Andy> I would like to know if any proprietary binary blobs are Andy> required to use a Beaglebone Black. Andy> According to my findings, the Raspberry Pi has a proprietary binary blob Andy> involved with booting the machine, and also controlling the video. It Andy> wasn't so easy to find this information. Andy> I would prefer to use such a board with no proprietary software. That's Andy> why I'm considering the Beaglebone Black. Hmmm... I've got one running now. Looking at the kernel config, I see: CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="am335x-pm-firmware.bin" CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="firmware" So it's running a binary blob for something. And that looks to be for power management. So it might not be required. John