I think I lost you. As mentioned earlier you can't custom build a system
entirely free of these issues. You can't buy an older system free of these
issues. So what exactly are you going to custom build?
Even the older systems have pieces like this.
You are going to run into issues with:
1. Wireless Cards (digital restrictions)
2. Graphics chipsets (non-free software dependencies)
3. Non-free BIOS
4. Non-free microcode (you can't just buy a system without this, it's in all
x86 systems)
5. "Trusted Computing"
6. "Remote management" features (related to the BIOS)
7. Some other stuff I can't remember that we are working on... fixing... or
trying to.
8. Some other stuff I can't remember that we are working on... fixing... or
trying to.
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