You did not lose me. Having done much research on DRM and Trusted Computing,
I am quite aware my custom-build cannot avoid all hardware-based DRM. What a
custom-build can do is avoid majority of it, and through erasing all
software-based DRM that one can, most of the unavoidable
I think I have maybe found a way to use Trisquel as my OS, yet avoid the
ordeal of teaching myself how to recompile/reconfigure the kernel, but being
a newbie, I would like feedback from experienced users before I pursue a
possible dead-end.
Google searches indicate that INTEL_TXT.TXT,
Thanks for your comment. In fact, I am concerned with both, which is one
reason I am doing custom-build. Unfortunately, it appears to me that there is
no way to completely avoid hardware DRM, now that AMD has become a TCG
groupie, so erasing any software based crud is even more essential to
I think I lost you. As mentioned earlier you can't custom build a system
entirely free of these issues. You can't buy an older system free of these
issues. So what exactly are you going to custom build?
Even the older systems have pieces like this.
You are going to run into issues with:
1.
Unless I'm mistaken the Intel DRM stuff is avoidable. Don't confuse graphics
DRM with digital restrictions management. If we are talking about the
Trusted Computing piece you just need to verify the CPU doesn't contain it.
Even with the latest generation Intel CPU line up there are models
Yea- that is it.
Is an Intel CPU with the absolutely appaling TXT technology on its own
impotent? Does it require support from the chipset/motherboard to actually
function? Are there many motherboards/chipsets that allow you to turn off the
functionality of the TXT hardware?
At least some models with a TPM can disable it in the BIOS settings.
I don't consider TXT to really be a deciding factor. I think having a system
that works with free software is the number one priority. TXT is avoidable
and so we should avoid it. However the handful of users who are avoiding the
technology are not relevant to Intel. It's just too small a
You are looking at it from the wrong angle I think. While the libre-kernel
should really have this disabled in the software too the hardware is what you
should be concerned about. At least at the moment you can avoid the Intel
CPUs with support for Trusted Computing. We stopped shipping
That is correct. However, it is not half as complicated as people think,
especially if doing such a trivial change. Here's a guide to do just that I
wrote while I was using Debian.
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16t=36525 I suggest you try it,
even if just for fun and learning.
So I assume that to totally erase the configuration items you listed requires
me to learn how to rebuild or reconfigure the kernal at the least? Looks to
be quite a daunting task for a newbie.
I'm an XP Pro user looking to switch to Linux. I have asked on other forums
if there is any distro kernel version that is 100% free of this 'Trusted
Computing' junk, and was recommended Trisquel. So my first question here is
can anyone confirm that Trisquel contains absolutely no Trusted
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