Fedora's foundations meet proprietary drivers

Users who only want to run free software might avoid Arch Linux as it ships blobs and proprietary software in the official repositories, with no automated way to distinguish them from free software. See "Pragmatism" principle in Arch's philosophies [0]:

> The large number of packages and build scripts in the various Arch Linux repositories offer free and open source software for those who prefer it, as well as proprietary software packages for those who embrace functionality over ideology.

and also this from the comparison with other Linux distributions [1]:

> Debian has a more vehement stance on free software but still includes non-free software in its non-free repos. Arch is more lenient, and therefore inclusive, concerning non-free packages as defined by GNU

[0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux#Pragmatism
[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_compared_to_oth...