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I still think it is very cursed to see that image of RMS using that laptop despite I was shocked to see it 12 years ago. Still shocks me to this day.

• em-bee 4mo ago
  what is shocking about it?
  • sellmesoap 4mo ago
    I think because it's RMS champion of digital openess using using an archaine Chinese laptop, it's the dichotomy of China providing a product that's essentially more free (of binary blob firmware) then a western equivalent laptop. Take heed and dispare oh ye providers of win modems!
    • yunnpp 4mo ago
      RMS is a man of principle. He saw freedom radiating from that laptop and subscribed, doesn't care for geopolitics.
    • bitwize 4mo ago
      Based and redpilled, Stallman is.
  • ChrisMarshallNY 4mo ago
    If you want to really shock, have Midjourney make a pic of him, using a MacBook. I seriously doubt there’s a real one, out there. Haven’t heard from him in a while. I know he was suffering health issues.
    • mghackerlady 4mo ago
      Ironically, since there is a specific model of macbook (the 2008 ones iirc? IDK they were the plastic ones that came in black and white) with nearly identical internals to a well supported FSF approved laptop, you can run a full GNU stack (GNUboot, linux-libre, guix) on a mac