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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: 3, Funny) by gman003 on Sunday August 09 2015, @03:05PM

    by gman003 (4155) on Sunday August 09 2015, @03:05PM (#220261)

    4:3 screen

    That's a weird way to write "16:10 screen".

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by cockroach on Sunday August 09 2015, @03:25PM

    by cockroach (2266) on Sunday August 09 2015, @03:25PM (#220268)

    If there were more people doing the same mistake maybe my Thinkpad would have more pixels rather than thick black plastic nothingness above and below the screen.