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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2015, @12:02PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2015, @12:02PM (#220215)

    What?! RMS is a pragmatist willing to give up essential freedom for convenience?? Say it isn't so!!!

    Until I can have them both, freedom is my priority. I've campaigned for freedom since 1983, and I am not going to surrender that freedom for the sake of a more convenient computer.

    That's right, devils can quote shit all fucking day long! There's a whole motherfucking web of pages out there!!

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by maxwell demon on Sunday August 09 2015, @12:11PM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Sunday August 09 2015, @12:11PM (#220219) Journal

    What?! RMS is a pragmatist willing to give up essential freedom for convenience?? Say it isn't so!!!

    It definitely doesn't follow from that quote.

    What the quote says is that he'd prefer a computer that is both free and convenient to a computer that's free, but inconvenient. It does nowhere say, or even hint at the claim that he'd give up freedom for convenience.

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