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> They probably mean this: https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-adds-pureos-to-list-of-endorsed https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-adds-pureos-to-list-of-endorsed.... Possib

> They probably mean this: https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-adds-pureos-to-list-of-endorsed https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-adds-pureos-to-list-of-endorsed.... Possibly, yes. But if that's the case then I'd argue the author didn't understand the announcement. It covers PureOS the Debian-derivative published by Purism, not Purism's line of hardware. Purism does some stuff with hardware that the FSF considers "unethical", like the daughter card setup for components where they can't control the firmware. The FSF explicitly states on that page: > It is not a certification of any particular hardware shipping with PureOS. No Purism hardware is "Respects Your Freedom" certified.

fsflover 4y ago
> It covers PureOS the Debian-derivative published by Purism, not Purism's line of hardware. No, it's not just software. You can only run an FSF-endorsed distro, if you have no proprietary blobs in the OS. You can do this on Librem 14, because it uses Atheros (replaceable) WiFi module working with free software and firmware. > No Purism hardware is "Respects Your Freedom" certified. This is true, but they are trying to get this certification for their Librem Key and Librem 5.
- daenney 4y ago
  It is just software. The only thing PureOS does it not ship with the firmware necessary to make those proprietary hardware components work out of the box. It's essentially Debian but without the non-free repo. Nothing stops you from making PureOS work on hardware with proprietary firmware if you want to. It isn't locked to only work on libre hardware, it's just a bit more tedious.