On Sat, Nov 04, 2017 at 03:53:32PM -0700, 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users wrote:
> so from my understanding, "blobs" is a synonym for proprietary code, right ?
 
it's a synonym for "binary object" where in general you don't have the
source code.

> I mean if it doesn't really matter for security I can live with those blobs 
> inside Coreboot. 

having the source code is generally better for security...

but if you have hardware which either works with a blob, or doesnt work
without it, you might want to choose the blob.

> But Qubes will work better with Coreboot correct or why is it recommended 
> here ?

a free bios is better for security. Libreboot supports a lot less
hardware than coreboot.


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cheers,
        Holger

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