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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, Informative) by TheRaven on Monday August 10 2015, @09:06AM

    by TheRaven (270) on Monday August 10 2015, @09:06AM (#220599) Journal

    I also wonder if the DRM infrastructure in ARM devices can be completely neutered (I've only just started reading about trust zone etc., so maybe my first impressions are wrong, and it already is possible for the user to control completely)

    If you think TrustZone is DRM, then your first impressions are wrong. You don't need to neuter it, ARM provides SDKs for the embedded component and on most SoCs you can install whatever you want in the trusted component (though if you buy an Android phone it's most likely used for the signed bootloader component).

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