Mostly FOSS locally, but I rely on some proprietary software where there are gaps in the FOSS ecosystem.
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I wish it was more, but the paid/closed options in a few categories are just significantly better than anything foss
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I try but games are important to me, though I don't play modern games these days. I al as o make an exception for speaking/playing with friends.
A bunch of older Chromebooks now running a Free firmware, and Debian.
Which chromebooks? if you don’t mind my asking… thinking of going this route, but I’ve read not all chromebooks are created equal wrt installing Linux.
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Arch on every box in the house, including the primary router. Mixed Intel and AMD. Openwrt on every AP (unfortunately Mellanox and MediaTek firmware blobs for the radios). GrapheneOS on my daily and LineageOS on my legacy phone.
Aside from occasional games, I don't install anything I don't have the source to. My phone is the only exception, for apps required to interface with the rest of the world.