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I bought a laptop from them and after about 6 months of struggling with PureOS I installed Ubuntu and it has been smooth sailing. One software issue I had with the PureOs install was a hard freeze during the booting about 60% of the time.
I hope there is a newcomer to privacy crowd that is willing to air on the pragmatic side of things. Like somewhere between apple and purism.
Being unable to connect to the Internet or any network due to a lack of WiFi support is a strong privacy and security protection mechanism indeed. And the freedom is provided by removing your choice to use nonfree WiFi drivers. Leaving that decision to you with a warning of its implications (ala Debian) is not really freedom because you'll make the wrong choice. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of FOSS, but not of d…
The problem with "free software" fundamentalists is they care more about the freedom of the software than the freedom of the user. Part of free choice from a user perspective is the freedom to run proprietary blobs. Also when it comes to freedom to run or not run proprietary software there is no such thing as a wrong choice, just a personal choice. I would prefer you not force your freedom on me, so that I can be free to do as I please.
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There are no laptops in the market which support free firmware for WiFi, except those from Purism. So PureOS (without installing additional non-free software) will not work for you. Alternatively one could use this: https://tehnoetic.com/tehnoetic-wireless-adapter-gnu-linux-l... .
> There are no laptops in the market which support free firmware for WiFi, except those from Purism. There are at least the handful the FSF RYF certifies.¹ Unfortunately you do appear correct about Intel WiFi not having Free software support² (though that adapter certainly should). ¹ https://ryf.fsf.org/categories/laptops ² https://h-node.org/wifi/catalogue/en/1/1/Intel-Corporation/u...
I would seriously consider QubeOS over PureOS if privacy and security are your concerns.
It works pretty well and I've been using it for a while now on not so recent hardware without much issues.
Their compartmentalization and seamless virtualization is just amazing and I don't think any other distro offers this with so much convenience.
A brick respects your privacy but it is not a very useful computation device. I bought a laptop from them and after about 6 months of struggling with PureOS I installed Ubuntu and it has been smooth sailing. One software issue I had with the PureOs install was a hard freeze during the booting about 60% of the time. I hope there is a newcomer to privacy crowd that is willing to air on the pragmatic side of things. Lik…
A brick respects your privacy but it is not a very useful computation device. I bought a laptop from them and after about 6 months of struggling with PureOS I installed Ubuntu and it has been smooth sailing. One software issue I had with the PureOs install was a hard freeze during the booting about 60% of the time. I hope there is a newcomer to privacy crowd that is willing to air on the pragmatic side of things. Lik…
System76 is not a newcomer, though - they've got 15 years of history. I've bought from them and found the experience to be superb.
Being unable to connect to the Internet or any network due to a lack of WiFi support is a strong privacy and security protection mechanism indeed. And the freedom is provided by removing your choice to use nonfree WiFi drivers. Leaving that decision to you with a warning of its implications (ala Debian) is not really freedom because you'll make the wrong choice. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of FOSS, but not of d…
Personally I think QubeOS is probably the best option in terms of Privacy and Security at this stage. If your hardware can handle it (16GB RAM would be best). I would seriously consider QubeOS over PureOS if privacy and security are your concerns. It works pretty well and I've been using it for a while now on not so recent hardware without much issues. Their compartmentalization and seamless virtualization is just am…
libreboot as well is interesting for your lower level stuff.
A brick respects your privacy but it is not a very useful computation device. I bought a laptop from them and after about 6 months of struggling with PureOS I installed Ubuntu and it has been smooth sailing. One software issue I had with the PureOs install was a hard freeze during the booting about 60% of the time. I hope there is a newcomer to privacy crowd that is willing to air on the pragmatic side of things. Lik…
System76 also sells laptops with a Linux OS, Coreboot BIOS, and a "disabled" Intel Management Engine. (There's no true way to disable it, but any dangerous parts are removed, rendering it useless) System76 is not a newcomer, though - they've got 15 years of history. I've bought from them and found the experience to be superb.