Very interesting topic! I want to buy a new laptop and, in these days, I'm
thinking the same things... I know little about eletronics, I read the link
that says what are the Companies that sell computers with GNU/Linux
preinstalled, ( https://www.gnu.org/links/companies.en.html ), maybe a
Early in my career, I realized that changing jobs meant moving to a new
domicile, and that the higher rent would consume most of my improved income,
so I jumped off that runaway train.
Now we're seeing a similar situation in computers, with an arms race
between hardware and software
Depends on how close the EFF comes to such an organisation, I guess.
It is good to read and research for what will good for you. But sometimes all
the
logical advise is a bit irrational, suffering dementia, and Illogical.
Why?
Because, your patience, eagerness and specially your financial budget
will dictate what you could afford. Regardless of the
Thank you for the answers.
The stated links I had already read. And I know that gluglug computers are
not free hardware. On this forum in another post I have asked what to call
hardware that is not free but all software it has installed is? I did not get
a clear answer.
tonlee - I think you
yes. I used a wrong definition. But you know what I meant by it - a laptop
with no proprietary bios and no proprietary firmware, and possibly something
that is not as outdated as the x200 which is a laptop made 7 years ago!!
cheers
The FSF doesn't judge hardware based on whether or not it's malicious, but
rather, on whether or not you are not being restricted from exercising
control over your computing. Firmware being burnt into a ROM is not a
gratuitous restriction like Microsoft's refusal to give the source code to
true
dose anyone know how much money you need to make your own cpu/gpu/wifi card??
What the FSF says, as far as I know is not that It's free if it can't be
updated.
I think they said something like, if it can't be tweaked, it can be counted
as hardware, and since we specialise in software.
is there as FHF(free hardware foundation) then?
maby one day 3d printing will get good enough so we can print are own cpu
firmware
but until then what exactly can we do about spy-ware other than don’t
connect to any internet?
In a pre-electronical age, owning a machine raised no ethical issues since
you could study its mechanisms and make sure that it's not mistreating you.
Think of a wheelbarrow for instance.
1. The owner could check how it works
2. It was technically very limited when it comes to possibly harming
If a device or piece of hardware uses non free firmware, but the firmware
cannot be updated, then fsf can approve the hardware, correct? Or does it
only apply for hardware that cannot connect to the internet?
Why would fsf accept that? If no user can read the firmware source code, then
it
How is it different from hardware implementing backdoors in circuits,
with no firmware?
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I think the greatest priority is to build completely libre hardware as the
gluglug's thinkpads. We already have plenty of free software distros to
choose from. Having a modern (really modern - not a 2008 laptop) laptop for a
reasonable price to buy today would be the greatest thing for us!
tonlee - I think you are talking about the difference between flashable and
non-flashable hardware. The first is a concern because it implies you
installing non-free software. The second is considered just hardware as
nothing updates nor gets installed by the user (although having
libre hardware is sort of a separate issue
but i think its almost as important to have libre hardware as it is software
for security and privacy
just because it is a circuit and not software dose not means its ok dose it?
if a non-free program can spy on the user
and a circuit can spy on the
I think there are two distinctions here we need to keep in mind
hardware - software
and
free - spywareless
The Gluglugs are NOT free hardware. They are just computers that are able to
exclusively run fully free software. Other computers make this impossible.
The gluglugs are therefore a vast improvement over other computers that
prevent free software from being used, but they are not free
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