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GrimWillow wrote

Heads? Is that a freer alternative to Tails? How can I find out more about the proprietary software Tails is using? It surprises me that they would considering it is a security OS and proprietary software is a potential backdoor in every case AFAIK.

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josefStallman OP wrote

Tails uses the regular linux kernel to improve hardware compatibility. The linux kernel includes some non-free drivers to ensure that things like wifi cards and some storage media work properly. Heads uses the linux-libre kernel, which removes the non-free blobs from the regular linux kernel.

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GrimWillow wrote

Thanks for the Heads up! ;)

I looked up "Heads Live OS" and "Heads OS" to no avail.

Eventually I found a link by mentioning linux libre in the search, for anyone else looking for the link:

https://heads.dyne.org/

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