Re: [Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?

[jeremiah]

Elaborating on what root_vegetable has said, this may be a very desirable  
purchase if one has the money, even if one has to bring one's own graphics  
and wireless cards. The latest Intel/AMD chips have a serious freedom/privacy  
problem, so making something more freedom-respecting viable (perhaps ARM for  
lower-end applications and POWER8 for higher-end) would be very helpful to  
the community.

For the problems with current Intel and AMD offerings, see libreboot's FAQ:  
https://libreboot.org/faq/#intel and the following discussion:  
http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2016-April/010912.html -- both  
of which bring up issues of which I was completely unaware a week ago (and I  
expect many others in the Free Software community are in the same situation),  
and which are very concerning...