Excluding hardware (microcode, UEFI, etc); within my Linux system, the only proprietary software I have installed are Nvidia drivers and Steam (installed via flatpak). When I first made the switch to Linux, I was actually shocked at the minimal amount of proprietary software I actually used/needed.

Undoubtedly

LMAO. Microsoft really made Windows Server and won’t even use that crap themselves.

Fr. Had me thinking ASUS Motherboards. Really had me going there😅

I’m still in shock how quickly they have progressed.

Incredible!! I don’t think I have ever heard this explained in such simplicity. Great write up.

For all those wanting to know what version of the xz package you have, DO NOT use xz -V or xz --version. Ask your package manager instead; e.g. apt info xz-utils. Executing a potentially malicious binary IS NOT a good idea, so ask your package manager instead.