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nlsthzn
October 18th, 2010, 06:33 PM
Greetings,

I have looked at the Free Software Foundations website and I can't find a link to a laptop or netbook that runs a open source BIOS...

So, is it at all possible to have a 100% "libre" computing experience where all software is "free"? (I read somewhere that Stallman uses a laptop which meets the criteria but I have been unable to find something like that)

I would like to have something like that, running Trisquel to see just how viable it is in the "real world" right now to cut ties with any and all proprietary software... And it would be nice is all the hardware did have open source drivers so it all worked...

Any one have more info that they might be able to share?

LowSky
October 18th, 2010, 06:47 PM
The only completly open source computer I know of
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Boulier1.JPG

kio_http
October 18th, 2010, 07:04 PM
The only completly open source computer I know of
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Boulier1.JPG

So where can I get the source code?:)

kaldor
October 18th, 2010, 07:04 PM
The only completly open source computer I know of
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Boulier1.JPG

Can it run GNOME?

nlsthzn
October 18th, 2010, 07:09 PM
The only completly open source computer I know of
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Boulier1.JPG

Ouch...

Starks
October 18th, 2010, 07:15 PM
Stallman uses the Lemote Yeelong.

100% open source hardware and software.

Simian Man
October 18th, 2010, 07:16 PM
This is apparently what Richard Stallman uses. (http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/) Have fun with that.

lisati
October 18th, 2010, 07:17 PM
Can it run GNOME?

Perhaps it can be run by a Gnome? :D

nlsthzn
October 18th, 2010, 07:34 PM
Great... So basically it makes all other users of gNewSense and Trisquil hypocrites as they won't use proprietary drivers to get there wireless to work but they won't give up there laptops and desktops either (the amount of mother boards with open source BIOS's are very limited)...

Sad...

Spice Weasel
October 18th, 2010, 08:05 PM
http://www.lemote.com/en/products/Notebook/2010/0310/112.html

nlsthzn
October 18th, 2010, 08:45 PM
$500 seems a bit much for what you get IMO... My Samsung N150 was less and at least it has a processor I've heard off :/

spoons
October 18th, 2010, 09:01 PM
Is the source code for the CPU's design aviliable? I mean, how far do you take this?

nlsthzn
October 18th, 2010, 09:08 PM
Is the source code for the CPU's design aviliable? I mean, how far do you take this?

Well no... even if I had the "blue prints" of the CPU I could not alter it so that my CPU would work differently (as apposed to altering "software")...