Hi Felix, I bought a laptop of the company Tuxedo where I can disable IME.
The options were really tricky. Difficult. I will check again, if they enabled it again. Hopefully not. I didn´t install any proprietary in the beginning. But I don´t know, and that´s why my question, if on my laptop is something installed beforehand. I don´t have enough knowledge about boot process etc.I assume Shepherd is the Guix init system like systemd in other linux distros. Is that right?
What is Grub? Is EFI a part of Grub? I guess Guix community replaced "EFI" with "grubx64.efi" that´s why we can find this file in the boot/EFI folder. > Booring often requires proprietary firmware blobs What do you mean by "Booring" I don´t understand this word? Thanks Gottfried Am 08.01.25 um 18:51 schrieb Felix Lechner:
Hi Gottfried, On Wed, Jan 08 2025, gfp wrote:I want to know briefly (for security reasons) what proprietary packages/programmes are on my laptop installed or run.I am not sure there is a single way. I wouldn't install them in the beginning.I unset IME (Intel Management Engine)I would disable IME completely. The options are very tricky. I believe the standard settings enable remote re-activation after it was turned off.What is the difference of Grub, EFI, Shepherd, gnu-boot?EFI is proprietary (but grubx64.efi is not). Everything else is free software.In the manual I read Guix starts immediately with Linux libre kernel.That's after the boot process. EFI and Grub come first.
Could somebody briefly describe where are proprietary packages hidden in those running/initialising services?Booring often requires proprietary firmware blobs. They are usually stored in ROM chips on your equipment. Microcode updates are also proprietary. Good luck! Kind regards Felix
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