Does Alpine Linux contain blobs?
Does Alpine Linux contain binary blobs, or have they removed such firmware like Debian?
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A web search did not turn up anything definitive from third-party sources, but you can browse the Alpine package list. It includes a listing for the license under which each package is released. I know it's not a quick or easy answer, but it's the best I could come up with.
https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages Perhaps you would get a quicker authoritative answer by posing the question in the Alpine forums. |
Are you just asking if alpine includes them because you need them or just for the information?
If you want you can keep a copy locally like this: git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git then you can keep it up to date from time-to-time by cd linux-firmware git pull --all FYI it is around 190MB in size. |
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I'll ask on their forum. |
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You are quite right though: you really need to investigate the hardware and never assume it will work. Old computers are great. |
LOL. Good luck!
I'm sure all linux distros have firmware blobs. I've never attempted a 'sudo rm -rf /lib/firmware', but I'm pretty sure it causes problems. |
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$ ls -l /lib/firmware/ |
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