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PureOS is a free distribution. It is required to not contain any proprietary software. However, if the screenshot at https://pureos.net/ is to be believed, the web browser uses duckduckgo.com as its search engine. And this is a proprietary web page which runs proprietary JavaScripts. It is possible to replace this with https://duckduckgo.com/lite/, or a different search engine or program altogether.

If the screenshot at https://pureos.net/ is to be believed, the web browser uses duckduckgo.com as its search engine serves proprietary JavaScripts. It is possible to replace this with https://duckduckgo.com/lite/, or a different search engine or program altogether. NB! This issue is not about promoted search engine tracking its users (see T156) nor about server-executed code being non-free (see T110).

PureOS is a free distribution. It is required to not contain any proprietary software. However, ifIf the screenshot at https://pureos.net/ is to be believed, the web browser uses duckduckgo.com as its search engine. And this is a proprietary web page which run serves proprietary JavaScripts. It is possible to replace this with https://duckduckgo.com/lite/, or a different search engine or program altogether. NB! This issue is not about promoted search engine tracking its users (see T156) nor about server-executed code being non-free (see T110).