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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: 1) by drgibbon on Monday August 10 2015, @11:19AM

    by drgibbon (74) on Monday August 10 2015, @11:19AM (#220627) Journal

    I think that's the thing, Purism are not there but they are/were making a lot of noise as if they are. Check this link out [puri.sm] under "Philosophy", that emphasis on the "will" in the analysis of their philosophy seems pretty dishonest to me. So you could have been reading pre-purchase and quite sensibly taken

    We promise that a Purism system and all its components will be free according to the strictest of guidelines set forth by the Free Software Foundation’s Free Software Definition.

    to mean "the system you are buying will be like that when it arrives", when it actually means "the system you are buying will not be like that, but one in the future will be".

    I very much hope Purism gets where they want to be, but I don't like some of the stuff I've been seeing.

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  • (Score: 2) by zafiro17 on Monday August 10 2015, @08:25PM

    by zafiro17 (234) on Monday August 10 2015, @08:25PM (#220880) Homepage

    Ha, working according to the timeworn tradition: Engineering/design failing to meet your objectives? Cover it over with marketing language? It's like smothering your shitty cooking with ketchup: covers up all the flaws. Hopefully no one will notice!

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