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by madez 9y ago
Thank you for pointing these out. The i.MX7 and i.MX8 SoCs seem very interesting, but I have a hard time finding information about available SBCs, mainline Linux and official Debian support. The only SBC I found is the Nitrogen7[0] and it d
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by madez 9y ago
As a desktop computer for day to day use? Can I run it without non-free software? Can I natively install Debian with mainline Linux to actually get work done? Can I connect a monitor and other accessory?
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by madez 9y ago
It's still Intel hardware. But besides that, does the Macintosh work without blobs and mainline Linux? Can I install Debian on it and have stuff working? I'm just tired of uncooperative manufactures.
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by madez 9y ago
The Librem laptop are not an option because they use Intel chips. Buying Intel products supports and finances their current way. They did not even address the grave accusations. There is no way I can give them money.
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by madez 9y ago
> And yet we really don’t seem to care much. I do care, a lot. I have decided to avoid Intel (and AMD) hardware like the pest. I will not buy any Core iSpyOnYou or AMD equivalent anymore. I'm an advocate of economic and judicial san
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by madez 9y ago
I did some digging, and found an explanation for the change: http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence_and_Legal_FAQ/Why...
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by madez 9y ago
I found the answer here: http://richg42.blogspot.de/2014/05/the-truth-on-opengl-drive... Nvidia is strong-arming developers not to support Mesa because they are afraid of open drivers. Nvidia is afraid of Mesa.
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by madez 9y ago
Thanks for that link. I must say I deem it maybe not completely outdated, but at least worthy an update. But I'm in awe of the what one can read there. "This vendor[Nvidia] is extremely savvy and strategic about embedding its devs
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by madez 9y ago
Then why many games do not support the open source AMD drivers on Linux?
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by madez 9y ago
Thanks. Additionally, I must have misread the not for a no.
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by madez 9y ago
Yes, and because of the above mentioned, I am sceptical about the consequences. I don't consider it likely that the new GPU will work without proprietary firmware nor that the documentation will be better than AMDs now.
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by madez 9y ago
> Apple, and perhaps other manufacturers, insist it not be there. I have an off-topic question about that statement. I fail to grammatically parse the construct "A and B insist C no be there". Doesn't it need to be "A
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by madez 9y ago
Intel does more than integrated GPUs.
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by madez 9y ago
I am sceptical about the consequences for user-controlled computing. AMDs GPUs have made a positive development in the past, while Intel is unfriendly to users control over the hardware they buy.
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by madez 9y ago
Why do you say the Mesa OpenGL is a total joke?
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by madez 9y ago
That is cool. Good for you. I don't want to steal anything from Intel. I just want a way to opt out of ME and its siblings. You seem like a troll or a bittered person.
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by madez 9y ago
>>> you need lawyers to make sure you really are conforming to the GPL. >> That is not true. > What are you basing this on? Personal experience? Speculation? Other? The FSF and SFLC use litigation as a _last resort_, when
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by madez 9y ago
That is not true. If a company does not follow the GPL and is called out, they can simply do what the GPL tells them to do and the case is done.
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by madez 9y ago
You are confusing things here. It is not about releasing fruits of labor. Intel is screwing us over and it is about stopping them.
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by madez 9y ago
> You're conflating different things. Intel is free to use MINIX which is exactly the freedom the creator of MINIX intended when selecting the license. You are not a party to that transaction. We are not a first party in that transa
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by madez 9y ago
Programs that require Google Services just plain suck. That's like a game that only runs if you have a mouse from Logitech or a document viewer that only supports printinf if you have a HP printer. Both would just suck and be shitty, b
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by madez 9y ago
I meant the plural you. I should have made that clearer in the first place.
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by madez 9y ago
Well, if you are thought that you are the best country of the world and everybody looks up to you, then what kind of insight and self-scepticism do you expect?
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by madez 9y ago
If your computer is backdoored, then a HSM does not protect effectively against that attacker. At some point the computer will see the data, at which point it can be extracted. The key is not important to the attacker which can read the une
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by madez 9y ago
What are the reasons the hardware the microcode is running on isn't directly exposed to the user? Why shouldn't we teach our compilers to generate code for the lowest level possible?
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by madez 9y ago
I think it depends on how you want to frame what I said. Helping the poor at least around you is good for you. Now, you could say equivalently not helping the poor around you is bad for you. Rephrase what I said if you feel uncomfortable wi
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by madez 9y ago
> So actually anyone can live a 'basic' life without doing work at all. So what? That sounds like a problem, but doesn't need to be one. People could already go robbing and killing those around them, but they don't. A
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by madez 9y ago
The poor won't burn your neighbourhood and threaten your children. That's what's in for the rich. That sounds dramatic, but look at Brazil, and you can see that what I'm saying is not hyperbolic. There is a huge correlat
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by madez 9y ago
You assume rich people worked hard. I've seen rich people with baby soft hands that never worked hard. And I've seen dirt poor people with a broken body because of all the work. It's disgusting how you invoke fairness and jus
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by madez 9y ago
Your argument fails at the reality. For example in Germany there is social security since a very long time. Some people there get money without doing any work! Still, the country works, pretty good actually. And that is because states don&#

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