Hi Otto, hi all,
Am 2013-11-19 07:57, schrieb Otto Kekäläinen:
2013/11/18 Matthias Kirschner <[email protected]>:
Second, as I assume you would also be interested to buy a machine with
GNU/Linux preinstalled instead of Microsoft Windows, although you will
afterwards choose another distribution, it helps to prefer offers with
distributions which do not include non-free software like Ubuntu does.
If the hardware works one of those distributios, it will also work with
another GNU/Linux distribution, which does not include non-free
software.
I haven't tried if I can run Trisquel on this, which would be the most
purest form of freedom, but also I don't think I fully understand the
issue either and I am not aware of which parts of standard Debian or
Ubuntu are actually non-free software like fsfe.org and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisquel claims.
Yeah it's not so easy and saying "Trisquel" sounds a lot like "Jehovah"
to me[0]. ;)
We run machines with CPUs featuring complex proprietary programs and
non-free BIOSes.
Anyway I think Dell XPS 13 is great. It might not be perfect, but it
is still the best thing I've seen so far. It enables me to get a real
GNU/Linux system without unbearable cost or functional sacrifices. In
fact, it has functional advantages that makes it in the top range of
laptops available at the moment. Very cool.
If the Dell comes with a bad WIFI, that should be one of the most easy
parts to change, right?
98 out of 100 Linux geeks I know - and also according to the two polls
I made at FOSDEM 2013 - don't by any kind of pre-installed Linux
machines, but they buy Windows laptops and Mac laptops and then
convert them into Linux machines, without supporting the pre-installed
Linux-industry in any way. This is the real problem we should seek to
change.
Yes, the preloaded "certified for Windows", "xyz recommends Microsoft"
is what we should attack.
Of those reading this thread - how many of you are currently running a
machine that did not come with any kind of Linux pre-installed?
No machine of mine came preinstalled with GNU/Linux (Android doesn't
count, right?).
There exist only very few laptops compatible with Coreboot:
http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards#Laptops
The only modern ones are the two chromebooks.
Best wishes
Michael
[0] Clarification: It's meant as an expression of hypocrisy.
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