On 12-11-20 02:41 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I'm amused by System76's decision to ship non-free hardware with their > systems. > > I mean, if I need to install proprietary drivers on a GNU/Linux > system, then I may as well buy a computer from Dell or HP. Why should > I buy from System76? System76 are shooting themselves in the foot, and > are misses the point of running GNU/Linux in the first place: freedom.
I don't know. You may have found about Trisquel or about System76 shipping non-free components too late. I think it's more useful to at least have a current customer -someone that paid money and has S76's attention- relay the fact that they *could* ship freely-supported components. > > If they were serious about respecting their users freedom, they would > be doing what Mr. Waid is doing at ThinkPenguin, i.e. shipping > liberated hardware. > > Fortunately, he is somewhat capitalizing on System76's incompetence, > so all the more power to him. Who said they were or won't be? Have you asked them? Do you know for a fact they can't/won't? Until you ask them or they are invited to participate here, it's futile to go into such endless, fruitless discussions, speculating for the sake of it. I'd welcome some competition for ThinkPenguin, so maybe actual customers of System 76 (which seem to be more than zero here) could trigger that. Cheers, F. -- Fabián Rodríguez http://fsf.magicfab.ca
