Re: [Trisquel-users] Novena laptop will be open source

[chris]

The old model was free software friendly. The closest thing short of the ben  
nanonote. The problem is it is a netbook, slow, dated, etc. Not something  
really useful for the majority. The ben nanonote is a small pocket device.  
Closest thing we've seen to 100% free software friendly system. Problem with  
it is it doesn't even have wireless (and I think networking) capabilities. At  
least not the original model. Plus it's not a really useful device. It's  
keyboard is just a few inches long. Certainly no touch typing, etc.

Ideally there would be something in the 13.3 to 15.6 category. Toward the  
higher end of that the better probably (hit a larger percentage of users).  
Then a high resolution screen (something above 1366x768). 3D accelerated  
graphics, free software BIOS, and no microcode in the CPU. There technically  
would probably still be some other non-free code in various other components  
(keyboards, hard disks, etc). If you were really good you might be able to  
eliminate a little more. Micro SDHC or maybe MMC cards are probably free of  
micro code. I think there isn't a controller if my memory serves me  
correctly. That also creates a problem though and a need for a special type  
of filesystem to reduce wear. While unreliable for real world scenarios I  
think it would reduce non-free code in the system.