On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Scott Garman wrote: > Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:33:58 -0800 > From: Scott Garman <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic" > <[email protected]> > To: PLUG list <[email protected]> > Subject: [PLUG] FSF "Respects Your Freedom" hardware endorsements. > > I just received news from the Free Software Foundation that they are > starting a hardware endorsement program to label devices that are fully > compatible with free software. Vendors who choose to participate in the > program will end up with a stamp on the packaging with the "Respects > Your Freedom" slogan. > > The first product to get this endorsement is reportedly a netbook - I'm > not sure of the manufacturer. > > This is great news for those of us who would prefer to buy Linux > compatible hardware without spending hours on forum and wiki research to > be "pretty sure" that new laptop model X will work well with Linux. > > Scott > > -- > Scott Garman > sgarman at zenlinux dot com
This is also great because the stamp will eventually become hip, like Organic. That can only help the cause. Carlos _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
