Soumis par tonlee le ven, 05/13/2016 - 17:46

ibm power is all free software?

Veuillez lire et suivre les lignes directrices de la communauté Trisquel.

Vous devez vous identifier ou créer un compte pour écrire des commentaires

5 réponses [Dernière contribution]

ven, 05/13/2016 - 17:46

tonlee

Hors ligne

A rejoint: 09/08/2014

https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/prerelease.php
Price and that it is not a notebook aside, is the computer all free software?

ven, 05/13/2016 - 17:50

tonlee

Hors ligne

A rejoint: 09/08/2014

Is it a fsf complying computer?

ven, 05/13/2016 - 17:59

lembas

Hors ligne

A rejoint: 05/13/2010

Yes it would appear so. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/interested-in-a-powerful-free-software-friendly-workstation

sam, 05/14/2016 - 17:35

jstoddard

Hors ligne

A rejoint: 05/01/2016

Elaborating on what root_vegetable has said, this may be a very desirable purchase if one has the money, even if one has to bring one's own graphics and wireless cards. The latest Intel/AMD chips have a serious freedom/privacy problem, so making something more freedom-respecting viable (perhaps ARM for lower-end applications and POWER8 for higher-end) would be very helpful to the community.

For the problems with current Intel and AMD offerings, see libreboot's FAQ: https://libreboot.org/faq/#intel and the following discussion: http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2016-April/010912.html -- both of which bring up issues of which I was completely unaware a week ago (and I expect many others in the Free Software community are in the same situation), and which are very concerning...