-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi everyone
I'm CC'ing all of you at once since it's more efficient that way. I have a new system with GNU+Linux and Libreboot (free BIOS) preinstalled which I'd like you all to review. Firstly, some backstory: Libreboot is a completely free (as in freedom) BIOS/UEFI replacement, providing hardware initialization to boot an operating system. It's available on several laptops, desktops and servers for x86 and ARM. Libreboot is based on another project called coreboot. Libreboot is endorsed by the Free Software Foundation. Minifree is a company that sells Libreboot preinstalled on computer systems, alongside Trisquel GNU+Linux which is a special distribution endorsed by the Free Software Foundation (and used by Richard Stallman) FSF RYF refers to the Free Software Foundation's "Respects Your Freedom" certification, which certifies that products run on entirely Free Software and contain no backdoors or anything like that. Here is their page: https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-freedom Minifree's products are already endorsed here, except one: Recently, Minifree has launched a new product, the Libreboot X200 Tablet. This is a special version of the Libreboot X200, with an IPS screen and a built-in wacom tablet for drawing. A sample of this has been sent to the Free Software Foundation for RYF evaluation. The FSF already endorses the non-tablet version of the X200 from Minifree. Although FSF itself will reach out to media organisations when they issue a press release (once the RYF evaluation process is completed), I myself decided today to do my own outreach as well, hence my email to all of you. In John Sullivan's own words, in an email to me recently, the FSF "doesn't anticipate any problems". So, very soon, an announcement will be made by the FSF announcing their endorsement of these systems. There's no need for me to repeat product info in an email, so the product itself is here if you want to have a look: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-x200-tablet/ This is a completely free/libre system. Its primary target audience is hardened free software activists and supporters who believe in free software (the type of people who are fans of Richard Stallman). Its secondary target audience is people who, even if they may not quite believe in free software, nonetheless want a system that they know is secure and free of backdoors, one that can be used by people who especially need data security, on a system that they know they can trust . I call for reviews of this product. If any of you can write or say something about it, I'd greatly appreciate that. I'm also happy to send hardware samples. ~Leah -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlrnG3QACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5RvYQgAwHOZ2k6Y8G6jn8Ja1Lwi6RCXOTA/0XaUCpTfgi7kiqsrKG2sfNnHEPjS cfzcD3SMkkNlKZQQVi6CrL5pGWE7hXuQ3t5bpEMxWfUFhe0rFrt73RU/K1HGVFCZ gop8tvknpzKD1/WG0Wcm79d+PvRNv6T8DvVxybczaKs4YWjElTmlNwedqzIiyIQg /T/oKimnoeTV5tqdBCK/zQ3w+n2iXO7x4HpjVWJ0kjvQYiaMh7478kCeljUK1aRF 13pU1ltjuLvizB60DpsYqtz5UN/bLY2VfYljG5q7DJqVmQo1e2IFWUUl66myb5Zi PUdtW+8+It4ge9aRnon47TWFhkNzUQ== =Yf87 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss