Re: [Trisquel-users] H-node

[mattij . lammi]

Its so good to notice that my little post raised so much discussion. Getting  
back to the topic: h-node. I am currently finishing my studies by doing my  
practical training period in a small computer shop repairing computers. This  
gives me an excelent chance to contribute to h-node.

When I run into a machine which is in working condition, I test for h-node. I  
can usually find a couple of machines per day to test. My practical training  
period lasts until the New Year, so I expect to be able to make a huge  
contribution in that time.

@ Chris:
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You mentioned that people tend to use h-node only to check if a particular  
piece of hardware works and then make their purchasing decision depending on  
that and thus h-node does not really tell the users clearly which companies  
are really pro free software and which are not.

Quote:

"For example it makes a lot more sense to go with an Atheros wireless PCIe  
chipset over the equivalent Broadcom chipset.

While both are freedom friendly Broadcom has not put forth the same level of  
support for free software. Until recently Braodcom didn't even offer a  
driver, documentation, or any cooperation at all on GNU/Linux."

End quote

You can report this as an issue in h-node's issue page. You can also write a  
wiki article about this subject to h-node. Your contribution would be most  
welcome since you have a lot of insight to this matter as an entrepreneur in  
the field.
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