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Open source is a term used for software whose source code is made available. Software distributed under Open source license allow the users to study, debug and improve the software with certain rights preserved for the copyright holder.

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What is the point of using an open source and secure OS if you are running it on a machine w...

Even if you cant't trust the firmware, being able to trust the OS (and applications) increases the overall trust that you can have in the system. Also, the firmware is seldom (if ever) used beyond bo …
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