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From: Joshua Branson <jbranso@fastmail.com>
To: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Librem
Date: Fri, 04 May 2018 16:56:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ygfk1sj6sxm.fsf@fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vac5utga.fsf@gmail.com> (Chris Marusich's message of "Wed, 02 May 2018 23:47:01 -0700")

Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> writes:

> Joshua Branson <jbranso@fastmail.com> writes:
>
>> Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Another option is to find a system that respects your freedom and does
>>>> not require proprietary software to run.  I have a LibreBoot laptop I
>>>> purchased from MiniFree, and I love it!  I know that purchasing a
>>>> replacement computer that respects your freedom can seem like an
>>>> expensive option, but if you have the money, then it's an option:
>>>>
>>>> https://minifree.org/
>>>>
>>>> You may also be interested in looking at:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-freedom
>>>
>>> How does it compare to Purism?
>>
>> I believe that minifree sells products that Richard Stallman would
>> purchase.  Purism is pretty close to something that Stallman would
>> purchase, but I believe there may be some lingering issues with Intel's
>> FSP that would prevent Stallman from purchasing a Purism.  You can read
>> a bit more of it here:  https://puri.sm/posts/measuring-the-intel-me-to-create-a-more-secure-computer/
>>
>> However, I would argue that currently, Purism is probably the best
>> company working on making a modern and freedom respecting computing
>> device.  EOMA68 is another contender. https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop
>
> What about the TALOSII?  It seems like another good option, if you can
> afford it.
>
> https://www.raptorcs.com/TALOSII/

Thanks for the reminder.  I had forgotten about them!  I suppose is a
year or two SiFive might be a good contender too.

>
> It seems it was good enough to convince Libreboot to recommend it:
>
> https://libreboot.org/news/talos.html

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-05-04 20:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-03-02 17:25 Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi) Pierre Neidhardt
2018-03-02 17:41 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2018-03-02 20:13   ` Carlo Zancanaro
2018-03-02 18:04 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2018-03-05 12:32 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2018-03-05 14:00 ` Clément Lassieur
2018-03-23 13:29   ` Pierre Neidhardt
2018-03-25  5:34 ` Chris Marusich
2018-03-25  6:14   ` Pierre Neidhardt
2018-03-25 10:21   ` Hartmut Goebel
2018-03-27  9:45     ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-03-27 22:05     ` Mark H Weaver
2018-04-13 11:55       ` Hartmut Goebel
2018-03-25 10:57   ` Marius Bakke
2018-03-29  5:11     ` Chris Marusich
2018-05-01 19:30   ` Librem (was: Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi)) Pierre Neidhardt
2018-05-02 18:07     ` Librem Joshua Branson
2018-05-03  6:47       ` Librem Chris Marusich
2018-05-03  7:44         ` Librem Pierre Neidhardt
2018-05-09  6:07           ` Librem Chris Marusich
2018-05-09 16:58             ` Librem Nils Gillmann
2018-05-04 20:56         ` Joshua Branson [this message]
2018-05-04 15:15     ` Librem (was: Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi)) Christopher Lemmer Webber
2018-05-04 15:17       ` Pierre Neidhardt
2018-05-04 16:32       ` Librem Mike Gerwitz

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