How to make sure I'm not using any proprietary software after installation?
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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
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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 '18 at 21:53
Fabby
27.1k1360161
asked Nov 17 '18 at 15:50
Public VoidPublic Void
381125
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Related: How can I remove Proprietary Sources
– wjandrea
Nov 17 '18 at 16:13
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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 '18 at 21:53
Fabby
27.1k1360161
asked Nov 17 '18 at 15:50
Public VoidPublic Void
381125
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
apt software-installation proprietary open-source
edited Nov 29 '18 at 21:53
Fabby
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asked Nov 17 '18 at 15:50
Public VoidPublic Void
381125
edited Nov 29 '18 at 21:53
Fabby
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asked Nov 17 '18 at 15:50
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edited Nov 29 '18 at 21:53
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Related: How can I remove Proprietary Sources
– wjandrea
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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 '18 at 17:59
FabbyFabby
27.1k1360161
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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 '18 at 19:01
7
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 '18 at 19:16
3
Hi! Could you explain what *contrib" means? Is a contrib package not open source?
– Matt Ellen
Nov 18 '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 '18 at 13:06
8
I ranvrmsand it failed to report Chrome, among others. So, it's not entirely reliable.
– Paddy Landau
Nov 20 '18 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 '18 at 18:22
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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 '18 at 17:59
FabbyFabby
27.1k1360161
13
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 '18 at 19:01
7
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 '18 at 19:16
3
Hi! Could you explain what *contrib" means? Is a contrib package not open source?
– Matt Ellen
Nov 18 '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 '18 at 13:06
8
I ranvrmsand it failed to report Chrome, among others. So, it's not entirely reliable.
– Paddy Landau
Nov 20 '18 at 9:37
|
show 10 more comments
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 '18 at 17:59
FabbyFabby
27.1k1360161
13
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 '18 at 19:01
7
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 '18 at 19:16
3
Hi! Could you explain what *contrib" means? Is a contrib package not open source?
– Matt Ellen
Nov 18 '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 '18 at 13:06
8
I ranvrmsand it failed to report Chrome, among others. So, it's not entirely reliable.
– Paddy Landau
Nov 20 '18 at 9:37
|
show 10 more comments
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 '18 at 17:59
FabbyFabby
27.1k1360161
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 '18 at 17:59
FabbyFabby
27.1k1360161
edited Nov 30 '18 at 0:22
answered Nov 17 '18 at 17:59
FabbyFabby
27.1k1360161
answered Nov 17 '18 at 17:59
FabbyFabby
27.1k1360161
answered Nov 17 '18 at 17:59
FabbyFabby
27.1k1360161
27.1k1360161
13
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 '18 at 19:01
7
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 '18 at 19:16
3
Hi! Could you explain what *contrib" means? Is a contrib package not open source?
– Matt Ellen
Nov 18 '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 '18 at 13:06
8
I ranvrmsand it failed to report Chrome, among others. So, it's not entirely reliable.
– Paddy Landau
Nov 20 '18 at 9:37
|
show 10 more comments
13
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 '18 at 19:01
7
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 '18 at 19:16
3
Hi! Could you explain what *contrib" means? Is a contrib package not open source?
– Matt Ellen
Nov 18 '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 '18 at 13:06
8
I ranvrmsand it failed to report Chrome, among others. So, it's not entirely reliable.
– Paddy Landau
Nov 20 '18 at 9:37
13
13
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 '18 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 '18 at 19:01
7
7
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 '18 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 '18 at 19:16
3
3
Hi! Could you explain what *contrib" means? Is a contrib package not open source?
– Matt Ellen
Nov 18 '18 at 1:11
Hi! Could you explain what *contrib" means? Is a contrib package not open source?
– Matt Ellen
Nov 18 '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 '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 '18 at 13:06
8
8
I ran
vrms and it failed to report Chrome, among others. So, it's not entirely reliable.– Paddy Landau
Nov 20 '18 at 9:37
I ran
vrms and it failed to report Chrome, among others. So, it's not entirely reliable.– Paddy Landau
Nov 20 '18 at 9:37
|
show 10 more comments
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 '18 at 18:22
popeypopey
13.2k74791
add a comment |
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 '18 at 18:22
popeypopey
13.2k74791
add a comment |
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 '18 at 18:22
popeypopey
13.2k74791
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 '18 at 18:22
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answered Nov 17 '18 at 18:22
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answered Nov 17 '18 at 18:22
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answered Nov 17 '18 at 18:22
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