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How is it any worse than the rest of the keyboard, in terms of ergonomics?
I just found this which says exactly what my thoughts are http://ramblingfoo.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-stupidest-trend-...
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I don't think it ever will be. I first installed redhat linux back in 95, and it was a multi weekend project, and I had to solder something. Since then, the installation has gone from insane to Windows XP easy, but it seems stuck there. And even for a media server, I have to dip into the shell to get it working. If you still have to use the shell 20 years later for a non edge case, it isn't going to get better, there…
You can get font smoothing from xterm by using the -fa option. Use xfontsel to build the parameter string. There are probably "xresource" (iirc) settings to change its color palette, or you can use a 256color scheme for your editor. It's not exactly easy, but it is very fast and lightweight.
Add hardware switches for the mic, webcam, lan, wifi and bluetooth and you have my money.
Your wish is granted.
What CPU is it running? Because last time I checked the Intel microcode wasn't open source
an i7, which while proprietary doesn't necessarily have to be bundled with the typical Intel AMT, which the FSF dislikes[1]. Besides the CPU, it contains proprietary nVidia chips. Another company which doesn't have too stellar of a 'open' record. [1]: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/active-management-techno...
[1]http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.co.il/2011/05/following-w...
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The newest Carbon X1 looks pretty good, at least compared to the previous model.
It would be nice if Lenovo provided the option of the classic Thinkpad keyboard. I'm considering going with a used Thinkpad as my next laptop for that reason. Laptop choice seems to have become a monoculture of Apple clones. If Purism would provide that keyboard option I would find it hard to resist.
On a similar note, I've recently become very interested in buying a Lemote laptop. It's exactly the tiny form factor I'm looking, runs an open MIPS chip, and comes preinstalled with some version of Linux, though I'd probably load Gentoo as it's said to work quite well. The various models run $150-300 in USD depending on the supplier, from what I can tell. Unfortunately it's very hard to buy these computers in the US,…
I wish it was more Thinkpad-y rather than Macbook-y; especially since Lenovo -I've heard- is well on its way to ruining the former.
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an i7, which while proprietary doesn't necessarily have to be bundled with the typical Intel AMT, which the FSF dislikes[1]. Besides the CPU, it contains proprietary nVidia chips. Another company which doesn't have too stellar of a 'open' record. [1]: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/active-management-techno...
The chip this uses , the i7-4770HQ , uses vt-d. According to invisible labs[1], vt-d can allow certain malware attacks. Afaik, even after being informed of this by invisible labs researchers, intel did nothing(afaik) to solve this. [1] http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.co.il/2011/05/following-w...
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Novena has the bottom-up approach of Bunnie saying "oh here's a cool chip. I'll build something around it and see how complete it will be in the end."Purism seems to say "Let's make a machine that lives up to everyone's expectation, and let's try and remove all closed source blobs from it". They are going the top-down way of stripping an X86 machine from all its secret firmware. I doubt they'll be as successful as Bu…
> They are going the top-down way of stripping an X86 machine from all its secret firmware. Do they consider CPU microcode updates to be secret firmware?