-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 10:22:55PM +0200, Aymeric Mansoux wrote:
> Our minimal requirements have always been 686, and the reference > machine that was used, and still used for the project is a Pentium > III 800 Mhz with 256 Mb of RAM, a CPU that is 10 years old. indeed these specifications match a setup that can be very easily found for free (2nd hand or recycled) in EU and USA, but some other places are unfortunately not so well equipped. regarding hardware availability what is most interesting is the massive presence of gaming consoles: i really hope someone is able to gather resources and develop on that front. it was a core task for d:b development until we could keep it on, but our expert Smilzo sadly left when he needed to earn more from his job as his health problems needed serious treatments. so back to our discussion: on one side it is important to keep our OS free from proprietary drivers, on the other side it is also important to run a free OS on proprietary hardware (liberate common hardware). i guess now for pure:dyne is quite important to leave out proprietary components (as for instance ati/nvidia video drivers), stating it as a political standpoint for "art made with free software", especially considering all the attention goto10 gained with the "FLOSS+Art" book, it is crucial now to lead the discussion in a genuine way, following FSF recommendations. ciao - -- jaromil, dyne.org developer, http://jaromil.dyne.org GPG: 779F E8B5 47C7 3A89 4112 64D0 7B64 3184 B534 0B5E -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkngfxwACgkQe2QxhLU0C14JQQCgidkXNB+YE0vg1Kvtj0lp19js KJAAoKkZCzBFEbW5wg2HNTtMX5mKOs4M =/eR8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
