On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 01:25:31PM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote: > >> >> Similarly, I think it would be reasonable for someone to want to provide > >> >> entirely free Debian media along with a libre laptop. > >> > > >> >Does this exist in the real world? Which hardware would such a system > >> >contain? > >> > >> liberated.computer it is refurbished and some components like wifi cards replaced so it works with 100% free software. > > > >Intel Core i5-3320M CPU (dual-core, four threads, 3rd Gen) > > > >So no. > > > > What is no here? This project don't exist or they don't want to provide a libre image? Intel CPUs contain non-free microcode. Using them even implies enabling the Debian non-free repo to get security fixes for it. Intel GPUs reportedly don't work good enough, or at all, without non-free firmware, according to the surveys done during the bullseye freeze. > Debian's free image works on these laptops and if we make only non-free images they won't be able to provide a fully free image. Eh, Debian's free image works on a lot of hardware, especially when you don't need to download anything during the install (e.g. because you use a DVD image or don't install a GUI), the installed system, on the other hand... But I agree that technically it's fine "to provide entirely free Debian media along with a libre laptop" in this case. -- WBR, wRAR
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