[Arm-netbook] Olimex is making an "open-source" laptop...

[Allan Mwenda]

Lol proprietary pixie dust. Give that man an internet hug. 

On February 5, 2017 11:27:14 PM GMT+03:00, Paul Boddie <paul at boddie.org.uk> wrote:
>On Sunday 5. February 2017 20.25.42 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>> 
>> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 7:11 PM, Christopher Havel
><laserhawk64 at gmail.com> 
>wrote:
>> >
>> > Basically, I'm saying, it might not be the whole journey to a truly
>> > open-source system -- but it's a step in the right direction and
>should
>> > be recognized and (to an extent) applauded as such. At least
>they're
>> > /trying/.
>> 
>>  he's being supported (financially) by people who also don't quite
>> fully understand the ethical consequences of their decisions and
>> actions.  and that's fine.  collectively they're perfectly entitled
>to
>> "explore that space".
>
>I actually thought I'd ask about the software in the comments on their
>blog 
>post:
>
>https://olimex.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/teres-i-do-it-yourself-open-source-
>hardware-and-software-hackers-friendly-laptop-is-complete/#comment-24787
>
>I'm guessing that Thomas, the guy responding, might be the guy from
>Free 
>Electrons, but maybe it isn't. Nevertheless, he seems knowledgeable
>about the 
>state of play with the A64. (Not that you'd get a particularly coherent
>
>message by looking at the linux-sunxi wiki.)
>
>I guess that the sticking point is arguably the "software isn't our
>problem" 
>attitude, which allows people to claim that something is "open source"
>(or 
>"software hacker's [sic] friendly" in this case) and then retreat from 
>substantiating the claim. It will be interesting to see if Olimex
>supplies SD 
>cards with images on them and what kind of source code you can get.
>They 
>appear to provide such cards for their other products.
>
>Given the post-sales problems with various SoCs and boards, actually 
>delivering a top-to-bottom Free Software distribution should be the
>minimum 
>just to demonstrate any particular device's credentials in the
>"openness" 
>department. That's not just an ideological requirement but very much a 
>practical one: no-one wants to have to troubleshoot, say, an
>overheating 
>system because the software support involves proprietary pixie dust
>that may 
>or may not be available.
>
>Anyway, look after yourself out there, Luke!
>
>Paul
>
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