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Are Purism's Goals for the Librem Laptop Possible to Achieve?

posted by janrinok on Sunday August 09 2015, @09:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-free-is-free? dept.

AndyTheAbsurd writes:

This article on PC World asks if Purism's goals for the Librem open-source-top-to-bottom laptop are even possible. The early conclusion seems to be "No", although there's a more nuanced discussion if you click through to the article.

Personally, I suspect that it's going to be very difficult without someone reverse engineering a number of pieces of the system, or someone coming up with a fully open-source, yet x86_64-compatible, CPU design - both of which seem unlikely in today's world.

What do Soylentils think of Purism and the chances of them succeeding at Librem's goals?

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  • (Score: 2) by CRCulver on Sunday August 09 2015, @11:26AM

    by CRCulver (4390) on Sunday August 09 2015, @11:26AM (#220204) Homepage
    This laptop is probably news because the Leemote Yeelong is so antiquated now that RMS, in spite of his longtime advocacy for the computer, no longer uses one.
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