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Richard stallman started the GNU project because he was not allowed to modify closed source printer drivers. https://www.talisman.org/~erlkonig/misc/free-as-in-
by acd 10y ago
Richard stallman started the GNU project because he was not allowed to modify closed source printer drivers.
https://www.talisman.org/~erlkonig/misc/free-as-in-freedom-r-stallmans-crusade.pdf https://www.talisman.org/~erlkonig/misc/free-as-in-freedom-r...
It would be better for the environment if consumer devices had open source so end users can fix software issues. Reason being end users care about their devices longer than device manufacturers do.
In the meantime a Chromecast dongle will fix the TVs.
Imagine your future TV booting Debian/Ubuntu from an open boot loader via standard micro SD-card.
- sleepychu 10y agoYeah I can imagine it being exactly like every linux machine I've ever used (stable but vulnerable or needing some techno-fu to persuade it to boot back up again after I ran apt-get upgrade and it didn't quite do what it meant to for my hardware).
- Freak_NL 10y agoIt would be nice, but in the end you gain more flexibility by building a HTPC with the hardware you want and treat the TV as a dumb screen that can receive input from HDMI, DVB-T and DVB-C.
- acd 10y agoTrue thanks, a htpc would be more long lived.