> Given the post-sales problems with various SoCs and boards, actually
> delivering a top-to-bottom Free Software distribution should be the minimum
> just to demonstrate any particular device's credentials in the "openness"
> department. That's not just an ideological requirement but very much a
> practical one: no-one wants to have to troubleshoot, say, an overheating
> system because the software support involves proprietary pixie dust that may
> or may not be available.
Not only that: if the machine doesn't run a vanilla Linux kernel,
there's a terribly good chance that 3 years down the road, you'll still
be stuck with the same outdated kernel.
Stefan
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