
popey
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answered Nov 17 at 18:22
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Good one for everyone that comes here before the fact ;-) +1
– Fabby
Nov 17 at 18:46
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Good one for everyone that comes here before the fact ;-) +1
– Fabby
Nov 17 at 18:46
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Good one for everyone that comes here before the fact ;-) +1
– Fabby
Nov 17 at 18:46
Good one for everyone that comes here before the fact ;-) +1
– Fabby
Nov 17 at 18:46
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Related: How can I remove Proprietary Sources
– wjandrea
Nov 17 at 16:13