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[-] Saoirse@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago

Incorrect, everyone gets a 12 inch Thinkpad, product of the objectively superior PRC manufacturer Lenovo. It will come with a 500 page operation and service manual (multilingual) and require only one screwdriver.

[-] jaeme@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago

With a complementary install of GNU/Linux-libre of course to deny the encroachment of bourgeois blobs.

[-] Saoirse@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago
[-] emelia@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

But firmware security is critical for revolutionary activities. Is the device in question open hardware?

[-] jaeme@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

https://libreboot.org/freedom-status.html

This is my frame of reference for what counts as "deblobbed."

linux-libre doesn't load these blobs, so it's the superior kernel in terms of freedom. But for demonic hardware in the wild, binary blob reduction works best.

Perhaps in the future the microcode problem will be solved by RISC-V and then the development of open firmware for cameras/wifi etc.

For example, remove the wifi blob for a computer that's always wired but keep the microcode. Refuse to buy nvidia or use Nouveau drivers etc.

[-] emelia@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

I am aware of all that. That's why I asked for "open hardware". This means libre firmware.

[-] supafuzz@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

everything you need, nothing you don't

[-] Tofu_Lewis@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

hexbear wouldn't work on that machine :-(

[-] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 2 years ago

DEATH TO THE MODERN WEB

LONG LIVE WEB 1.0

[-] supafuzz@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

reject javascript, return to tradition

[-] BlueMagaChud@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

listen, it softens the trot web design

Barbie is bourgeois swine and its wearing a crown gulag

[-] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

What if it's a crown from the gutter

[-] kot@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

The Portuguese version doesn't have Trotsky on the home page BTW

[-] Utter_Karate@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Am I allowed a mouse to click on the history link?

[-] envis10n@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago
[-] Utter_Karate@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Fair enough. It was greedy of me to ask.

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

It's got a disk drive that's a nice feature these days.

[-] Cherufe@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

My eyes hurt

[-] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago
[-] M68040@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Reminds me, Yugoslavian designs on both the hobbyist and professional market whipped ass since they weren't sanctioned as harshly as the Soviet Union. Not that those sanctions stopped Soviet hobbyists from developing their own kit designs and community, mind you. They also had some business scale designs, including fully compatible clones of Digital's PDP-11 minicomputer.

[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Sometimes old tv's hit different. I remember watching Yuri on Ice on Netflix with a handmedown CRT. I sometimes get nostalgic for it, but it was a miracle I could get that onto the stand even BEFORE my hernia. And so it stays stowed away, not taken to the city dump cause their hours kind of suck and as previously mentioned I've lost some considerable muscle mass.

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