Re: [Trisquel-users] Status on Loongson processor?

[chris]

I have gotten the impression that these systems aren't as free as claimed? or  
they think? Having a free BIOS and even largely free software compatible  
chipsets doesn't make the system 100% free. There are other bits. I have been  
told some aspects of the system(s) they are designing can be free'd or are  
free software compatible which aren't in x86 systems. The AMD GPU I'm pretty  
confident is going to be a problem though. I believe they aren't or didn't  
actually release a free software system either. They released a system that  
was partly compatible with free software.

To a degree they have the same problems we have. There are certain things  
that just can't be done without significantly more resources. There are  
projects to fix some of these issues. The problem is they are *just* that.  
Projects. Even in the graphics arena. There is no commercialization of these  
projects and things progress very slowly due to a lack of resources.