On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Reg Lnx <regier.kun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Karsten. > It answers a lot of questions and it makes sense. I think we can say the > very same about the odroid, it has some non free things too.
indeed it does. i've been working at every opportunity possible to get a software-libre compliant *desirable* processor available for general use. four years and counting. it's getting boring. > So it looks like we still don't have a 100% open source computer. oh you do... they're just shit compared to the "latest and greatest", because you have to go back about.... 2 to 5 years in technology terms to get them. which means they're either useless, or expensive, or both. take the latest software for example: you simply can't run libreoffice or firefox in under 512mb of RAM nowadays. or at less than a 1ghz processor speed. the manufacturers of successful products just *do not* wish to work with software libre individuals. sure they're prepared to take whatever they've created "for free" and say "thank you very much, fuck off now, BYE sucker, we'll fuck you over for the next revision you release as well har har that's what you get when you release code with such a lame license that doesn't need us to pay you any money har har"... you get the drift. but, working from the ground up is the only way that this situation is going to change. The Plan: 1) make some successful desirable mass-volume hardware that respects software freedom 2) sell lots of it 3) put the money made back into funding software libre 4) put the rest back into solving a non-free issue whilst not compromising the profitability needed for the next iteration round the loop 5) repeat from 1. if !do above, expect current situation (support for ARM hardware in GNU/Linux distros) to remain very very low. other methods aren't working out. l. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/capweedw6p5j73nu1ofpxbogeqnmpnqnv6wrs1pjfgm0yvr9...@mail.gmail.com
