Re: [Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?

[davebright]

Interesting Video

https://secure.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/op_twbx86.php

Re: [Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?

[calmstorm]

I would back it too if I had need for a desktop computer, to be honest  
though, Laptops interest me alot more...


I like the idea of lemote more personally...

but it is good to see more potential libreboot stuff.

Re: [Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?

[gromobir]

Wow, this looks nice. I would totally back this, if I had the money. ;-)

Re: [Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?

[dguthrie]

They seem to care about freedom so I think they will not include the  
Broadcomm wireless and AMD gpu in the final package. There are good wireless  
cards for freedom at this point.

Re: [Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?

[jeremiah]

Elaborating on what root_vegetable has said, this may be a very desirable  
purchase if one has the money, even if one has to bring one's own graphics  
and wireless cards. The latest Intel/AMD chips have a serious freedom/privacy  
problem, so making something more freedom-respecting viable (perhaps ARM for  
lower-end applications and POWER8 for higher-end) would be very helpful to  
the community.


For the problems with current Intel and AMD offerings, see libreboot's FAQ:  
https://libreboot.org/faq/#intel and the following discussion:  
http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2016-April/010912.html -- both  
of which bring up issues of which I was completely unaware a week ago (and I  
expect many others in the Free Software community are in the same situation),  
and which are very concerning...

Re: [Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?

[dguthrie]

The prototype tested on the Phoronix website had an AMD graphics card and a  
Broadcomm wireless card:

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article=talos-workstation=1
I think these are just prototype s though, so maybe these were just cheapest  
for the system.
Other than these the POWER8 architecture is most free software-friendly  
architecture comparable in performance to Intel chips. It is mostly used in  
servers and supercomputers because of this.
At any rate, even if they shipped it with these components they could be  
replaced as they would not be soldered. The Nvidia Kepler cards run with free  
firmware and some Atheros wireless cards. I would buy one if I had the money.

Re: [Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?

[t8mf4nu6lizp]

Yes it would appear so.  
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/interested-in-a-powerful-free-software-friendly-workstation

Re: [Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?

[svhaab]

Is it a fsf complying computer?

[Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?

[svhaab]

https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/prerelease.php
Price and that it is not a notebook aside, is the computer all free software?