On 25.07.2014 04:28, [email protected] wrote: > You don't seem to care that much about free software since you are
That's a false assumption. > endorsing hardware that needs non-free blobs as seen here : > https://tehnoetic.com/tehnoetic-wireless-adapter-gnu-linux-libre-tet-n150 I am not endorsing any of the hardware besides the TET-N150. And the ASUS laptop displayed has nonfree BIOS, but I can see why you didn't picked on that too, because ThinkPenguin sells nonfree BIOS laptops. I am not happy with the hardware displayed along my adapter, but at the time those were the only devices I could easily get to make some photos. I can try to get an x60 with libreboot and a Gluglug sticker and make a photo with the TET-N150 in it as a proof of concept. I can try to find another board too, and I welcome suggestions. Meanwhile, I can try to blur the Raspberry Pi logo. > If you are not aware, the raspberry PI is not a free software friendly > device. My friends use it as a personal server with no graphical interface. I am not an owner myself, but I can understand why it's better to change the board because of the graphics which require nonfree software. Regarding how much care about free software I have, take a look again at my product page. You won't see any nonfree distro "endorsed" as you see on ThinkPenguin's: Ubuntu, Ubuntu, LXLE, LinuxMint (not "Mint" or "GNU/Linux Mint", CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux( not "GNU/Linux"), OpenSuSE, *Raspbian* etc. While ThinkPenguin specifically says it supports Raspbian (the nonfree Debian-based ditribution to work on Raspberry Pi), I don't say I support the distribution used for the Pi, I don't say I support the Pi hardware. My photo can tell users my adapter supports the Pi, but I don't even state that. From this to "endorsing" the Pi, is a long way. But anyway, I got your point, you confirmed my doubts I had about that photo in the first place. Oh, and I forgot to mention one more reason I didn't want to work with ThinkPenguin: its name refers to Linux, the kernel, with a penguin as its mascot. The name translated means "think the Linux way". Well, the Linux way is open source camp's way, it's what we fix by blacklisting nonfree blobs in Linux. That way is the way the free software movement don't agree with and that way is the most important reason why RMS insists on including GNU along Linux in the name of the GNU system with Linux, the kernel. So that users have the chance to learn about GNU and its free software philosophy and don't follow Torvalds blindly. -- Tiberiu C. Turbureanu Președinte, Fundația Ceata Telefon: +40-761-810-100 GPG: 8B51 53CB 354E 3049 FAE9 3260 F033 8452 4154 1967 Susții libertatea artelor și tehnologiilor? Înscrie-te ca membru! (http://ceata.org/%C3%AEnscrieri)
