Submitted by josefStallman in freeAsInFreedom
This doesn't necessarily mean a FSF-Cetified distro. LibertyBSD is fully free and isn't on their list, as is Hyperbola. Debian can be made to be fully free (and is by default), Fedora can be made to use linux-libre with a few easy scripts, rendering it fully free, Gentoo and Funtoo can use linux-libre, etc.
If you are, what have you given up for the sake of freedom? If you're not, what's stopping you?
alqm wrote (edited )
I'm running Debian with non-free enabled. I know, I know. But I really can't stop playing a specific addictive first person shooter created by Valve Corp. I guess we all have some weaknesses. Every once and a while I nuke Debian and try some less known distro that will make it harder for me to install Steam, or won't run Steam at all. But the thing is... I get really sad when I can't play. And I slip into depression again. I'm working on it. I've been trying to play some free arena shooters, such as Xonotic, OpenArena, etc. But they really don't have the same effect on me, they don't entertain me as much as the proprietary one, which has online gaming with low latency, lots of players and competitive matches.
Fortunately, Debian didn't need to install any proprietary drivers for wifi or other components. Does this mean that I'm clean of proprietary drivers? What about the so-called "binary blobs" that enable hardware support? Are they in Debian's kernel too?
I'd like to use Libreboot too, but it's only for a few old devices.
EDIT: Anything else I do is with free software. When it comes to proprietary software, I am extra careful to only install what I really need (Steam only at the moment), otherwise I think my system is polluted and I reinstall to clean it up.