How free is my laptop according to RMS
There is this meme going around to indicate how much Free and Non-free software one has installed on one’s workstation. To determine it, just run vrms. If you do not have it installed then just do sudo apt-get install vrms
mariusb@mariusb-t60laptop:~$ vrms
Non-free packages installed on mariusb-t60laptop
3270-common Common files for IBM 3270 emulators and pr3287
fglrx-modaliases Identifiers supported by the ATI graphics driver
ibm-j2re1.5 Java(TM) JRE, Standard Edition, IBM Corporation
Reason: Proprietary licence, no source available
libmotif3 Open Motif - shared libraries
linux-generic Complete Generic Linux kernel
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.28 modules helper script
linux-restricted-modules- Restricted Linux modules for generic kernels
nvidia-173-modaliases Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
nvidia-180-modaliases Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
nvidia-71-modaliases Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
nvidia-96-modaliases Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
opera The Opera Web Browser
skype Skype - Take a deep breath
sun-java6-bin Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (architecture
sun-java6-jre Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (architecture
t1-xfree86-nonfree non-free Postscript Type 1 fonts from XFree86
tangerine-icon-theme Tangerine Icon theme
ttf-xfree86-nonfree non-free TrueType fonts from XFree86
unrar Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)
Reason: Modifications problematic
x3270 X11 program for telnet sessions to IBM mainframes
xfonts-x3270-misc Font files for the x3270(1) IBM 3270 emulator
xmind XMind - Brainstorming and Mind Mapping
Contrib packages installed on mariusb-t60laptop
flashplugin-installer Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
flashplugin-nonfree Adobe Flash Player plugin installer (transitional pack
gstreamer0.10-pitfdll GStreamer plugin for using MS Windows binary codecs
msttcorefonts transitional dummy package
nvidia-common Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ttf-mscorefonts-installer Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts
22 non-free packages, 1.3% of 1645 installed packages.
6 contrib packages, 0.4% of 1645 installed packages.
I am not sure this is 100% correct since I run a lot of proprietary IBM software due to me working for IBM.
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