Re: [Tails-dev] NSA tails and closed code

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Author: boyska
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To: tails-dev
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] NSA tails and closed code
Georg Koppen:
>anonym:
>> Romper Stomper via Tails-dev:
>>> and why are there closed codes in “tails”?
>>
>> I guess you are referring to the firmwares required for hardware
>> support? If we didn't ship these firmwares Tails would not run on most
>> hardware. It's a necessary trade-off.
>
>Is there a list of those firmwares somewhere (I couldn't find anything
>on the Tails website about that topic after searching a bit) or is it
>"just" a Debian package taken 1:1 from upstream?


https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/stable/config/chroot_local-packageslists/tails-common.list#L247
this is the list of debian packages Tails installs to have firmwares

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boyska