-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-09-10 09:47, [email protected] wrote: > On the market, more and more computers have compatibility problems with free > OS. Sometimes the wifi card must be changed. Even, sometimes you replace by a compatible wifi card on an other computer but the computer doesn't start (because of the overlocked motherboard).
They don't have "problems". Such systems are not designed with components that are supported with free software. Their focus is profitability, and as such they may often go for cheaper components which require non-free software (ie Broadcom), or more expensive components deisgned for performance w/o regards for free software support (ie. Nvidia). The example you describe is DRM at the hardware level: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_unauthorized_MiniPCI_network_card > > That's why I am looking for computers which are sold with free OS, and whose components (wifi card, motherboard, etc.) have no compatibility problems with free OS. > > There is http://www.thinkpenguin.com . > > But do you know some others in the world ? I don't know of any company that has such focus on designing / choosing designs that support free software, even going as far as proposing new designs and financing/organizing development of drivers for such design (ie. the recent addition of Atheros/Qualcom USB wifi chipsets). HP does have some servers in its lineup which they certify for use with Debian, however they seem to lag behind in versions - they don't even support Wheezy yet, AFAIK and their management software is non-free: http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/downloads/ProLiantSupportPack/Debian/dists/ http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/downloads/ProLiantSupportPack/Debian/dists/stable/current/non-free/ F. - -- Fabián Rodríguez http://trisquel.magicfab.ca -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: PGP/Mime available upon request Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlIvLv8ACgkQfUcTXFrypNVEMACgtJ6vUSSbPu+WAX4B1VHR9Hvx m1YAnjmDgO4Nm+MjlXJDo/51dGTmDBDJ =y8pC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
