Is leaving off the GNU in GNU/Linux... unfair to GNU? ~ Bryan Lunduke
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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (10 children)
Cool, he's becoming a Purism marketing dude/evangelist.
[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (9 children)
Purism are really helping the FOSS market with the systems they're producing, but they aren't really accomplishing what they claim to (make a completely open piece of hardware).
[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (8 children)
I'm sure they want to. I think their phone will have closed source phone/modem firmware only. I assume that if enough people hop on the privacy train, that eventually it becomes possible to have open hardware. The market has to prove it's there to support this.
[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (7 children)
Except, ThinkPenguin has existed for years.
[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (6 children)
ThinkPenguin is just lipstick on a pig? I see Intel CPUs and Realtek network cards that might have proprietary firmware.
At any rate, the Snowden leaks and all of this political censorship has reignited privacy advocacy. I look forward to a Kickstarter someday for an open network card. Maybe Purism will get it done.
[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (5 children)
ThinkPenguin hardware doesn't require proprietary blobs. Their firmware might be proprietary, but Purism's is.
I have faith that Purism will be able to do something, though.
[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (4 children)
I'll take it from wherever I can get it. I guess I'm a Purism fanboy after watching one of those dudes on an hour long podcast. He said all the right things.
[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (3 children)
I really want one of those laptops, but not enough to buy one. I might go for a ThinkPenguin, but they're quite old. (You can run completely FOSS software on them, though!)
[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago* (2 children)
You can run completely FOSS software on them, though!
What is your purism beef? Are you saying there's blobs in PureOS? Are you saying PureOS only support is a drag?
This makes it sound like there are no blobs, and they also use coreboot for bios https://puri.sm/learn/blobs/
Edit: PureOS is on the Stallman approved list even: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html
And you can switch to a different OS too.
Their firmware might be proprietary, but Purism's is.
I guess I'm asking about this part. The ThinkPenguins do look really nice too. They're all Intel CPUs anyway.
[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (1 child)
Purism is great, but it's not perfect. I recommend reading this criticism, if only because it's critical. https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3anjgm/on_the_librem_laptop_purism_doesnt_believe_in/
(I still want a one, though.)
[–]wizzwizz4 0 insightful - 2 fun0 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (3 children)
It is a fact that GNU IS a part of Linux wherever Linux is running right?
This isn't a fact, actually. The Linux kernel can be used happily with an OS other than GNU.
[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (2 children)
Did you watch it? He lays that out.
[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (1 child)
Have I ever watched a video? :-p Though, I do already know the facts about this situation, and plan to watch this one for the opinion when I've got free time.
[–]JasonCarswell[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
Take off your ass hat and watch a video before commenting on some screen grabbed out of context text.
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