Without free BIOS-Microcode, we will never have a secure platform to run on.
We also cannot allow them to force propitiatory restrictions on storage
standards. Mark my words you will regret a standardization of $mart
storage.
The freedom of free speech doesn't include the right that everybody has to
listen and agree to you.
So even if the whole world complained about the name of thinkpinguin, their
freedom wouldn't be affected since nobody wants to legally make the change
their name.
A common misunderstanding
First, determine what the issue is. Knowing what's wrong will help you
identify appropriate troubleshooting steps. website designs pakistan
Free Hardware is the next level that is still a very long way off. There are
some projects that are aiming at working on this but is still the early
primative days.
I agree for the moment the software is what we should be focusing on until
the hardware is more viable.
Coreboot includes non-free blobs. Without those you are looking at Libreboot:
http://libreboot.org/
It currently supports the Lenovo ThinkPad X60/X60s, the Lenovo ThinkPad X60
tablet, some of the Lenovo ThinkPad T60's, and finally Apple Macbooks 1.1 and
2.1.
I like your distinctive approach of writing particularly the design of
victimization the idioms and supported phrases that is mind-blowing. I hope
you'll not mind if I adopt this type of your. several thanks.
www.bitroad.co.uk
I am advancing GNU/Linux-libre beginning with the title.
[begin sarcasm]
To prove my dedication to the cause is greater than yours I'd like to condemn
the Free Software Foundation for calling the system just GNU/Linux. It's
unforgivable that nobody in the free software community envisioned
This is exactly what I'm talking about. It wasn't until 1996 that a public
campaign began and by that point it was probably too late. Calling it
GNU/Linux also isn't the same thing as the mascot. The GNU is clearly a
mascot of the GNU project. The penguin to me is more representative of the
For the record I'm not against collaboration in most cases. Even with
distributions which include non-free parts there is frequently mutually
beneficial collaboration. We need more cooperation, not less.
A perfect example of an unlikely collaboration (unrelated to ThinkPenguin) is
Ubuntu
If you want distros like Debian to including the ath9k_htc firmware, the best
thing to do would probably be to submit it to linux-firmware.git.
And I didn't buy it for $2, even in buk it costed me about the same price you
expect a wifi adapter to be available in resellers stores. Although I bought
it at this price from the manufacturer.
This statement was intentionally erroneous and I even stated that. You've
completely or
What do you think of when you think of the penguin? I don't think of a
kernel. I think of the whole free software system which includes the kernel.
I think part of my problem is we have a revisionist past. It wasn't even
until later that I think an objection was made by RMS to the use of the
I don't think I'd go so far as to say I endorse a non-free BIOS. It's a
matter of I put up with a non-free BIOS for the time being.
...
We still want a free BIOS, and we still want a 100% free system.
I'd assume its not free until somebody in the free software community
explicitly investigates it further. All the sources I've read lead me to
believe its inconclusive. As far as I'm aware nobody has even attempted to
get a 100% free distribution running on it.
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#wait
On 25.07.2014 04:13, ch...@thinkpenguin.com wrote:
I'm actually shocked how high your prices are! Your little adapter is
17x what I can get it for off eBay! [ everybody laugh ]
I was decent in my previous post, but I see you are bulling me. I
expected more from you, Chris.
I am not aware of
I've searched the linked site for raspberry pi without any result.
If you make such accusations be more explicit and provide detailed
information.
On 25.07.2014 04:28, b...@bobcall.me wrote:
You don't seem to care that much about free software since you are
That's a false assumption.
endorsing hardware that needs non-free blobs as seen here :
https://tehnoetic.com/tehnoetic-wireless-adapter-gnu-linux-libre-tet-n150
I am not endorsing
Most computers need a piece of proprietary software (the bios) in order to
boot except the old gluglug thinkpad and the even older lemote yeeloong.
I think the majority of members in this board think that we can endorse such
systems nevertheless (thinkpinguin laptops for instance) since it's
At the end of the day Think Penguin can call their company whatever the hell
they like it's none of my business. People talk about freedom on here which
is not just software but freedom to express yourself and your own opinion.
Yes most hardware is proprietary to some extent. As long as it
https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/single-board-computers
From FSF's website:
The startup program is, in fact, the same program that runs the GPU and the
video decoding hardware. Thus, the GPU and the video decoding hardware are
unusable in the free world, but these jobs can be done with free
He was referring to the picture on the USB adapter's product page.
I'm actually shocked how high your prices are! Your little adapter is 17x
what I can get it for off eBay! [ everybody laugh ]
I'm just trying to point out how silly this is. Prices a year ago were higher
than they are today and we've dropped them accordingly. Obviously the product
You don't seem to care that much about free software since you are endorsing
hardware that needs non-free blobs as seen here :
https://tehnoetic.com/tehnoetic-wireless-adapter-gnu-linux-libre-tet-n150
If you are not aware, the raspberry PI is not a free software friendly
device. Many of us
You don't seem to care that much about free software since you are endorsing
hardware that needs non-free blobs as seen here :
https://tehnoetic.com/tehnoetic-wireless-adapter-gnu-linux-libre-tet-n150
If you are not aware, the raspberry PI is not a free software friendly
device. Many of us
http://www.raspberrypi.org/a-birthday-present-from-broadcom/
You apparently did not read the post, did you? :
...VideoCore IV is the first publicly documented mobile graphics core, and
hope this is the first step towards a blob-free future for Raspberry Pi...
The PI still needs a non-free blob to boot. I don't care about the graphics
stack. If it
So does that mean I will never have support? Because my wireless is fully
non-free? Or at least I think I do.
Reverse-engineering is possible, but don't hold your breath. If you can't
reverse-engineer it yourself, your best bet is to get a new wireless card or
USB wireless adapter that works with libre software today. Think Penguin[1]
is a good store to buy those from.
[1]
On 23.07.2014 22:02, onp...@riseup.net wrote:
wireless card or USB wireless adapter that works with libre software
today. Think Penguin[1] is a good store to buy those from.
[1] https://libre.thinkpenguin.com
FSF endorses two small freedom-respecting USB wireless adapters,
TPE-N150USB from
There's a minor error on the Tehnoetic product page. It says Both the driver
and the firmware of this adapter are free under the GNU GPL v2 license. The
firmware isn't under the GPL, it's under the Clear BSD license.
Thanks guys! I'd rather buy a USB wireless adapter from Think Penguin but not
right now though :)
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