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Damn, this is not nice. Maybe HN can pitch in to get him a new laptop? I'd donate a few bucks. Edit: What the heck? What's wrong with what I suggested?

chimeracoder 14y ago
It might be hard to find a Lemote Yeelong (at least the particular model he uses, which lets him use a free BIOS). Here's one, though I'm not sure if it's the correct version: http://www.lemote.com/en/products/Notebook/2010/0310/112.html http://www.lemote.com/en/products/Notebook/2010/0310/112.htm...
- makmanalp 14y ago
  From his usesthis interview: "I do hope to switch soon to a newer model of Yeelong with a 10-inch display." Also I found it on Amazon, with Prime: http://www.amazon.com/Screen-Lemote-Yeeloong-8101_B-Netbook/dp/B005XH10NQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339266888&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Screen-Lemote-Yeeloong-8101_B-Netbook/... $450. If one of the known / trusted HN elders decides to pool the money, this seems doable.
  - billpatrianakos 14y ago
    If you actually do this you'll either have to get it elsewhere or not tell him it came from Amazon. Stallman recently wrote about how we should stop supporting Amazon. I seriously wonder if he'd accept if he knew where it came from.
  - mattst88 14y ago
    The man who runs Freedom Included, Inc. (the seller of the laptop through Amazon) works at the Free Software Foundation with RMS. I don't think RMS will have trouble getting a new laptop.
  - stfu 14y ago
    I would donate to anything Stallman related anytime. But I am not quite sure if this would be in his intention. Are there any public infos about his personal/financial situation?
gsivil 14y ago
I am not so sure that rms cannot afford a laptop. He is in need of more free models to choose from than a few bucks
- makmanalp 14y ago
  Okay, maybe we should wait until we're certain. I'd always assumed that life as a travelling philantropist doesn't exactly lead to a decent sum of money. I thought it'd be cool unanticipated thank-you coming at a shitty time for him though.
  - swa14 14y ago
    rms received the MacArthur Genius grant at some point, which comes with a decent sum of money. Now before some might get the wrong idea (that it would be easy to be an rms if financial worries were taken care of), rms had a job teaching before he got the award and was already doing these speeches. As an aside, in my opinion it makes his dedication even more admirable. It would be easy for him to decide that he's done enough for Free Software, gets himself a nice seaside property to retire on and tend to his RSI, instead of speaking around the world, getting mocked and willfully misrepresented in the press, and apparently get his stuff stolen. But he doesn't, because his work is important. He's quite the character, warts and all, but he does have character.
- vladd 14y ago
  It's not a matter of cash affordability, rather cash accessibility (considering his cards and IDs got stolen).
- ginko 14y ago
  According to http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com RMS would like to have a real laptop with an open BIOS. Shouldn't a laptop like the Thinkpad X60 or T60 with Coreboot installed fulfill that requirement? They are supported according to the coreboot site. Are there any other potential problems I'm not thinking of? Possibly a firmware issue with the Intel chipset?
LiquidSummer 14y ago
Get him a box of Lenode laptop that he wants, inside, it should have a mac book pro. Film his reaction!

chimeracoder 14y ago

It might be hard to find a Lemote Yeelong (at least the particular model he uses, which lets him use a free BIOS). Here's one, though I'm not sure if it's the correct version: http://www.lemote.com/en/products/Notebook/2010/0310/112.html http://www.lemote.com/en/products/Notebook/2010/0310/112.htm...

makmanalp 14y ago
From his usesthis interview: "I do hope to switch soon to a newer model of Yeelong with a 10-inch display." Also I found it on Amazon, with Prime: http://www.amazon.com/Screen-Lemote-Yeeloong-8101_B-Netbook/dp/B005XH10NQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339266888&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Screen-Lemote-Yeeloong-8101_B-Netbook/... $450. If one of the known / trusted HN elders decides to pool the money, this seems doable.
- billpatrianakos 14y ago
  If you actually do this you'll either have to get it elsewhere or not tell him it came from Amazon. Stallman recently wrote about how we should stop supporting Amazon. I seriously wonder if he'd accept if he knew where it came from.
- mattst88 14y ago
  The man who runs Freedom Included, Inc. (the seller of the laptop through Amazon) works at the Free Software Foundation with RMS. I don't think RMS will have trouble getting a new laptop.
- stfu 14y ago
  I would donate to anything Stallman related anytime. But I am not quite sure if this would be in his intention. Are there any public infos about his personal/financial situation?

gsivil 14y ago

I am not so sure that rms cannot afford a laptop. He is in need of more free models to choose from than a few bucks

makmanalp 14y ago
Okay, maybe we should wait until we're certain. I'd always assumed that life as a travelling philantropist doesn't exactly lead to a decent sum of money. I thought it'd be cool unanticipated thank-you coming at a shitty time for him though.
- swa14 14y ago
  rms received the MacArthur Genius grant at some point, which comes with a decent sum of money. Now before some might get the wrong idea (that it would be easy to be an rms if financial worries were taken care of), rms had a job teaching before he got the award and was already doing these speeches. As an aside, in my opinion it makes his dedication even more admirable. It would be easy for him to decide that he's done enough for Free Software, gets himself a nice seaside property to retire on and tend to his RSI, instead of speaking around the world, getting mocked and willfully misrepresented in the press, and apparently get his stuff stolen. But he doesn't, because his work is important. He's quite the character, warts and all, but he does have character.
vladd 14y ago
It's not a matter of cash affordability, rather cash accessibility (considering his cards and IDs got stolen).
ginko 14y ago
According to http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com RMS would like to have a real laptop with an open BIOS. Shouldn't a laptop like the Thinkpad X60 or T60 with Coreboot installed fulfill that requirement? They are supported according to the coreboot site. Are there any other potential problems I'm not thinking of? Possibly a firmware issue with the Intel chipset?

LiquidSummer 14y ago

Get him a box of Lenode laptop that he wants, inside, it should have a mac book pro. Film his reaction!