Is leaving off the GNU in GNU/Linux... unfair to GNU? ~ Bryan Lunduke

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[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (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.

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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 - 1 fun -  (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 - 1 fun -  (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 - 1 fun -  (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.)

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Epic man, ty