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		Conan_Kudo 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Judge Signals Win for Software Freedom Conservancy... Linux does not allow proprietary drivers. The fact that people do it anyway is a separate issue.

firesteelrain 2 days ago [–]

I don’t know how Linux can function on modern hardware. It requires modules in some cases like Broadcom WiFi that are proprietary.

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