Tower’s explanation of blobs is kind of strange and not really correct. In a general sense a binary blob is just a situation where you have open-source software that is combined with proprietary components.
Most relevant example to the meme is that the Linux kernel is open-source, but can sometimes contain drivers that are proprietary and don’t have source code available. Those proprietary drivers would be the blobs.
As a counter-example, the linux-libre kernel that devfuuu linked to, is a version of the Linux kernel that has had all the blobs removed.
As a noob, I genuinely can’t tell if this is real jargon or not
Tower’s explanation of blobs is kind of strange and not really correct. In a general sense a binary blob is just a situation where you have open-source software that is combined with proprietary components.
Most relevant example to the meme is that the Linux kernel is open-source, but can sometimes contain drivers that are proprietary and don’t have source code available. Those proprietary drivers would be the blobs.
As a counter-example, the linux-libre kernel that devfuuu linked to, is a version of the Linux kernel that has had all the blobs removed.
Oh that makes so much more sense <3
Lol tell me your computer is blobbed without telling me your computer is blobbed!
I would love to be fully open source but what metal to use…?
It is. https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/